Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

n lump

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

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash someone

nineteen

where

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven hundred

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

n love

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

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

thumb

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb remain

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

twist open

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

fall

red ant

big

noun elbow

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

tongue

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

blind

spear

noun canned milk (store bought)

how

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

every

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

urinate (piss)

freed, be

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

say

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweat

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

n party (celebration)

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

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hear

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leaf

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wet

lift open

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

hail