Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aiʔ] noun mine

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj lumpy

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

drum

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

then

wash hair

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

other person

ripe

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

sneeze

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to be poor

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

sun

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

feed

twist open

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heel

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun broom

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive break

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

honey

adj. happy

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

true

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

old

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweet

elderly

old (person)

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

boiled

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

there

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

thigh

ground

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun foot

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

day after tomorrow

brother in law

pull open

adj. powerful

singer

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

star

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

make

feather

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll