Mokilese English

chicken egg

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

many people

then

save

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

how much

rainbow

interro. how much

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

noon

Speaker: Macy Edgar

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mother

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

[inɔn pʷit͡ʃ] n a type of knot

sharpen

adj. not clean

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dig

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become ill

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

n rope that is tied to the canoe to hold the sail in place; there is one joahmwur on either side of the sail (front and back)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

try

[t͡ʃukren maʊ] n type of knot that looks like the mouth of a parrot fish

verb finish

Speaker: Danio Poll

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb freed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

n spine foot (fish)

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

tired

noun elbow

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun fist

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

n bracelet

warm

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sap from coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

eldest sister

[mɔn] your

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

male

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. good

Speaker: Danio Poll

sit down

green

have

adj. sunny

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. ugly

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃɔpa iːla mɔ ai:o] sentence I did not go there yesterday

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

have children

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

sell

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

take

pron. your

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

youngest brother

adjective / noun big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃumene kolik] this big pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

dirty

arm

[pʷai] n a piece wood that holds down the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun smell

[pʷɔs] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

n tip of penis (slang)

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

every day

today

twenty

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

brother in law

flower

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

n party (celebration)

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

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

copulate (have sex with)

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

thorn

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

summer

stop

noun blow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

wet

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun dog bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll