Kapingamarangi English

n. white and purple flower plant

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. white biblical dove

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. white-edged lyretail; yellow-edged lyretail

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

to pluck, earthworms, to shake water off

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. pot

v. dribble

n. basket made with coconut leaves with carrying handle

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

fish species

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. mahi mahi or common dolphinfish

Scientific name: Coryphaena hippurus

save

n. prepared food; raw soft breadfruit mixed with water

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. scallop

n. octopi in general

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vi. octopus

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

basket

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. rabbitfish species

Scientific name: Siganus sp.,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Goodbye

n. hard working man, especially a fisherman

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

kill

n. box

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. to worry about

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. never enough

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. unable to stand (e.g. in high tide)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. boxing or fighting

sweep

school of surgeon fish

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

to appear unhealthy from overwork

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. coconut husk

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

tired

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

to laugh at

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. whimbrel

Scientific name: Numenius phaeopus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. intestines

n. spadefish and batfish species

Scientific name: Chaetodipterus sp.,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. soft meat of green coconut

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. bathe

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

type of turtle

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

n. hives

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. coral pebbles

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

phrase we roast a fish

level ground

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. playground

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. grass

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. cloud

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n. outrigger float connecting stanchion

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. rocks for pounding

n. limestrone strae below soil

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

snore

loincloth; makeshift, to do or tie temporarily

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. make up your minds

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. think

vi. be similar

vt. sink or submerge (purposefully)

vt. to feed workers

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. pout

vt. always keeping someone company

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

ai. withered

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. to dry out under sunshine (by hanging)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. allow to ripen

vt. to approach circumspectly; gingerly

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

to accumulate school of fish by feeding them, to attract by baiting

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

school of flying fish

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. memorize

fish:white marlin

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Manta ray

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

carving/scraping noise

n. lionfish in general; red lionfish

Scientific name: Pterois volitans,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. tongue

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. light sprinkling rain

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

beard

swimming

boiled

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. sea green wrasse; dragon wrasse

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

roasted

v. talk

fast

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. red warrior ant

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

cold

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. convict tang

Scientific name: Acanthurus triostegus

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)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

eat

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

sit down

n. paternal grandmother

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

breadfruit pancake, grilled on a fire

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

bang bang

vomit

n. black-banded snapper

Scientific name: Lutjanus semicinctus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. branching coral

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. double lined mackerel

Scientific name: Grammatorcynos bilineatus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. kawakawa tuna or mackerel tuna

Scientific name: Euthynnus affinis,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Skirt

noise of knocking

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

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

sister

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

elder sister

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich