Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aɾai] theirs

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb buy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sea snake

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

seventy

seven hundred

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse, head

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

slow

priest

noun priest

weak

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sick

noun year, age

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

see

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[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

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

black ant (large, stings)

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area very far from reef

spear

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

eldest brother

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

leech

hungry, be

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb prepare

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hand

mud

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun knee

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

today

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

strong

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

vomit

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

pull

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll