Kapingamarangi English

n. foam

father-in-law

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. blue sky

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. pot

defecate (shit)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. basket made with coconut leaves with carrying handle

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

many waves

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

fish species

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. mahi mahi or common dolphinfish

Scientific name: Coryphaena hippurus

n. mollusk sp.

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

ai. broad space

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. to worry about

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. never enough

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. to grow poorly, unable to grow

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. wind around

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

phrase What’s your name?

n. sister

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. to kindle (a fire or lantern)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. zenith

n. ladder

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. climb

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

tentacles of an octopus

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

type of turtle

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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. coral pebbles

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

phrase we eat together for dinner

level ground

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

disgusting place

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. mud

n. throwing net

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

chest

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

n. limestrone strae below soil

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

snore

vt. cause to repeatedly have free time

vt. level (e.g. ground)

vt. use sparingly

vt. to add more coconut meat

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. to squint

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. amaze

vt. to purposely sink or submerge (and leave submerged for some time)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. to seat (e.g., person’s at a feast)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. screaming periodically

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. always keeping someone company

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

mother and daughter relation, a mother and her children

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. to dry out under sunshine (by hanging)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. lengthen

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

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,

n. bath house

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. lionfish in general; red lionfish

Scientific name: Pterois volitans,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

choose

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

shark’s first dorsal fin

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. fish fin

n. tongue

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. light sprinkling rain

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. hair not on the head

n. rib

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. tree

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. flame

n. board

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

v. speak

vi. run

vi. shake one’s head

adj. early (for an appt)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

v. To meander or to look around

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

cold

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. mother

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vt. throb

insect

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

once upon a time, first time

an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. toy

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

eat

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

have breakfast

vi. urinate

n. a fiber of coconut husk

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. longnosed emperor

Scientific name: Lethrinus olivaceus

n. paternal grandmother

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

scraping soda can on table noise

noise of multiple claps

n. gold-lined sea bream

Scientific name: Gnathodentex aurolineatus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. chest

n. blue boxfish

Scientific name: Ostracion meleagris

n. teenage girl

n. hungry whine

n. branching coral

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

canoe part: float braces

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

famine

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. kawakawa tuna or mackerel tuna

Scientific name: Euthynnus affinis,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

happy

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

noise of knocking

tongue

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

sister

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

sister-in-law

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

wooden pounder for pounding breadfruit

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich