Mokilese English

[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

[aɾai] theirs

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

wash self

wash hair

nineteen

mother-in-law

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

seventy

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

vi to force

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

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

bowstring

verb fly down

Speaker: Danio Poll

n steel drum

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

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

twist open

noun lime

Speaker: Thakar Peter

throw

vi to alow a tentacle to be bitten off in order to escape the sea eel (of an octopus)

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

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

thousand

verb know

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

fall

roof

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun trumpet

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

Mokilese

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun lagoon

Speaker: Danio Poll

think

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deep

Speaker: Danio Poll

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

once upon a time

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

frighten

noun breastmilk

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun money

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will not go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun brother in law

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

husband

noun smaller striped

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun piece of sail where the two rajak meet

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

young woman

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

tie

thigh

recognize

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun smell

night

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

today

two

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. thin

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

singer

raise

stop

noun remain

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I have 2 canoes

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter