Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[at͡ʃike] hello/goodbye

[amai] yours (plural)

adv. later

Speaker: Danio Poll

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

tiger

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

wash self

maternal grandmother

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice, body

noun dawn

slow

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun finger

thirty

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

push

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[jɔː war ewar] sentence I don’t have a canoe

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

noun paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

third

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

see

find

new

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

red ant

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

root

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

yawn

honey

here

Speaker: Danio Poll

death

female

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

old

young man

worm

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

when

noun coconut tree

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

clean

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. being hidden

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puddle

noun dead body

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest sister

these three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

verb choose

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

defecate (shit)

wing

recognize

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

sticky

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

paternal uncle

v to be broken or deflowered

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

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

first

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

ear

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

waterfall

separated, be

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb play

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

n window

Speaker: Macy Edgar

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson