Mokilese English

[aiʔ] noun mine

[apid] n three wooden poles on either side of and parallel to the two kia that make up the connection between the canoe and the outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

[derəwak] n the place on the canoe where ropes are tied

Speaker: Ichiro John

bosom/breast

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

verb catch a fish by spear

Speaker: Danio Poll

starved

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun wind

Speaker: Danio Poll

dried

Speaker: Danio Poll

dry

[ia domʷen] sentence what is your name

louse, head

cook

vi to be born

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

noun knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb drunk, be

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

not stingy

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb bury

Speaker: Thakar Peter

weak

salt

n skipjack (fish)

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

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

thirty

bowstring

[t͡ʃɔn t͡ʃilu] n a type of knot

noun back part of sail

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb exchange, to

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

[ke:rup] n a wooden ridge below the canoe that protects the bottom from coral and keeps the canoe steady in the water

Speaker: Ichiro John

first

Speaker: Danio Poll

we know each other

noun mosquito larva

red ant

noun chin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

sword

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb grind

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun show-off

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun barrow, hog (castrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sow (female pig of reproductive age)

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. pregnant

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. fifty

Speaker: Danio Poll

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[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

sky

n bracelet

verb touching one’s nose to a child’s forehead

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun line that is used to pull up the sail

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

[men] classifier for people

grass

Speaker: Danio Poll

right (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sweet

noun father

Speaker: Danio Poll

chest

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

noun male

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb have breakfast

Speaker: Danio Poll

old (person)

traditional chief

noun fishnet

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun wave, the surf

Speaker: Danio Poll

sell

noun my friend

Speaker: Danio Poll

hidden

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

mouth

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun daughter-in-law

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb arrive

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

hat

adjective / noun black pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun ground/soil

Speaker: Danio Poll

arm

[pɔŋ] n wooden platform on the top of the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun excrement

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. dirty

Speaker: Danio Poll

v To have one’s first sexual experience (slang)

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

n tip of penis (slang)

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

noun seashell

Speaker: Danio Poll

day after tomorrow

two

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

pull open

noun stone, rock

Speaker: Danio Poll

story

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

tree

noun hearth, cooking pit/fire

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wʌs] noun living coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

wet

feather

noun banana

Speaker: Danio Poll

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

[wɔlo me kitom mɔi pit͡ʃo] sentence the man gave the pig to me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb dog bark

Speaker: Thakar Peter

hail

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll