Mokilese English

sentence why are you here

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

[armaʒ dapɔ pono pinit͡ʃi] sentence how many people are going on the ship

noun elected chief

don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n lump

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

wash hair

num. nine

Speaker: Macy Edgar

paternal grandfather

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb come

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

louse, head

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

thumb

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

salt

verb help

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to be poor

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

adj. free

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun farmer

Speaker: Danio Poll

shaman

hello

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

twist open

heat (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun brown lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

undress

fall

tired

noun hell

Speaker: Monique Poll

rich

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

tongue

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb smell

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

honey

eldest brother

true

noun canned milk (store bought)

adj. clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

leech

noun crow

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː pulila liau pɔː rit͡ʃeta] sentence I went with the woman to the beach

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

have children

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

hide

hidden

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb, intransitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

these three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urine

Speaker: Danio Poll

urinate (piss)

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sand

ground

why

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

hole

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

brother

adj. tall

Speaker: Danio Poll

hear

copulate (have sex with)

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

summer

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

blue

very old man

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll