Kapingamarangi English

earing

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

phrase I am supposed to be a high school student

n. pot

raise

n. prepared food; raw soft breadfruit mixed with water

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

mollusk (nerita polida)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

trumpet shell

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Goodbye

vt. hew

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

v.phrase to go spearfishing

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,

n. hard working man, especially a fisherman

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. shark sucker

Example: Photo by NOAA Photo Library September 12, 2013 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

Scientific name: Echeneis naucrates,
Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. sorcerer

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. always late

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. scissors

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. wind around

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. moorish idol

Scientific name: Zanclus cornutus

natural mother

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. boxing or fighting

n. sister

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. to kindle (a fire or lantern)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

to appear unhealthy from overwork

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. octopus ink

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. bathe

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

v. wash self

n. soil

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

phrase we eat together for dinner

place having many depressions (e.g., corrugated surface)

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,

n. rocks for pounding

think

loincloth; makeshift, to do or tie temporarily

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

to cool off by a breeze

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. drive a school of fish

vt. use sparingly

vi. be similar

greedy

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. add more coconut meat

vt. keep conversing

vt. seat (someone)

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,

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

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. lengthen

v. surf

n. outhouse

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

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. bath house

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. skinny

n. foreign lands; the earth; the world

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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. tongue

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. beard hair

vt. carrying

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. sponge

swimming

roasted

escape

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

drunk, be

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

drunk, get

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. wide-band fusilier

Scientific name: Pterocaesio lativittata,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vt. sizzle

Meek in spirit

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. perfume

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

long

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vt. pick with a breadfruit picker

n. nipple of breasts

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. mimic octopus and similar species

Scientific name: Thaumoctopus mimicus

dull

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

kind

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

first

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. chin

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

louse, egg

n. longnosed emperor

Scientific name: Lethrinus olivaceus

To chew or masticate

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. mumble

sit down

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

bang bang

n. gold-lined sea bream

Scientific name: Gnathodentex aurolineatus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. chest

n. three pointed fishing spear

n. teenage girl

n. teenage boy

priest

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. guardian

n. ghost crab

Scientific name: Ocypodinae sp.,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. double lined mackerel

Scientific name: Grammatorcynos bilineatus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Box

vi. happy, be

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. place name: heavily populated central islet

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

sister

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

youngest sister

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

elder sister

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich