Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

noun fan

where

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

cook

sad

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vi to force

Speaker: Harrison, Seldon P. and Salich Albert. 1977

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sneeze

no

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bowstring

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

sun

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smoke

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

twist open

second

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

comb (v)

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

blind

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I have a canoe

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

young woman

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

river

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

hot

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cave

sweat

shell

paternal aunt

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun maternal uncle

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

adj. thin

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

verb, intransitive to have a party

Speaker: Harrison, Seldon P. and Salich Albert. 1977

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

farmer

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

village

wet

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter