Mokilese English

noun name

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun chicken egg

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun people of Marshall Islands

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun people of Mwoakilloa

Speaker: Ichiro John

adj. blue

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb enter

Speaker: Macy Edgar

yes

connector of canoe to outrigger

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun east

blood

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

vi to force

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

thumb

gonorrhea

child

noun Bowie knife

Speaker: Danio Poll

[t͡ʃimʷen re:l] n the rail on top of the canoe and near the front end; above the kapwidpwid; prevents water from entering the canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

impossible

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb become sick

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb dance

Speaker: Danio Poll

n sweetheart

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

adj. possible

thank you

Speaker: Stuart Mongs

verb to frighten

Speaker: Danio Poll

pronoun you (plural remote)

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

n coffee

Speaker: Macy Edgar

verb have fever, feeling hot

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb exchange, to

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

[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

mucus

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun mosquito larva

verb run

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun gun

Speaker: Danio Poll

adj. huge

Speaker: Danio Poll

rich

noun heron

Speaker: Danio Poll

[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

verb, transitive break

tusk

noun female (person), woman

Speaker: Danio Poll

butterfly

Speaker: Danio Poll

[lɔ] n seat of a canoe

Speaker: Ichiro John

wash clothes

adj. fearful

Speaker: Danio Poll

left (side)

Speaker: Danio Poll

[men] classifier for people

noun canned milk (store bought)

interro. how

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut (past stage of drinking)

Speaker: Danio Poll

fish

Speaker: Danio Poll

sentence When did you buy a hat?

Speaker: Macy Edgar

sentence I bought a hat.

Speaker: Macy Edgar

[ŋɔː ʃipiɾin iːla mɔ] sentence I am not going there today

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa kapan pit͡ʃa] sentence I did not see the pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔː t͡ʃuːpa piɾin kiɔŋ pit͡ʃo pɔː] sentence I will not give the pig to the man

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

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

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

[ŋɔi pit͡ʃ ] my pig

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

verb drink

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb to deliver children/to raise children

Speaker: Danio Poll

pull in

n goatfish

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

v sexually experienced

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

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

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb be prepared

eyebrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun eyebrow

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun paddle

Example: Photo by Lawrence Joao Haavik, 2015

Speaker: Ichiro John

[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

day after tomorrow

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb lie (down)

Speaker: Danio Poll

verb fight

Speaker: Danio Poll

float

Speaker: Danio Poll

noun coconut already good for drinking, but meat inside thin

Speaker: Thakar Peter

three black pigs

Speaker: Kalio Lebehn

saliva

Speaker: Danio Poll

dirty

noun clown triggerfish

Example: Balistoides conspicillum, Balistidae, Clown Triggerfish; Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Germany. by H. Zell, 2009, CC-BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun hut

Speaker: Danio Poll

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

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

noun basket

Speaker: Thakar Peter

verb give greetings

Speaker: Danio Poll

paternal aunt

n party (celebration)

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

n table

Speaker: Macy Edgar

backbone

Speaker: Monique Panaligan

shoulder blade

Speaker: Danio Poll

snow

Speaker: Danio Poll

n fashion earrings

adj. black

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun gecko

eighty

[wʌs waːsa] noun red coral

Speaker: Ichiro John

noun fruit

turtle

wet, become

next week

Speaker: Danio Poll

one man

Speaker: Danio Poll

six

Speaker: Macy Edgar

noun lobster

Speaker: Danio Poll