Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[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

shoulder

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

mother-in-law

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

how much

rainbow

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun smoke

pronoun you (two)

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

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

find

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

new

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

undress

bow

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

mad

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb smell

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

yawn

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sharpening tool

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canned milk (store bought)

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pipe

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sand

defecate (shit)

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the side of a sailing canoe that holds the sail lines

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

star

turtle

sixty

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll