Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb jerk

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

n parrotfish

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

starve

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

how much

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

seventy

who

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. possible

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

we know each other

they know each other

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

bow

noun cloud

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

scared

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

this

eldest brother

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun head

worm

noun intestines

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

elderly

noun rough sea (moving sea)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

when

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

have children

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

preverb will

Speaker: Danio Poll

why

noun mud

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

n batfish

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

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to try to break or deflower

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

adj. thin

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

strong

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

summer

noun remain

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb play

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John