Mokilese English

sentence why are you here

[aɾai] theirs

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

then

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

twelve

mother-in-law

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb press

seven hundred

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

return

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun puffer fish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito larva

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

roof

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

adj. very poor

tongue

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb be pregnant

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area very far from reef

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

spear

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[men] classifier for people

sentence I have a canoe

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

drunk, get

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

[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 smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

arm

noun forearm

ground

will be

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n batfish

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

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

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

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to try to break or deflower

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

brother

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

n party (celebration)

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

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

farmer

verb play

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

village

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll