Kapingamarangi English

n. fence, wall of a house

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

earing

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

bottom fishing

n. bluefin trevally

Scientific name: Caranx melampygus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

father-in-law

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. floor (house)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

maternal grandfather

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. octopi in general

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Shiver

basket

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

basket for serving portions at a feast

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. rabbitfish

Example: Photo by Jan Messersmith November 29, 2006 via Flickr License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Scientific name: Siganus puellus,
Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

bulging or hilly

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

tooth brush

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. lower ridge pole; the very top

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,

adj. always late

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. never flies (e.g. a kite)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. blind

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. forgetful, absent-minded

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. sister

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. zenith

tired

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. ladder

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

cloudy

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

to laugh at

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. term referring to young things, young children

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. soft meat of green coconut

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

wash someone

fish innards

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

noun sand

Example: Photo by Matt Kiefer October 6, 2006 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

disk-like sand particle

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

phrase we roast a fish

level ground

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. cloud

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

reef flat

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. cause to repeatedly have free time

first light of the moon or sun

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

to cool off by a breeze

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. level (e.g. ground)

vt. to measure out, allot

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. sink or submerge (purposefully)

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

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. add more coconut meat

boundary of taro plot

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. accumulate goods

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

carving/scraping noise

n. lionfish in general; red lionfish

Scientific name: Pterois volitans,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

phrase good evening

vi. look around

n. sennit

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. hair not on the head

n. beard hair

n. armpit hair

lie (down)

n. flame

escape

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

drunk, get

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. short jawed bonefish

Scientific name: Albula glossodonta,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. mimic octopus and similar species

Scientific name: Thaumoctopus mimicus

n. starfish

Example: Photo by NOAA Photo Library September 24, 2010 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

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,

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

vt. throb

kind

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

worm

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited, reserved for use by fishermen only)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

fan

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. toy

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. urinate

n. tin roofing

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. egg

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

To chew or masticate

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

v. mutter

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. maternal grandmother

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

breadfruit pancake, grilled on a fire

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

noise of multiple claps

n. gold-lined sea bream

Scientific name: Gnathodentex aurolineatus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. a three pronged fishing spear

n. chest

low tide

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. blue boxfish

Scientific name: Ostracion meleagris

n. black-banded snapper

Scientific name: Lutjanus semicinctus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. branching coral

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. kawakawa tuna or mackerel tuna

Scientific name: Euthynnus affinis,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

noise of knocking

n. place name: heavily populated central islet

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. mollusk sp.

Scientific name: Nerita picea,
Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. rib cage

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,