Mokilese English

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

many people

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

mountain

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash hair

wash someone

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

how much

sea snake

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

bowstring

noun bowstring

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. possible

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

see

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n papaya

thousand

we know each other

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cloud

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fist

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

true

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

father

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

worm

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

drunk, get

son

born, be

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

v sexually experienced

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

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

obey

noun family

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

noun pond

verb escape

noun forearm

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

say

mud

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb awake

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun cave

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

v to be broken or deflowered

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

sister

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

brother in law

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun canoe front

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb do

Speaker: Danio Poll

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail