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

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj lumpy

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

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe

sad

noun dawn

in morning

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

bleed

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. low

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

thirty

[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

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (two)

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

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kapʷʉdpʷʉd] n a ridge sticking out from the sides of a canoe that protects the inside of it from high waves

Speaker: Ichiro John

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n papaya

noun mosquito larva

black ant (large, stings)

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sniff

kiss

waist

n crab

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

honey

thirsty, be

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

female

how

noun money

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

sit down

green

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

have children

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

every

verb, transitive burn

husband

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

river

arm

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

recognize

will be

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

today

paternal uncle

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sister-in-law

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

story

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

eighty

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

feather

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll