Kapingamarangi English

n. fence, wall of a house

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. brilliant (used only with the color red)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

flower blossoms

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. white biblical dove

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

adj. windy

phrase I want to

n. floor (house)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. defecate

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

many waves

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. scallop

Shiver

basket

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. rabbitfish species

Scientific name: Siganus sp.,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

a coconut whose meat is dry without having been opened

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. hard working man, especially a fisherman

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

n. eldest child

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. young

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. box

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 stand (e.g. in high tide)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. blind

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. unable to, not up to the task

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. stuffed full

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

which

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

which one

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. moorish idol

Scientific name: Zanclus cornutus

natural mother

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

phrase What’s your name?

n. boxing or fighting

n. zenith

to appear unhealthy from overwork

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. ladder, stairway

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

thin cloth

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. term referring to young things, young children

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

fish innards

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

sand

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

place having many depressions (e.g., corrugated surface)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. broad, open place

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

disgusting place

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. mud

n. smoked fish

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

v. be somewhat fast

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. throwing net

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

loincloth; makeshift, to do or tie temporarily

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. level (e.g. ground)

vt. drive a school of fish

vt. make up your minds

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. to add more coconut meat

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. try to formulate

vt. screaming periodically

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. always keeping someone company

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

v. be fast

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

to Mash

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. move with the extremeties spread out

welcoming feast

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. manta ray

Scientific name: Manta alfredi,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

find

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. foreign lands; the earth; the world

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

phrase good evening

vi. look around

n. fish fin

n. tongue

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

swimming

boiled

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. flame

vi. run

escape

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

drunk, get

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Meek in spirit

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. perfume

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

tallest

n. starfish

Example: Photo by NOAA Photo Library September 24, 2010 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

Scientific name: Asteroidea sp.,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. embers

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

dull

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

kind

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

first

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

have breakfast

vi. urinate

n. rectum

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. brain

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

n. egg

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

n. a knot that unties when pulled

n. maternal grandmother

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. paternal grandmother

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. gust of wind

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. ghost crab

Scientific name: Ocypodinae sp.,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. branching coral

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

famine

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Box

name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

v. to hit

noise of knocking

sister

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

elder sister

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich