Mokilese English

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

pron. ours

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

many people

ninety

other person

num. hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eel

Example: Snowflake moray, Echidna nebulosa in Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States by Brocken Inaglory, 2008, CC-BY-SA-3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse, head

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

sad

in morning

thumb

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

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

find

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

tusk

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

verb talk

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

waist

wash clothes

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

n crab

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

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

female

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

raw

hungry, be

hungry

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tie

thief

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

v to be broken or deflowered

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

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

n party (celebration)

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

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

copulate (have sex with)

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet, become

wet

lift open

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll