Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb jerk

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

nineteen

paternal grandmother

maternal grandmother

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

n playing card

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

n sweetheart

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

watch (v)

see

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

comb (v)

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bow

verb hold

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash clothes

n bracelet

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

pain

old

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

raw

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

sit down

old (person)

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

born, be

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

take

pull in

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

every

verb prepare

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tie

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

brother in law

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

separated, be

raise

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

lift open

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll