Kapingamarangi English

n. fence, wall of a house

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. white and purple flower plant

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. white biblical dove

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

maternal grandfather

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

grown soft

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

many waves

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

fish species

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

raise

mollusk (nerita polida)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

tooth brush

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. sorcerize

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. pull; drag

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. red snapper

Example: Photo by Florida Fish and Wildlife Center April 3, 2012 via Flickr License: CC BY-ND 2.0

Scientific name: Lutjanus vaigiensis,
Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. spider lily

Example: Photo by angeliathatsme July 1, 2011 via Flickr License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Scientific name: Crinum asiaticum,
Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

cough

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

kill

vt. wrestle

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. stuffed full

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

which

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. moorish idol

Scientific name: Zanclus cornutus

bosom/breast

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

school of surgeon fish

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. sand spit

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. dragonfly

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

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. climb

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. whimbrel

Scientific name: Numenius phaeopus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

thin cloth

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. intestines

n. spadefish and batfish species

Scientific name: Chaetodipterus sp.,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

soft meat of green cocount

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

copra dried in the wind

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

white sand

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. soil

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. plant

Example: Photo by Forest and Kim Starr February 12, 2001 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

Scientific name: Fimbristylis cymosa,
Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. mud

n. smoked fish

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. filthy, disgusted (with smelly objects like feces)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. multi-colored

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

think

snore

set on fire

vt. level (e.g. ground)

vt. to measure out, allot

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. add more coconut meat

vt. to squint

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

ai. withered

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. to approach circumspectly; gingerly

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. lengthen

to Mash

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

help

school of flying fish

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

v. surf

noun bird nest

canoe part: float connectives

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. flower of the Clerodendrum inerme

Example: Photo by Lauren Gutierrez February 4, 2012 via Flickr License: CC BY-ND 2.0

Scientific name: Clerodendrum inerme,
Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

near

very near

n. tongue

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. beard hair

beard

n. kidney

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. sponge

roasted

n. board

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. run

Run

vi. shake one’s head

fast

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. perfume

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

v. shake

n. nipple of breasts

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. early (for an appt)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. starfish

Example: Photo by NOAA Photo Library September 24, 2010 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

have fever

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

n. starfish

Example: Photo by NOAA Photo Library September 24, 2010 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

Scientific name: Asteroidea sp.,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

dull

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vt. weigh (on a scale); seek by divination

vt. throb

going any direction

worm

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. bird

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

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

insect

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

phrase a triple hook

an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. old or worn out sarong, rag

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

breadfruit pancake, grilled on a fire

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vomit

v. to pound

n. a three pronged fishing spear

n. slipper lobster species

Scientific name: Scyllaridae sp.

n. three pointed fishing spear

n. teenage boy

priest

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

famine

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Skirt

an islet of Kapinga Atoll (one of only two that is inhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. place name: heavily populated central islet

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

elder sister

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. mollusk sp.

Scientific name: Nerita picea,
Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,