Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

tiger

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

n surgeon fish

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

verb jerk

then

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

other

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to force

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

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun pocket knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

chicken

Speaker: Danio Poll

third

adj. possible

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

feed

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

throw

verb exchange, to

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

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

bow

salivate

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[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 honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

waist

wash clothes

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area very far from reef

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spear for fishing

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

this

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

old (person)

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bad

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

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

have children

clean

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

youngest brother

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

sand

recognize

noun boat

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

virgin

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

ankle

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

summer

stop

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

hut

twin

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pull

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

understand

sixty

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn