Mokilese English

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

elder

sentence What did you buy?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

twelve

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

other

one

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

one

Speaker: Macy Edgar

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb ask

Speaker: Thakar Peter

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse, head

who

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun small knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

sharpen

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

verb have diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

hello

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fence

Speaker: Danio Poll

vi to put a spell on a tree to prevent others from gathering the fruit, usually also involves a physical, be cursed

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

n stairs

Speaker: Macy Edgar

bow

[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

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

true

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

pain

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

verb want

elderly

traditional chief

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

ocean

forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː na kiɔn pit͡ʃu wɔlu] sentence I gave the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liː o poɾi t͡ʃeto] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

have children

verb, transitive burn

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun pipe

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun frog

Speaker: Danio Poll

youngest brother

urinate (piss)

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

say

adj. crazy

Speaker: Danio Poll

n batfish

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

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal uncle

twenty

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

strong

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gecko

singer

summer

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I have 2 canoes

sailing canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll