Mokilese English

adv. now

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

[dam] n outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

wash self

num. fourteen

Speaker: Danio Poll

maternal grandmother

dry

where

how much

[ilaɾe] to troll

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun flea

Speaker: Danio Poll

who

noun pandanus fruit mat for sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

machete

Speaker: Danio Poll

big knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

weak

noun father-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃeːrmʷen o mɔi nen amako] sentence the boy is sleeping in the hammock

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n bluefin tuna

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

sentence don’t tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

[jɔrɔkli] n on the side of a sailing canoe to hold the sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb have cold

Speaker: Danio Poll

feed

watch (v)

see

[keinin eɾe] n wooden poles the run perpendicular to the apid and kia, on the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun cage

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[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

skin

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive break

Speaker: Thakar Peter

tusk

noun comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

killed, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb make something die

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun goose

Speaker: Danio Poll

back

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun green lizard

Speaker: Thakar Peter

waist

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

adj. frightened

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. bright

Speaker: Danio Poll

death

n death

sentence I have a canoe

verb to kiss

Speaker: Danio Poll

it’s cloudy (the sky is bad)

noun canned milk (store bought)

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun grandfather (general)

Speaker: Thakar Peter

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

traditional chief

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

sentence I am going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː piɾin iːla mɔ lakap] sentence I will go there tomorrow

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hungry; literally, ’I want to eat’

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb born

Speaker: Thakar Peter

mother

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun coconut in its last stage of development (meat is hard, husk is brown, coconut fallen from tree)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun spider

Speaker: Danio Poll

set on fire

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

four

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

coconut milk (handmade)

Speaker: Danio Poll

three pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun bridge

Speaker: Danio Poll

wing

noun ground

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweat

noun itch

Speaker: Danio Poll

n batfish

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

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

young

noun day

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun eldest brother

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hear

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut sprouted a little

Speaker: Thakar Peter

nose

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun meat

Speaker: Thakar Peter

raise

verb laugh

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun fruit

noun forest

Speaker: Danio Poll

neck

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll