Kapingamarangi English

n. bluefin trevally

Scientific name: Caranx melampygus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

phrase I am supposed to be a high school student

many waves

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

ai. broad space

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. pull; drag

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,

cough

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

adj. young

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vi. to worry about

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. always late

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. never enough

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. blind

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. constantly having to urinate

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. stuffed full

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. to grow poorly, unable to grow

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. forgetful, absent-minded

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

trawling

n. scissors

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

angelfish species

Scientific name: Pomacanthidae sp.

n. moorish idol

Scientific name: Zanclus cornutus

bosom/breast

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

n. mother

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

phrase What’s your name?

vt. kindle (fire)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. zenith

poorly balanced

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

thin cloth

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. intestines

n. young children

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

wash hair

tentacles of an octopus

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. coral pebbles

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

phrase we roast a fish

n. smoked fish

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. throwing net

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. midnight snapper; black and white snapper

Scientific name: Macolor macularis; Macolor niger,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. outrigger float connecting stanchion

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

loincloth; makeshift, to do or tie temporarily

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. distort

boundary of taro plot

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. to show

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. rock back and forth

vt. make up (after fighting)

vt. screaming periodically

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. always keeping someone company

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

mother and daughter relation, a mother and her children

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

at. to tangle up

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. to stagger under a weight or when very sleepy

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

it doesn’t matter which

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. to approach circumspectly; gingerly

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

v. be very fast

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vt. move with the extremeties spread out

welcoming feast

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

v. surf

noun bird nest

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

n. evening

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

phrase good evening

n. sennit

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

choose

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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,

near

n. light sprinkling rain

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. carrying

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

swimming

boiled

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. flame

escape

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vi. shake one’s head

v. shake

name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. club used for beating fish

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

once upon a time, first time

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

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. frying pan

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. toy

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. a fiber of coconut husk

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. old or worn out sarong, rag

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. eyeball

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. mumble

v. mutter

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

v. crumple

breadfruit pancake, grilled on a fire

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n a fruit salad made of breadfruit and soursop, mixed with sugar or coconut juice, eaten raw not cooked

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vomit

v. to pound

low tide

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

priest

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. guardian

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-in-law

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. post supporting a house

n. long line for bottom fishing

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. mollusk sp.

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

n. rib cage

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

shouting