Mokilese English

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb jerk

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

twelve

mother-in-law

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

trap (v)

weak

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[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

never

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. possible

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

feed

find

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

[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

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fingernail

undress

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

bow

pronoun you (singular)

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

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fly

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

n spear for fishing

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

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

worm

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pennant bannerfish

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː t͡ʃupakiɔ pit͡ʃu oldo] sentence I did not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun north

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

armpit

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

ground

n floor

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

tribe

[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 excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun foot

n tip of penis (slang)

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

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

v to be broken or deflowered

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

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eldest sister

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. long

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hear

adj. narrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

house

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

make

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll