Mokilese English

verb walk

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun anchor

Speaker: Ichiro John

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. ten

Speaker: Macy Edgar

air

Speaker: Danio Poll

adjective dry

Speaker: Danio Poll

lice, body

in the morning

Speaker: Danio Poll

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

sharpen

weak

sneeze

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

v/n sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun moon, month

try

day before yesterday

Speaker: Danio Poll

watch (v)

twist open

new

n middle mast

Speaker: Ichiro John

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun striped lizard

Speaker: Danio Poll

bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tree bark

Speaker: Danio Poll

fall

noun cloud

ostentatious person

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun a line held by a person in the back of the canoe that helps to control the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun elderly woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

widow

noun piece of wood on the tip of the kehu that holds all the lines attached to the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

eldest brother

[mɔn] your

sentence I have a canoe

noun canned milk (store bought)

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. thick

Speaker: Danio Poll

brain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

sit down

noun garden

Speaker: Danio Poll

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[nen liː o pit͡ʃo] the woman’s pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo wɔlo] sentence I will give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː polobidi sugo ʃilɔː] sentence I cut the tree with the axe

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wooden structures that remove water from paddling canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

have children

sell

fishing line

Speaker: Ichiro John

hidden

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun dream

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun arrow

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spouse of

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

youngest sister

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

wing

thigh

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. deaf

Speaker: Danio Poll

[pʷakəlap] n where the main mast is placed, in the middle of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun smell

noun cave

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

day before yesterday

brother

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rib

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

tree

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

twin

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

sentence I have 2 canoes

pull

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

breadfruit tree fruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

make

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlu t͡ʃuːpa kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man did not give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[wɔlo piɾin kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man will give the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll