Kapingamarangi English

n. foam

earing

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. white and purple flower plant

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

bottom fishing

phrase I want to

phrase I am supposed to be a high school student

n. pot

vi. defecate

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

grown soft

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

many waves

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. mahi mahi or common dolphinfish

Scientific name: Coryphaena hippurus

n. prepared food; raw soft breadfruit mixed with water

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. octopi in general

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

trumpet shell

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. lower ridge pole; the very top

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

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

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

which

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. moorish idol

Scientific name: Zanclus cornutus

n. mother

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. kindle (fire)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

sweep

school of surgeon fish

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

cloudy

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

laugh

vt. climb

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. whimbrel

Scientific name: Numenius phaeopus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

thin cloth

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. young children

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. spadefish and batfish species

Scientific name: Chaetodipterus sp.,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

type of turtle

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. grass

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. outrigger float connecting stanchion

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. to limp

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. cause to repeatedly have free time

vt. cause to sink, accidentally or temporarily

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. drive a school of fish

vi. stumble

greedy

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. accumulate goods

ai. swelling periodically

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. make up (after fighting)

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

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. scream periodically

vt. screaming periodically

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. be quiet

to accumulate school of fish by feeding them, to attract by baiting

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. feast, party

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Manta ray

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. bath house

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

carving/scraping noise

canoe part: float connectives

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

adj. skinny

n. foreign lands; the earth; the world

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

phrase good evening

shark’s first dorsal fin

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. tongue

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. blacktip reef shark

Scientific name: Carcharhinus melanopterus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. beard hair

n. rib

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

swimming

lie (down)

boiled

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. thorn branch

plywood

escape

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

drunk, get

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Musky smell of sex

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

long

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. club used for beating fish

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. six-blotch hind

Scientific name: Cephalopholis sexmaculata,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. open area around the house

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. embers

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

kind

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

worm

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

once upon a time, first time

have breakfast

n. chin

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. old or worn out sarong, rag

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. egg

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

n. zero

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

louse, egg

n. tin roof

vt. mumble

v. crumple

sit down

n. maternal grandmother

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. paternal grandmother

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. chest

n. teenage girl

canoe part: float braces

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. kawakawa tuna or mackerel tuna

Scientific name: Euthynnus affinis,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Skirt

vi. happy, be

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

personal name of a Kapinga man who lived in the first half of the 20th century.

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

sister

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. long line for bottom fishing

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. rib cage

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,