Kapingamarangi English

n. foam

adj. windy

bottom fishing

blood clot

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

maternal grandfather

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

to pluck, earthworms, to shake water off

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. pot

adj. choppy, rough (of seas)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

grown soft

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

v. dribble

fish species

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

rough play, rough-and-tumble

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

basket for serving portions at a feast

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. pull; drag

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,

a coconut whose meat is dry without having been opened

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

to gossip about someone

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

kill

vi. to worry about

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. never enough

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. to misunderstand, not able to understand

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. unceasingly, always

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. moorish idol

Scientific name: Zanclus cornutus

barb of a stingray used to pierce ears

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. kindle (fire)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. zenith

sweep

poorly balanced

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. coconut husk

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. dragonfly

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

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

laugh

to laugh at

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. young children

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. bathe

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

tentacles of an octopus

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

white sand

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. coral pebbles

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

level ground

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. broad, open place

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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,

loincloth; makeshift, to do or tie temporarily

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. to feed workers

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

greedy

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

make the veins of the neck stick out (as when angry)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

boundary of taro plot

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. to show

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. to squint

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. amaze

vt. seat (someone)

vt. always lying (someone) on a pillow

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

ai. withered

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,

vt. allow to ripen

vt. feast, party

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

find

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

phrase good evening

vi. look around

choose

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. appendage; fin

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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,

n. beard hair

n. armpit hair

beard

n. kidney

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. carrying

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. mirror

swimming

boiled

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Stick used for pushing the boat out

vi. run

drunk, get

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. club used for beating fish

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. mimic octopus and similar species

Scientific name: Thaumoctopus mimicus

n. embers

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

kind

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

worm

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

first

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

phrase a triple hook

have breakfast

n. brain

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

n. tin roof

n. a knot that unties when pulled

v. crumple

sit down

n. paternal grandmother

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

clam shell, used for ornament or for scraping off burned outer shell of cooked breadfruit

Example: Photo by genjitsu / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Asaphis violascens,
Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vomit

low tide

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

canoe part: float braces

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. double lined mackerel

Scientific name: Grammatorcynos bilineatus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

sister

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

floating