Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n surgeon fish

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

n lump

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

nineteen

paternal grandfather

maternal grandmother

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

who

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun finger

weak

verb remain

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

n skipjack (fish)

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

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

be quiet

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dry

n playing card

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

feed

noun eat

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

[kit͡ʃou] verb (singular, imperative) run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

fall

noun cloud

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crocodile

Speaker: Danio Poll

tongue

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

malaria

death

[men] classifier for people

sentence I have a canoe

noun breastmilk

old

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

hidden, be

broken

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

set on fire

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

hand

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

n book

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishing pole

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

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n Kind of jellyfish

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

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

shell

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to be broken or deflowered

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

n a piece of wood across the top edge of the canoe that holds the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

sister-in-law

verb close

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

verb, intransitive To be in dire need of cigarettes

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

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

story

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John