Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adv. before

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

n light

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

ninety

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

mother-in-law

sea snake

noun enemy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb leave

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fan

Speaker: Danio Poll

prefix not

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

toe

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

[t͡ʃimʷ] n the rail on top of the canoe; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

[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

be quiet

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

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

put

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

fall

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

ant

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

noun gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to build up

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearless

Speaker: Danio Poll

language of Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

kiss

[lɔ:n jɔ:mʷur] n where the line holding down the sail is tied; near the end of the canoe but before the repiakiak

Speaker: Ichiro John

sky

noun honey bee

Speaker: Thakar Peter

waist

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

eye

Speaker: Danio Poll

hungry, be

hungry

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb give birth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun grandmother (general)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

[piʃ men o] that pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wild boar

urinate (piss)

river

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun fishing pole

Speaker: Danio Poll

thief

noun small hole (in wall, paper, etc.)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. overcooked, dry, tasteless

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun full moon

today

paternal uncle

sister-in-law

brother

adj. wide

verb fly (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

singer

noun gecko

Speaker: Danio Poll

summer

verb vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

blue

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

red

Speaker: Macy Edgar

pull

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

west

this place

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll