Mokilese English

spit (v)

[aɾai] theirs

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

which

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

twelve

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

where

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharp

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

thumb

noun priest

weak

shaman

feed

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

twist open

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

[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

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito larva

noun fingernail

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

roof

tired

pronoun you (singular)

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

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

wash clothes

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

this

death

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweet

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

worm

noun leech; literally ’sticky worm’

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hidden, be

pull in

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

puddle

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun forearm

defecate (shit)

thigh

will be

thief

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

copulate (have sex with)

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun remain

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

blue

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun fruit

west

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

village

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll