Mokilese English

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

many people

noun big lizard; probably a type of monitor lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

twelve

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o doːda in sugo] sentence the boy climbed up the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[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

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

sun

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smoke

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

new

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

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

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

mouse

big

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

blind

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

noun magic

Speaker: Thakar Peter

this

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[men] classifier for people

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweet

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

young man

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

son-in-law

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

dirty

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

wing

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

virgin

friend

heat (v)

burned

n tip of penis (slang)

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

young

seat

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun maternal uncle

brother in law

sister-in-law

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

sixty

make

wet

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll