Kapingamarangi English

n. fence, wall of a house

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

earing

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. white and purple flower plant

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

adj. windy

father-in-law

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

defecate (shit)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

v. dribble

n. mollusk sp.

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

n. octopi in general

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. rabbitfish species

Scientific name: Siganus sp.,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

trumpet shell

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. red snapper

Example: Photo by Florida Fish and Wildlife Center April 3, 2012 via Flickr License: CC BY-ND 2.0

Scientific name: Lutjanus vaigiensis,
Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. confused, be

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. lower ridge pole; the very top

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. eldest child

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. never flies (e.g. a kite)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. blind

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. stuffed full

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

which

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

natural mother

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

barb of a stingray used to pierce ears

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. octopus ink

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. climb

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

thin cloth

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. term referring to young things, young children

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. young children

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

soft meat of green cocount

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

tentacles of an octopus

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

fish innards

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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. broad, open place

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. cloud

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. mud

n. outrigger float connecting stanchion

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. to limp

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. rocks for pounding

n. limestrone strae below soil

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. cause to repeatedly have free time

first light of the moon or sun

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. distort

vi. be similar

greedy

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. pout

vt. try to formulate

mother and daughter relation, a mother and her children

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

at. to tangle up

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. form a crowd

vt. to stagger under a weight or when very sleepy

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

it doesn’t matter which

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

at. to put coconut cream into (e.g., food)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

school of flying fish

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

welcoming feast

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. outhouse

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

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

canoe part: float connectives

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. sennit

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. appendage; fin

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. fish fin

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

Bark

both

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vt. spreading the news, gossip

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

swimming

n. thorn branch

vi. heat up

roasted

n. board

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

plywood

n. shouting wood used for making houses on Kapinga atoll

vi. run

escape

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Meek in spirit

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

tallest

vt. pick with a breadfruit picker

n. nipple of breasts

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

dull

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

kind

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited, reserved for use by fishermen only)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

fan

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. brain

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

n. longnosed emperor

Scientific name: Lethrinus olivaceus

vt. mumble

v. mutter

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

sit down

n. maternal grandmother

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

bang bang

n. gold-lined sea bream

Scientific name: Gnathodentex aurolineatus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

low tide

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. three pointed fishing spear

n. teenage boy

noise of knocking

youngest sister

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

elder sister

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. post supporting a house

n. long line for bottom fishing

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

shouting