Mokilese English

noun egg

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

noun hammock

Speaker: Danio Poll

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

what

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj lumpy

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

drum

wash someone

dry

sea snake

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

who

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

canoe connecting fibers

Speaker: Ichiro John

n scaleless fish

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

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

little finger

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirty

three

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

push

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

verb dry

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouse

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

black ant (large, stings)

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to start

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

tongue

verb be pregnant

verb smell

noun hip

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

thirsty, be

this

verb dead

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb chew

Speaker: Thakar Peter

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

sharpening tool

frighten

noun head

raw

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

snore

[nitin pɔŋ] n the section of the canoe on the other side of the outrigger; includes the poang, koasoau jaldu, pahj, etc.

Speaker: Ichiro John

drunk, get

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive burn

noun female (gender)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hive

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

bamboo

Speaker: Danio Poll

hair

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

will be

heat (v)

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun foot

n hair swirl, said to be mark of a naughty child

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

branch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bottom mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

sister

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb begin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun (fire)wood

Speaker: Danio Poll

star

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

house

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

lift open

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn