Mokilese English

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb nurse

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

what

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

drum

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wash self

starve

twelve

paternal grandfather

noun fan

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice, body

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

[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

vi To spread legs (vulgar)

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

verb to be poor

sun

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

n steel drum

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

n sweetheart

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

yesterday

hello

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

skin

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

widow

n crab

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

spear

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

worm

leech

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun charcoal/embers

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

hidden

take

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. flat

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

wild boar

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

brother

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

dead coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

copulate (have sex with)

story

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

hut

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

wet

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter