Mokilese English

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

paternal grandmother

noun fan

flea

lice, body

sharp

bleed

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

bowstring

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃoːlo] verb to catch a tuna

Speaker: Ichiro John

sick

try

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

send

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

yesterday

new

[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

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

sniff

n unidentified fish species

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

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

true

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[mɔn] your

smooth

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

have

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lips

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

v sexually experienced

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

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

verb be prepared

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun river

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

dirty

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hand

mud

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n tip of penis (slang)

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

shell

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

day before yesterday

today

brother in law

sister-in-law

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

noun ear

Speaker: Macy Edgar

strong

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

fruit

Speaker: Danio Poll

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll