Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

pron. ours

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mother-in-law

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

in morning

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

cry

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

ill, become

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

find

thousand

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun mosquito larva

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

n spine foot (fish)

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

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

roof

noun elbow

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hip

n bracelet

spear

malaria

this

eldest brother

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweet

worm

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

fat (size)

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

traditional chief

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

drunk, get

left

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden, be

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

set on fire

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun pipe

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

will be

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

hot

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to be broken or deflowered

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

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sister-in-law

pull open

noun leaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun leaf

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

west

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll