Kapingamarangi English

earing

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. white biblical dove

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

bottom fishing

phrase I want to

paternal grandfather

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. mahi mahi or common dolphinfish

Scientific name: Coryphaena hippurus

n. mollusk sp.

Scientific name: Atactodea sp.,
Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. octopi in general

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

rough play, rough-and-tumble

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,

tooth brush

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. hew

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

v.phrase to go spearfishing

vt. pull; drag

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

kill

vt. pray

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. teacher

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. constantly having to urinate

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. continuous

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

trawling

angelfish species

Scientific name: Pomacanthidae sp.

phrase What’s your name?

barb of a stingray used to pierce ears

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. house post

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

poorly balanced

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. octopus ink

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. sand spit

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

tired

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. dragonfly

Example: Photo by Klaus Stiefel January 5, 2008 via Flickr License: CC BY-NC 2.0

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

laugh

vt. climb

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. spadefish and batfish species

Scientific name: Chaetodipterus sp.,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

fish innards

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. broad, open place

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. smoked fish

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

noun mud

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

to feel about in the dark, to grope

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. make up your minds

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. use sparingly

vt. sink or submerge (purposefully)

greedy

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. add more coconut meat

vt. to add more coconut meat

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. to squint

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. accumulate goods

vt. rock back and forth

vt. keep conversing

vt. to try to formulate (e.g., an idea or plan)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. to seat (e.g., person’s at a feast)

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,

vt. form a crowd

v. be fast

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

help

vt. move with the extremeties spread out

vt. memorize

fish:white marlin

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Wag (a tail)

n. bath house

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

carving/scraping noise

n. shooting star

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

choose

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

bark (dog)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vt. carrying

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. sponge

swimming

Stick used for pushing the boat out

n. tree

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

roasted

v. talk

n. a lure for trawling

Meek in spirit

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. perfume

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

v. shake

name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. nipple of breasts

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. small-toothed jobfish

Scientific name: Aphareus furca

n. dolphin

Example: Photo by manoellemos February 9, 2007 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0

Scientific name: Coryphaena hippurus,
Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. open area around the house

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. hurricane lantern

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. throb

n. convict tang

Scientific name: Acanthurus triostegus

first

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

louse, egg

n. longnosed emperor

Scientific name: Lethrinus olivaceus

To chew or masticate

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

v. mutter

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

v. crumple

noise of multiple claps

bang bang

low tide

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. teenage boy

priest

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. kawakawa tuna or mackerel tuna

Scientific name: Euthynnus affinis,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Box

happy

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

youngest sister

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

wooden pounder for pounding breadfruit

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. post supporting a house