Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

beard

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

shoulder

noun string inside the seam of one side of a sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun old person

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun elected chief

verb catch

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb exit

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun leg

twelve

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

ripe

verb, transitive burn

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[inɔn mʷɔkilɔ] n Mokilese knot

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

Swiss army knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

knife to take out meat of coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

toe

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

little finger

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

noun axe

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

be quiet

verb to be poor

ill, become

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun moon, month

noun other type of baracuda

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. alone

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eat

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

[kia] n the two wooden poles in the middle of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun mosquito larva

[kʌm] n bear paw clam shell

verb fall

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb sing

Speaker: Danio Poll

word

verb cooked

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun hip

n bracelet

bird

Speaker: Danio Poll

blind

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

[meɾin war] noun canoe back

Speaker: Ichiro John

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun nausea; start to get sea sick, but cannot vomit

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb go to sleep

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. brown

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb want

adj. better

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

silent

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ sɔl] my black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

born, be

hidden

n goatfish

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

verb, intransitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

num. four

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun pipe

youngest sister

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun pond

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

tie

arm

hand

defecate (shit)

wing

verb swim

Speaker: Danio Poll

tribe

[pʷɔkɔr] n the wooden side of the pahj

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb gather

Speaker: Danio Poll

v to fall on one’s backside (slang)

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. wide

noun beginning

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb, intransitive To be in death agony

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

skull

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb kick

Speaker: Danio Poll

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

village

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll