Mokilese English

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash someone

paternal grandfather

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

slow

thumb

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun finger

kind

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

child

n bluefin tuna

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

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

cry

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heel

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

widow

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

kiss

sky

noun ocean area very far from reef

scared

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

honey

eldest sister

noun canned milk (store bought)

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

have children

clean

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

young woman

youngest sister

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

friend

noun smell

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull open

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun remain

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

blue

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs