Mokilese English

noun seahorse

Speaker: Danio Poll

shoulder

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

elder

verb catch a fish by hand

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun bosom/breast

Speaker: Thakar Peter

adj lumpy

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

n parrotfish

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

wash someone

starve

noun leg

nineteen

mother-in-law

pronoun he, she, it

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun high

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eagle

Speaker: Danio Poll

who

in morning

[inɔn jenwʌs] n literally, ’knot at the reef’; a quick knot made before sailing a canoe

verb bleed

Speaker: Thakar Peter

salt

n Idiot or fool (jack-ass)

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

v to have a drooping foreskin (vulgar insult)

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

adj. clumsy

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boy

Speaker: Thakar Peter

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb lose

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to be poor

cheek

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun boar (uncastrated pig)

Speaker: Danio Poll

never

n steel drum

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

hello

third

new

[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

rat

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb comb

Speaker: Thakar Peter

red ant

tired

chin

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb hold

verb cough

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun language

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun lagoon

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

verb lie (tell untruth)

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun ocean area outside and approximate to the barrier reef

num. five

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

num. five

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

bee

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun sand crab

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb, transitive popular with girls

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

spear

death

heart

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

noun fear

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun intestines

vomit (v)

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence I bought a hat yesterday.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

noun crossbar that holds the two masts together

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

n goatfish

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

noun coconut that is already brown and ready to husk

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be prepared

verb make by weaving

Speaker: Thakar Peter

husband

noun answer

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun nest

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[pit͡ʃo ʃen nen wɔlo] sentence the pig ran out from the forest

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

say

sentence tell me

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

hole

verb shout

Speaker: Danio Poll

every day

brother in law

noun brother

Speaker: Thakar Peter

yellow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb fly

Speaker: Danio Poll

fly (v)

noun neck

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun start

Speaker: Danio Poll

south

Speaker: Danio Poll

hear

noun small piece of wood that is tied perpendicular to the kehu, about 1/3 from the bottom

Speaker: Danio Poll

singer

noun meat

actually get sea sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun unwanted coconuts

Speaker: Thakar Peter

eight

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb build

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun man

Speaker: Thakar Peter

noun isolated parts of the reef

Speaker: Danio Poll

rain

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun rain that hurts, hail

Speaker: Danio Poll