Kapingamarangi English

adj. brilliant (used only with the color red)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. bluefin trevally

Scientific name: Caranx melampygus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. father

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. white-edged lyretail; yellow-edged lyretail

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

n. blue sky

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

to pluck, earthworms, to shake water off

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. defecate

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

fish species

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

raise

vi. octopus

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Shiver

bulging or hilly

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. embrace

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Goodbye

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,

n. eldest child

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. sorcerer

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. wrestle

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. box

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. to misunderstand, not able to understand

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. to grow poorly, unable to grow

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

which

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

trawling

vt. wind around

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

angelfish species

Scientific name: Pomacanthidae sp.

n. mother

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

natural mother

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. boxing or fighting

n. sand spit

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

cloudy

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

to laugh at

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. young children

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. bathe

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

v. wash self

wash someone

n. green sea turtle

Example: Photo by prilfish July 20, 2011 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

Scientific name: Chelonia mydas,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

white sand

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

phrase we eat together for dinner

level ground

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. grass

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

bunch of drinking coconuts

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. smoked fish

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

reef flat

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. multi-colored

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. rocks for pounding

vt. cause to sink, accidentally or temporarily

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. think

vt. distort

vt. always reluctant

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. be similar

vt. to show

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. keep conversing

vt. try to make (something) stand up

ai. swelling periodically

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

ai. withered

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

v. be fast

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

v. be very fast

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vt. feast, party

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Wag (a tail)

v. surf

n. lionfish in general; red lionfish

Scientific name: Pterois volitans,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

phrase good evening

n. fish fin

beard

n. olive-scribbled wrasse

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. sea green wrasse; dragon wrasse

Scientific name: Novaculichthys macrolepidotus; Novaculichthys taeniourus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

plywood

Run

n. a lure for trawling

n. red warrior ant

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. six-blotch hind

Scientific name: Cephalopholis sexmaculata,
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

dull

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

kind

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

going any direction

n. bird

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

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

insect

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

first

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. rectum

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

louse, egg

n. longnosed emperor

Scientific name: Lethrinus olivaceus

v. mutter

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. a knot that unties when pulled

an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. a three pronged fishing spear

n. three pointed fishing spear

n. teenage girl

n. teenage boy

priest

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. guardian

canoe part: float braces

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Box

name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

an islet of Kapinga Atoll (one of only two that is inhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

sister

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

floating

burned

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

shouting