Mokilese English

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[aɾai] theirs

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

elder

sentence What did you get?

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

twelve

maternal grandmother

noun ghost

Speaker: Danio Poll

where

rainbow

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice (human lice)

Speaker: Danio Poll

in the evening

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

sad

in morning

at night

Speaker: Thakar Peter

army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

return

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

child

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o kupolai t͡ʃaŋ in sugo] sentence the boy fell down from the tree

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

verb to be poor

adj. stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

lightning

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

feed

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

[ki:l] n small wooden ridge underneath either side of a canoe, as well as underneath an outrigger, to protect the bottom

Speaker: Ichiro John

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elbow

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kill

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb cut

Speaker: Danio Poll

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb jump

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun storm

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

[milik in muŋe] noun dairy milk

Speaker: Monique Poll

verb breathe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

noun ocean

when

tooth

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃu] sentence I don’t see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun north

hidden

take

verb dream of (something)

Speaker: Danio Poll

set on fire

husband

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sprouting coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

hammock

adj. another

Speaker: Danio Poll

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

urinate (piss)

sand

verb steal

Speaker: Danio Poll

thigh

adj. burned (self, feeling)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pʷit͡ʃ] n a wooden pole that sits above and paralell to the outrigger, on top of the kia; keeps the outrigger flexible

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fishing pole

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

noun smell

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

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

n Kind of jellyfish

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

v to try to break or deflower

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

noun maternal aunt

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fashion earrings

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

[upʷen wen ] n

Speaker: Ichiro John

elderly man

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

turtle

six

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

hail