Kapingamarangi English

bottom fishing

n. bluefin trevally

Scientific name: Caranx melampygus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

phrase I want to

maternal grandfather

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

adj. dumb

n. rabbitfish species

Scientific name: Siganus sp.,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

bulging or hilly

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

tooth brush

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. embrace

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. hew

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

ai. broad space

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. confused, be

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

vi. to worry about

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. unable to stand (e.g. in high tide)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. constantly having to urinate

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. knotty (wood), having many bumps (of a tree)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

bosom/breast

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

n. mother

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. coconut husk

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. octopus ink

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. ladder, stairway

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

to laugh at

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. climb

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. intestines

copra dried in the wind

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

v. wash self

wash hair

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

disk-like sand particle

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

sand

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. grass

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

v. be somewhat fast

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. midnight snapper; black and white snapper

Scientific name: Macolor macularis; Macolor niger,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

to feel about in the dark, to grope

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

set on fire

vt. use sparingly

vi. be similar

vt. add more coconut meat

vt. to show

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. accumulate goods

vt. get drunk

vi. pout

vt. seat (someone)

vt. to seat (e.g., person’s at a feast)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. be quiet

name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vt. to dry out under sunshine (by hanging)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

it doesn’t matter which

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. to sear (e.g., meat)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

to Mash

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. move with the extremeties spread out

school of flying fish

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Manta ray

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. bath house

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. skinny

n. foreign lands; the earth; the world

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

shark’s first dorsal fin

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. fish fin

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,

bark (dog)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vt. spreading the news, gossip

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. sponge

lie (down)

boiled

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Stick used for pushing the boat out

n. flame

v. speak

Run

vi. shake one’s head

n. wide-band fusilier

Scientific name: Pterocaesio lativittata,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

long

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

adj. early (for an appt)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

v. To meander or to look around

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

n. embers

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

kind

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

eat

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

have breakfast

n. old or worn out sarong, rag

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. zero

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. longnosed emperor

Scientific name: Lethrinus olivaceus

vt. mumble

n. paternal grandmother

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

second coconut stage; small green coconut

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. chest

low tide

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. three pointed fishing spear

n. teenage boy

n. kawakawa tuna or mackerel tuna

Scientific name: Euthynnus affinis,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Skirt

vi. happy, be

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

tongue

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. mollusk sp.

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