Kapingamarangi English

earing

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. father

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. white-edged lyretail; yellow-edged lyretail

Scientific name: Aetobatus narinari; Variola louti,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. basket made with coconut leaves with carrying handle

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

fish species

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. mahi mahi or common dolphinfish

Scientific name: Coryphaena hippurus

raise

save

adj. dumb

trumpet shell

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. sorcerize

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. hew

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,

n. sorcerer

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. wrestle

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. never flies (e.g. a kite)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. unceasingly, always

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. stuffed full

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. too small, misfitted

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. to grow poorly, unable to grow

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. scissors

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

phrase What’s your name?

vi. blood, to bleed

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Peck

n. sister

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

sweep

n. dragonfly

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

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. intestines

n. term referring to young things, young children

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

soft meat of green cocount

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. green sea turtle

Example: Photo by prilfish July 20, 2011 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

Scientific name: Chelonia mydas,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. soil

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

phrase we roast a fish

school of red snapper

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. outrigger float connecting stanchion

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. limestrone strae below soil

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

think

vt. cause to repeatedly have free time

loincloth; makeshift, to do or tie temporarily

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. cause to sink, accidentally or temporarily

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. level (e.g. ground)

vt. drive a school of fish

vt. to feed workers

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

boundary of taro plot

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. amaze

vt. rock back and forth

vi. pout

vt. to purposely sink or submerge (and leave submerged for some time)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

ai. swelling periodically

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. seat (someone)

vt. form a crowd

v. be fast

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

school of flying fish

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. memorize

fish:white marlin

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Wag (a tail)

v. surf

n. outhouse

Example: Photo by Joel Abroad September 29, 2007 via Flickr License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. evening

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. appendage; fin

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

shark’s first dorsal fin

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

near

n. beard hair

Obliterate

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

both

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

bark (dog)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. mirror

boiled

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. shouting wood used for making houses on Kapinga atoll

v. talk

n. wide-band fusilier

Scientific name: Pterocaesio lativittata,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Musky smell of sex

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Meek in spirit

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. perfume

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. six-blotch hind

Scientific name: Cephalopholis sexmaculata,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. short jawed bonefish

Scientific name: Albula glossodonta,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

dull

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

going any direction

first

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited, reserved for use by fishermen only)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vi. urinate

n. tin roofing

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. a knot that unties when pulled

v. crumple

breadfruit pancake, grilled on a fire

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n a fruit salad made of breadfruit and soursop, mixed with sugar or coconut juice, eaten raw not cooked

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. gold-lined sea bream

Scientific name: Gnathodentex aurolineatus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

second coconut stage; small green coconut

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. teenage girl

n. guardian

n. kawakawa tuna or mackerel tuna

Scientific name: Euthynnus affinis,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

bleed

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

tongue

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

youngest sister

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

floating

noun bark

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

shouting