Mokilese English

noun egg

[aiʔ] noun mine

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito

Speaker: Danio Poll

[aɾai] theirs

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

save

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

maternal grandmother

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

in morning

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

slow

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

return

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

child

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

try

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

they know each other

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

salivate

noun cloud

[kɔsɔ t͡ʃeltu] n the wooden back of the pahj, on the outrigger side

Speaker: Ichiro John

pronoun you (singular)

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

verb hold

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, intransitive white

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb be pregnant

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sniff

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area very far from reef

malaria

honey

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[mid͡ʒen war] noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

smooth

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

young man

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

elderly

green

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

son

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be prepared

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut stage (for drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

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

adj. wide

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

copulate (have sex with)

adj. small

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

waterfall

summer

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

sixty

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll