Kapingamarangi English

n. fence, wall of a house

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

earing

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. white and purple flower plant

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. white biblical dove

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

phrase I want to

n. pot

defecate (shit)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. flatfish (flounder, halibut, etc)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

fish species

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. scallop

adj. dumb

basket for serving portions at a feast

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

tooth brush

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. pull; drag

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

cough

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

adj. young

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. teacher

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. to misunderstand, not able to understand

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. unsuccessful

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. moorish idol

Scientific name: Zanclus cornutus

bosom/breast

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

phrase What’s your name?

Peck

n. boxing or fighting

school of surgeon fish

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

laugh

vt. climb

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

thin cloth

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

soft meat of green cocount

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. bathe

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

white sand

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

disk-like sand particle

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. hives

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

level ground

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,

v. be somewhat fast

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

noun mud

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. outrigger float connecting stanchion

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

to feel about in the dark, to grope

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. to limp

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

set on fire

vt. always reluctant

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. rock back and forth

vt. get drunk

vt. try to make (something) stand up

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

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. scream periodically

vt. always lying (someone) on a pillow

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. be quiet

vt. allow to ripen

vt. to approach circumspectly; gingerly

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. move with the extremeties spread out

welcoming feast

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

v. surf

v. hurry

noun bird nest

carving/scraping noise

an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, 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. beard hair

beard

n. sponge

n. mirror

sand

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. olive-scribbled wrasse

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. thorn branch

n. board

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. shake one’s head

drunk, be

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. a lure for trawling

fast

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Musky smell of sex

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. nipple of breasts

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. six-blotch hind

Scientific name: Cephalopholis sexmaculata,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

adj. early (for an appt)

Speaker: Howartson 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,

n. mother

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

n. bird

Example: Photo by tropical.pete September 28, 2007 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

phrase a triple hook

vi. urinate

n. chin

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. old or worn out sarong, rag

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. tin roofing

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. zero

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

breadfruit pancake, grilled on a fire

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

an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vomit

n. a three pronged fishing spear

n. blue boxfish

Scientific name: Ostracion meleagris

n. teenage girl

n. ghost crab

Scientific name: Ocypodinae sp.,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. branching coral

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Box

n. place name: heavily populated central islet

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

sister

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich