Kapingamarangi English

n. bluefin trevally

Scientific name: Caranx melampygus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

phrase I want to

blood clot

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. white-edged lyretail; yellow-edged lyretail

Scientific name: Aetobatus narinari; Variola louti,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vi. defecate

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

many waves

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. mahi mahi or common dolphinfish

Scientific name: Coryphaena hippurus

save

vi. octopus

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

basket

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vi. sorcerize

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Goodbye

vi. confused, be

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,

n. eldest child

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. to worry about

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. never enough

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. unsuccessful

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. unceasingly, always

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. mother

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. blood, to bleed

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. house post

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. octopus ink

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

tired

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

cloudy

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. whimbrel

Scientific name: Numenius phaeopus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

copra dried in the wind

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

wash hair

wash someone

fish innards

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

sand

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. hives

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

phrase we eat together for dinner

level ground

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

disgusting place

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. mud

reef flat

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. throwing net

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. multi-colored

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. cause to repeatedly have free time

to cool off by a breeze

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. think

vt. sink or submerge (purposefully)

vt. accumulate goods

vt. keep conversing

vt. try to make (something) stand up

ai. swelling periodically

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. scream periodically

vt. form a crowd

vt. to sear (e.g., meat)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

v. be fast

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

at. to put coconut cream into (e.g., food)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. manta ray

Scientific name: Manta alfredi,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Wag (a tail)

find

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. outhouse

Example: Photo by Joel Abroad September 29, 2007 via Flickr License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

noun bird nest

adj. skinny

an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. appendage; fin

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

near

n. tongue

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. blacktip reef shark

Scientific name: Carcharhinus melanopterus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

bark (dog)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. sponge

n. tree

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

roasted

plywood

escape

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

fast

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

have fever

Speaker: Hawortson 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

n. hurricane lantern

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. mother

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

going any direction

once upon a time, first time

fan

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. chin

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. zero

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

To chew or masticate

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

v. to pound

n. a three pronged fishing spear

low tide

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. three pointed fishing spear

n. black-banded snapper

Scientific name: Lutjanus semicinctus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. hungry whine

n. branching coral

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

canoe part: float braces

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

v. to hit

youngest sister

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. post supporting a house

burned

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich