Mokilese English

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n parrotfish

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

ninety

mother-in-law

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

seventy

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

cook

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

bleed

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpen

gonorrhea

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

sun

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

send

hello

noun eat

buttocks

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

second

throw

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

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun mosquito larva

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

comb (v)

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun ladder

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o nikit͡ʃan pumpo wɔlo] sentence the woman took the fish from the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fly (n)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hard

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest sister

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

worm

hungry, be

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

green

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n goatfish

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

set on fire

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pipe

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

mud

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

n batfish

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

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun knee

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fly (v)

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll