Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

[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

elder

noun elected chief

many people

yes

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

twelve

noun fan

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

seven hundred

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

sad

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. unskillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

noun puffer fish

Example: Yellow form by Onderwijsgek, 2012, CC-BY-S 3.0, via Wikipedia

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun smoke

noun eat

see

[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

they know each other

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

fishinghook

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

think

very old woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

[liː o uli lamoi poɾin t͡ʃeto] sentence the woman went with me to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five hundred

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

blind

malaria

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

death

eldest brother

[mɔn] your

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

sharpening tool

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

noun canned milk (store bought)

interro. how many

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

smooth

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. hungry

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

green

noun pennant bannerfish

Example: Pennant Bannerfish (Heniochus chrysostomus) by Cliff, 2008, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

son

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

n goatfish

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

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

wife

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun bear

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun coconut (good for drinking)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

river

ground

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun maternal uncle

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

summer

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

last week

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll