Kapingamarangi English

n. bluefin trevally

Scientific name: Caranx melampygus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

defecate (shit)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

v. dribble

vi. octopus

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

rough play, rough-and-tumble

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

basket

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

bulging or hilly

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

mollusk (nerita polida)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. tooth brush

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

trumpet shell

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

v.phrase to go spearfishing

vt. pull; drag

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. confused, be

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

to gossip about someone

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. wrestle

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. box

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. to worry about

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. stuffed full

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. too small, misfitted

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

which one

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. mother

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. blood, to bleed

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. kindle (fire)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. zenith

n. coconut husk

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. sand spit

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

cloudy

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vt. climb

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. young children

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

copra dried in the wind

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

wash hair

wash someone

tentacles of an octopus

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

type of turtle

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

white sand

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

sand

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

phrase we roast a fish

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. smoked fish

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. throwing net

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. multi-colored

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

chest

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

vt. cause to repeatedly have free time

to cool off by a breeze

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. level (e.g. ground)

vt. drive a school of fish

vt. use sparingly

vi. stumble

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. try to formulate

ai. swelling periodically

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. always keeping someone company

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. tidy, to keep clean

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

mother and daughter relation, a mother and her children

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. be quiet

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

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. move with the extremeties spread out

vt. feast, party

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

fish:white marlin

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

canoe part: float connectives

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. lionfish in general; red lionfish

Scientific name: Pterois volitans,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

adj. skinny

very near

Bark

beard

vt. spreading the news, gossip

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. heat up

n. shouting wood used for making houses on Kapinga atoll

v. speak

vi. run

Meek in spirit

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

tallest

vt. pick with a breadfruit picker

n. nipple of breasts

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. early (for an appt)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. mimic octopus and similar species

Scientific name: Thaumoctopus mimicus

vt. throb

n. convict tang

Scientific name: Acanthurus triostegus

worm

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

once upon a time, first time

an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. old or worn out sarong, rag

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. tin roofing

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. eyeball

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. longnosed emperor

Scientific name: Lethrinus olivaceus

low tide

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. guardian

n. black-banded snapper

Scientific name: Lutjanus semicinctus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

famine

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. double lined mackerel

Scientific name: Grammatorcynos bilineatus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

personal name of a Kapinga man who lived in the first half of the 20th century.

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

bleed

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

v. to hit

youngest sister

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

floating

noun bark

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

shouting