Mokilese English

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

pron. ours

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash someone

starve

pay

noun maternal grandfather

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

how much

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bleed

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

kind

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n bluefin tuna

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

push

bowstring

cry

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

hello

pronoun you (two)

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

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mouse

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun you (singular)

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

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n unidentified fish species

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

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spear for fishing

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

malaria

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sharpening tool

frighten

male

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

sit down

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

when

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

youngest brother

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

burned

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

shell

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

adj. thin

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

blue

understand

wet, become

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

feather

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar