Mokilese English

trail

sentence why are you here

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun elected chief

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj lumpy

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

adj. bald

Speaker: Macy Edgar

starve

pay

num. eleven

Speaker: Danio Poll

maternal grandmother

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ia omʷunu] sentence where is your mother

ripe

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

who

verb go

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun table knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

not skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

return

weak

verb exchange, to

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sneeze

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirty

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

try

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

hello

num. fourth

Speaker: Danio Poll

they know each other

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tired

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirsty, be

n traditional circlet used as a sign of welcome; generally made of flowers and/or palm leaves

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun breastmilk

noun canned milk (store bought)

adj. fat (of a person)

Speaker: Danio Poll

head

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun intestines

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sit down

old (person)

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

snore

n teeth

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

clean

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. all

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun nest of honeybees (lit. ’nest of sugarfly’)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bag

Speaker: Thakar Peter

obey

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut for seedling

Speaker: Danio Poll

hot

burned

noun smell

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

young

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun front mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun day

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb, intransitive to have a party

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

noun bone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun heavy breadfruit tree

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

verb to exchange

Speaker: Danio Poll