Mokilese English

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun elected chief

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

noun dawn

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eat

new

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouse

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spine foot (fish)

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

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heel

bow

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly

noun hip

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

death

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

raw

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

green

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

receive

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

water

arm

noun lung

Speaker: Danio Poll

virgin

friend

say

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tuna

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

hole

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

adv. today

Speaker: Danio Poll

brother in law

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun gecko

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit

valley

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

feather

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll