Kapingamarangi talking dictionary

Kapingamarangi  - English

online talking dictionary

version 1.0, 7.2013

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Kapingamarangi

The Kapingamarangi Talking Dictionary currently has 2476 entries, with 804 audio files and 276 images.
This domain search has returned 19 entries.

akiaki [+]

n.    white biblical dove

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich


Semantic domains:

  • birds
deduu [+]

n.    chicken

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,


Semantic domains:

  • birds
deduu ahina [+]

n.    hen

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by Klaus Stiefel January 5, 2008 via Flickr License: CC BY-NC 2.0


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  • birds
dolobidi [+]

n.    white tern

Scientific name: Sterna sumatrana sumatrana

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by 澎湖小雲雀 June 22, 2013 via Flickr License: BY-NC-SA


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  • birds
ede gia [+]

n.    white-tailed tropicbird

Scientific name: Phaethon lepturus


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  • birds
gaga [+]

n.    whimbrel

Scientific name: Numenius phaeopus

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich


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gataha [+]

n.    great frigate bird

Scientific name: Fregata minor

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich


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  • birds
gokii [+]

n.    Pacific lorikeet

Scientific name: Trichoglossus rubiginosus

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich


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  • birds
maduke [+]

n.    Pacific reef heron

Scientific name: Egretta sacra

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich


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  • birds
manu dahongo [+]

n.    brown noddy

Scientific name: Anous stolidus

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich


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  • birds
manu mamaangi [+]

n.    bird

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by tropical.pete September 28, 2007 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0


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moeho [+]

n.    Micronesian starling

Scientific name: Aplonis opaca

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich


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mono moana [+]

n.    island swiftlet

Scientific name: Aerodramus inquietus

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich


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  • birds
moua [+]

n.    frigate bird

Scientific name: Fregata sp.

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by Sophie Robson February 11, 2007 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0


Semantic domains:

  • birds
moua-gai [+]

n.    brown booby

Scientific name: Sula leucogaster plotus

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Ischaemum byrone (Sula leucogaster plotus). Location: Pauwalu Pt., Maui, HI USA. Photo by Forest & Kim Starr October 12, 2002 via Wikimedia Commons License: CC BY 3.0


Semantic domains:

  • birds
mowakai [+]

n.    brown booby

Scientific name: Sula leucogaster

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich


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  • birds
tolo biti [+]

n.    white tern

Scientific name: Gygis alba

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich


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  • birds
toloo [+]

n.    gray duck

Scientific name: Anas superciliosa

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich


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  • birds
tuli [+]

n.    ruddy turnstone

Scientific name: Arenaria interpres


Semantic domains:

  • birds
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All content copyright © Kapingamarangi community. (2013)
Dictionary produced by Howartson Heinrich, Gregory D. S. Anderson and K. David Harrison. (2013).
Supported in part with funding from a NSF REU Site grant (PI Harrison, Building Digital Tools to Support Endangered Languages and Preserve Environmental Knowledge in Mexico, Micronesia, and Navajo Nation, Award #1461056).
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission.
how to cite: Anderson, Gregory D.S., Howartson Heinrich and K. David Harrison. 2013. Kapingamarangi Talking Dictionary. Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages. http://www.talkingdictionary.org/kapingamarangi

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There are currently 2476 entries, 804 audio files, and 276 images.

All content copyright © Kapingamarangi community. (2013)
Dictionary produced by Howartson Heinrich, Gregory D. S. Anderson and K. David Harrison. (2013).
Supported in part with funding from a NSF REU Site grant (PI Harrison, Building Digital Tools to Support Endangered Languages and Preserve Environmental Knowledge in Mexico, Micronesia, and Navajo Nation, Award #1461056).
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission.
how to cite: Anderson, Gregory D.S., Howartson Heinrich and K. David Harrison. 2013. Kapingamarangi Talking Dictionary. Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages. http://www.talkingdictionary.org/kapingamarangi

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