Mokilese English

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

n surgeon fish

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

save

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wash self

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

twelve

noun maternal grandfather

noun fan

where

sea snake

noun east

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

vi to force

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

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

third

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito larva

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

roof

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tired

bow

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

tusk

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

[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

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

waist

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

raw

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

when

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

young woman

youngest brother

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

river

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

tie

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

say

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

day after tomorrow

sister-in-law

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

twin

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

west

feather

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll