Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[aiʔ] noun mine

[amai] yours (plural)

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

[aɾai] theirs

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

elder

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun dog

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

maternal grandmother

noun fan

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun knife used for opening coconuts

Speaker: Danio Poll

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

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

bowstring

cry

verb cry

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb clean

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

thousand

verb know

Speaker: Danio Poll

undress

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

rich

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fist

adj. very poor

adj. pregnant

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

n bracelet

yawn

n death

[mɔn] your

noun breastmilk

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry

adj. pretty

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

sentence I bought her a dress.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[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

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb want

Speaker: Danio Poll

there

broken

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wild boar

water

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

hand

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

heat (v)

tribe

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to be broken or deflowered

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

v to try to break or deflower

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

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sheet

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

n fashion earrings

summer

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

vomit

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wa:n pʷit͡ʃ] n two wooden poles that sit vertically on top of the outrigger and connect to the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

make

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

hail

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll