Mokilese English

verb wash hands

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb need

Speaker: Macy Edgar

spit (v)

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

people

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun duck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

save

n parrotfish

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

starve

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal grandmother

noun infertile female pig

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun priest

weak

diarrhea

Speaker: Danio Poll

n skipjack (fish)

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

noun small baby, child

Speaker: Thakar Peter

sentence don’t run

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun grave

Speaker: Danio Poll

[jo:jo] n piece of wood under the kia

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

hello

noun smoke

noun eat

n papaya

[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

pronoun you (plural remote. more than two individuals)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun very young coconut

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bite

Speaker: Thakar Peter

black ant (large, stings)

noun ant

Example: Photo by David Harrison, 2015

Speaker: Danio Poll

rich

[kɔsɔ] n a trapezoidal piece of wood on the side of the canoe farther from the outrigger that connects the canoe and the poang

Speaker: Ichiro John

pronoun you (singular)

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

noun cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. very poor

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

tongue

verb be pregnant

adj. beautiful

Speaker: Thakar Peter

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb smell

verb tap noses together (nose to nose)

Speaker: Danio Poll

scared

verb be blind

Speaker: Thakar Peter

death

[men] classifier for people

female

adj. thin

Speaker: Danio Poll

smooth

heavy breadfruit

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun head

leech

verb to have children

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean

verb catch a fish by line

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hide

Speaker: Danio Poll

v sexually experienced

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

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

[pa:t͡ʃ] n a sitting place on the edge of the canoe, on top of the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun nest

Speaker: Danio Poll

hat

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb fry

Speaker: Danio Poll

this pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo kaula nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran into the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

these three black pigs of mine

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

n plate

Speaker: Macy Edgar

defecate (shit)

noun Pohnpei

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun eye, possibly "part of face"

Speaker: Macy Edgar

say

bat

Speaker: Danio Poll

burned

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bowl

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb find

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun day

v to be broken or deflowered

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

twenty

noun maternal uncle

adj. skinny

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun flower

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

adj. dark

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. wide

bone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun snake

Speaker: Danio Poll

tear

noun nose

Speaker: Sanchez Johnson

noun fishermen

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun remain

seven

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun house

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

n foundation of house

Speaker: Macy Edgar

turtle

noun whistle/stingray spear/to start to sprout

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John