Mokilese English

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

elder

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

which

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

nineteen

dry

sea snake

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

seventy

ripe

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

sneeze

push

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

send

n sweetheart

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

hello

noun eat

throw

put

noun a piece of line tied to the kehu that can be pulled to reduce the size of the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

bow

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

n unidentified fish species

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

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

malaria

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

how

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun ash(es)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

afternoon

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

when

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

drunk, get

have children

there

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

broken

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

sand

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

hear

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

stop

noun remain

hut

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I have 2 canoes

pull

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

n banana

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