Mokilese English

sentence why are you here

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun gray-haired person

Speaker: Danio Poll

then

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun leg

[eː mɔi juːmʷen] sentence yes, I am sick

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

num. fifteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

sea snake

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

ripe

louse

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice, body

verb to cook

Speaker: Thakar Peter

both

Speaker: Thakar Peter

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

trap (v)

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun girl

Speaker: Danio Poll

ship

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

third

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

see

adj. skillful

Speaker: Danio Poll

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kɔː joːmʷeːu] sentence are you sick?

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

adj. big

Speaker: Danio Poll

tusk

gold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. white

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun cockroach

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun malaria

Speaker: Thakar Peter

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hole (in ground)

Speaker: Danio Poll

spear

n spear for fishing

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

malaria

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

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

worm

hungry, be

sit down

adj. short

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

clean

born, be

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun puddle

nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hammock

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sand

virgin

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

thief

hot

[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

excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

hole

noun betel nut

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

n top mast of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

adj. burned (food)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

strong

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

hut

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

sentence I have 2 canoes

pull

verb start boiling

Speaker: Thakar Peter

coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

village

feather

[wɔlo juːpa piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John