Kapingamarangi English

earing

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. white biblical dove

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

bottom fishing

phrase I am supposed to be a high school student

paternal grandfather

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. pot

fish species

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. mahi mahi or common dolphinfish

Scientific name: Coryphaena hippurus

basket for serving portions at a feast

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. rabbitfish species

Scientific name: Siganus sp.,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vi. sorcerize

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. hew

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. confused, be

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

to gossip about someone

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. hard working man, especially a fisherman

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. young

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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. never flies (e.g. a kite)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. unsuccessful

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. unable to, not up to the task

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. constantly having to urinate

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. too small, misfitted

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. forgetful, absent-minded

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. mother

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. kindle (fire)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. ladder

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. climb

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. whimbrel

Scientific name: Numenius phaeopus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

thin cloth

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. intestines

n. term referring to young things, young children

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

soft meat of green cocount

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,

v. be somewhat fast

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

chest

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

n. rocks for pounding

loincloth; makeshift, to do or tie temporarily

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. level (e.g. ground)

vi. stumble

vi. be similar

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

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. to show

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. rock back and forth

vt. try to formulate

vt. always lying (someone) on a pillow

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. be quiet

vt. to stagger under a weight or when very sleepy

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

it doesn’t matter which

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. allow to ripen

vt. to approach circumspectly; gingerly

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

v. be fast

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vt. lengthen

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

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Manta ray

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Wag (a tail)

v. surf

noun bird nest

carving/scraping noise

n. lionfish in general; red lionfish

Scientific name: Pterois volitans,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

phrase good evening

n. sennit

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,

n. light sprinkling rain

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

both

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

beard

vt. carrying

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. heat up

n. board

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. shouting wood used for making houses on Kapinga atoll

v. talk

Run

name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. nipple of breasts

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. club used for beating fish

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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,

have fever

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

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. embers

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. hurricane lantern

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

kind

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

going any direction

n. convict tang

Scientific name: Acanthurus triostegus

first

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n flute, whistle

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

vi. urinate

n. brain

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

n. egg

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

To chew or masticate

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

v. mutter

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. guardian

n. black-banded snapper

Scientific name: Lutjanus semicinctus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. kawakawa tuna or mackerel tuna

Scientific name: Euthynnus affinis,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

happy

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

v. to hit

sister-in-law

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

floating