Kapingamarangi English

earing

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

phrase I want to

phrase I am supposed to be a high school student

blood clot

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. pot

vi. defecate

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. flatfish (flounder, halibut, etc)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

grown soft

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. basket made with coconut leaves with carrying handle

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

fish species

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. octopus

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

basket for serving portions at a feast

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. pull; drag

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,

n. teacher

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. wrestle

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. box

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. unceasingly, always

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. too small, misfitted

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

which

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Peck

n. boxing or fighting

n. house post

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

school of surgeon fish

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. sand spit

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. dragonfly

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

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

cloudy

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vt. climb

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

v. wash self

wash someone

type of turtle

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

white sand

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. coral pebbles

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

phrase we roast a fish

level ground

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

disgusting place

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. midnight snapper; black and white snapper

Scientific name: Macolor macularis; Macolor niger,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

to feel about in the dark, to grope

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. limestrone strae below soil

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. cause to repeatedly have free time

loincloth; makeshift, to do or tie temporarily

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

to cool off by a breeze

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. level (e.g. ground)

vt. distort

vt. use sparingly

vt. add more coconut meat

vt. to show

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. accumulate goods

vt. rock back and forth

vt. try to formulate

vt. tidy, to keep clean

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. form a crowd

vt. lengthen

vt. feast, party

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. manta ray

Scientific name: Manta alfredi,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

v. hurry

n. outhouse

Example: Photo by Joel Abroad September 29, 2007 via Flickr License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. skinny

n. evening

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

choose

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

very near

n. blacktip reef shark

Scientific name: Carcharhinus melanopterus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

sand

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. thorn branch

vi. heat up

v. talk

drunk, be

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Meek in spirit

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

tallest

long

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. red warrior ant

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. nipple of breasts

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

cold

Speaker: Howartson 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,

vt. throb

going any direction

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,

first

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

phrase a triple hook

n. rectum

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. eyeball

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. longnosed emperor

Scientific name: Lethrinus olivaceus

clam shell, used for ornament or for scraping off burned outer shell of cooked breadfruit

Example: Photo by genjitsu / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Asaphis violascens,
Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. gold-lined sea bream

Scientific name: Gnathodentex aurolineatus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. teenage boy

n. guardian

n. hungry whine

n. kawakawa tuna or mackerel tuna

Scientific name: Euthynnus affinis,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Skirt

name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

sister-in-law

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. long line for bottom fishing

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

floating

noun bark

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich