Kapingamarangi English

n. foam

bottom fishing

maternal grandfather

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

paternal grandfather

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

to pluck, earthworms, to shake water off

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

grown soft

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

save

adj. dumb

Shiver

n. rabbitfish

Example: Photo by Jan Messersmith November 29, 2006 via Flickr License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Scientific name: Siganus puellus,
Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. sorcerize

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Goodbye

vt. hew

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

ai. broad space

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

v.phrase to go spearfishing

adj. always late

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. to misunderstand, not able to understand

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. unsuccessful

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. constantly having to urinate

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. continuous

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

which

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. mother

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. boxing or fighting

sweep

n. coconut husk

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. ladder

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. ladder, stairway

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. climb

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. young children

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. soft meat of green coconut

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

v. wash self

noun sand

Example: Photo by Matt Kiefer October 6, 2006 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

disk-like sand particle

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. grass

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

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

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

to feel about in the dark, to grope

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. rocks for pounding

n. limestrone strae below soil

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

set on fire

vt. cause to repeatedly have free time

vt. level (e.g. ground)

vt. make up your minds

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. stumble

vi. be similar

boundary of taro plot

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. to show

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. rock back and forth

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

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

ai. swelling periodically

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. scream periodically

vt. always lying (someone) on a pillow

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. be quiet

vt. to stagger under a weight or when very sleepy

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. to dry out under sunshine (by hanging)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

to Mash

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

v. hurry

vi. look around

bark (dog)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

swimming

n. board

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. shouting wood used for making houses on Kapinga atoll

v. speak

drunk, be

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vt. sizzle

fast

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vt. pick with a breadfruit picker

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

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

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. frying pan

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

have breakfast

n. chin

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. tin roofing

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. egg

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

n. eyeball

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. tin roof

n. longnosed emperor

Scientific name: Lethrinus olivaceus

vt. mumble

scraping soda can on table noise

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

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

second coconut stage; small green coconut

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

v. to pound

n. a three pronged fishing spear

priest

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. black-banded snapper

Scientific name: Lutjanus semicinctus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. branching coral

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

canoe part: float braces

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. double lined mackerel

Scientific name: Grammatorcynos bilineatus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

elder sister

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. mollusk sp.

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