Mokilese English

noun centipede

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb come inside

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

cook

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

[int͡ʃɔn papa] sentence who is your father

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

return

kind

noun machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bluefin tuna

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

[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

be quiet

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eat

[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

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

toenail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb talk

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

widow

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

this

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canned milk (store bought)

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

have

silent

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl t͡ʃilmen] my three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun north

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

broken

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb be prepared

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. forty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

free

noun forearm

verb defecate (shit)

Speaker: Danio Poll

ground

will be

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

mud

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knee

noun tree branch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

adj. thin

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

raise

noun star

Speaker: Danio Poll

seven

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

twin

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

num. eight

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs