Mokilese English

his

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj lumpy

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

noun maternal grandfather

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sea snake

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sad

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n scaleless fish

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

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n chair

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[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

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sun

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eat

n papaya

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

verb talk

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be pregnant

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spear for fishing

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

adj. happy

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest sister

[men] classifier for people

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun breastmilk

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

raw

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hidden, be

v sexually experienced

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

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

river

why

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun day

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

fly (v)

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

noun gecko

singer

farmer

stop

house

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

eighty

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll