Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence why are you here

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

pron. ours

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj lumpy

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

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

ripe

cook

noun dawn

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

n love

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

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

noun priest

noun finger

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

cry

sun

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

n steel drum

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

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

yesterday

noun belly

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

red ant

verb, transitive break

noun sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

tongue

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be pregnant

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

n unidentified fish species

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

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

drunk, get

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

husband

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

river

verb escape

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

virgin

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun maternal uncle

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

tree

hut

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

west

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll