Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

pron. ours

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

twelve

where

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

sea snake

lice, body

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

kind

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirty

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

twist open

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

undress

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

roof

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

mad

n bracelet

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

death

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

frighten

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː iːla ɔ̃ʔ aio] sentence I went there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

clean

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

tribe

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

n party (celebration)

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

noun leaf

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

west

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar