Kapingamarangi English

n. foam

n. flatfish (flounder, halibut, etc)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. basket made with coconut leaves with carrying handle

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

many waves

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

fish species

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. mahi mahi or common dolphinfish

Scientific name: Coryphaena hippurus

adj. dumb

basket for serving portions at a feast

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. tooth brush

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Goodbye

vi. confused, be

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

to gossip about someone

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

cough

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

adj. young

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. box

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. unceasingly, always

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

which one

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

trawling

phrase What’s your name?

barb of a stingray used to pierce ears

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. boxing or fighting

n. zenith

n. house post

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

poorly balanced

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. coconut husk

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. octopus ink

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

cloudy

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

laugh

n. whimbrel

Scientific name: Numenius phaeopus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vi. bathe

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

type of turtle

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

fish innards

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

white sand

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

disk-like sand particle

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

sand

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. playground

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. grass

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,

vi. to limp

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

loincloth; makeshift, to do or tie temporarily

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. distort

vi. stumble

greedy

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. add more coconut meat

vt. to add more coconut meat

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. amaze

vt. rock back and forth

vt. try to make (something) stand up

vt. to try to formulate (e.g., an idea or plan)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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,

at. to tangle up

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. form a crowd

name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

it doesn’t matter which

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Manta ray

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

v. hurry

n. lionfish in general; red lionfish

Scientific name: Pterois volitans,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. foreign lands; the earth; the world

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

shark’s first dorsal fin

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,

n. light sprinkling rain

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

beard

n. kidney

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. mirror

sand

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. tree

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. shouting wood used for making houses on Kapinga atoll

escape

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vt. sizzle

fast

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

long

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. nipple of breasts

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. club used for beating fish

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. early (for an appt)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. dolphin

Example: Photo by manoellemos February 9, 2007 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0

Scientific name: Coryphaena hippurus,
Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

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

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n flute, whistle

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

n. a fiber of coconut husk

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. chin

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. rectum

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. zero

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. eyeball

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. a knot that unties when pulled

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

n. a three pronged fishing spear

famine

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Skirt

sister

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

sister-in-law

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. post supporting a house

shouting