Kapingamarangi English

n. foam

adj. brilliant (used only with the color red)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

earing

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

flower blossoms

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. windy

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,

grown soft

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

v. dribble

n. prepared food; raw soft breadfruit mixed with water

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. mollusk sp.

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

bulging or hilly

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

trumpet shell

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. sorcerize

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Goodbye

v.phrase to go spearfishing

vt. pull; drag

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. pray

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. to worry about

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. always late

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. never enough

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. to misunderstand, not able to understand

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. unable to, not up to the task

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. too small, misfitted

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. forgetful, absent-minded

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

trawling

n. moorish idol

Scientific name: Zanclus cornutus

Peck

n. sister

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. kindle (fire)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. zenith

school of surgeon fish

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. coconut husk

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. sand spit

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

laugh

tentacles of an octopus

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

sand

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. coral pebbles

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. playground

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. grass

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

v. be somewhat fast

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. throwing net

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

school of red snapper

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

to feel about in the dark, to grope

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. to limp

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

loincloth; makeshift, to do or tie temporarily

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. level (e.g. ground)

vt. use sparingly

vt. to show

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

ai. withered

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. tidy, to keep clean

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vt. to dry out under sunshine (by hanging)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. feast, party

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

v. surf

v. hurry

noun bird nest

canoe part: float connectives

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. foreign lands; the earth; the world

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. evening

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

beard

n. kidney

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Stick used for pushing the boat out

n. flame

v. talk

drunk, get

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. a lure for trawling

vt. sizzle

fast

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Meek in spirit

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. perfume

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. six-blotch hind

Scientific name: Cephalopholis sexmaculata,
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. open area around the house

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. embers

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

kind

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. convict tang

Scientific name: Acanthurus triostegus

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

first

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

once upon a time, first time

n. toy

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. zero

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. mumble

n. gold-lined sea bream

Scientific name: Gnathodentex aurolineatus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vomit

n. three pointed fishing spear

n. teenage boy

n. ghost crab

Scientific name: Ocypodinae sp.,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

bleed

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

v. to hit

n. post supporting a house

burned

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich