Kapingamarangi English

n. white and purple flower plant

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. white biblical dove

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adj. windy

phrase I want to

blood clot

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

father-in-law

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defecate (shit)

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v. dribble

fish species

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. mahi mahi or common dolphinfish

Scientific name: Coryphaena hippurus

rough play, rough-and-tumble

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. rabbitfish species

Scientific name: Siganus sp.,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vi. sorcerize

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. pull; drag

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

to gossip about someone

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. lower ridge pole; the very top

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. shark sucker

Example: Photo by NOAA Photo Library September 12, 2013 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

Scientific name: Echeneis naucrates,
Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. sorcerer

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. wrestle

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. box

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. forgetful, absent-minded

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. boxing or fighting

vt. kindle (fire)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. to kindle (a fire or lantern)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. whimbrel

Scientific name: Numenius phaeopus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

thin cloth

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. spadefish and batfish species

Scientific name: Chaetodipterus sp.,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

wash hair

sand

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. hives

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

bunch of drinking coconuts

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. smoked fish

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

reef flat

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. throwing net

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

set on fire

first light of the moon or sun

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. drive a school of fish

vt. always reluctant

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. to feed workers

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

greedy

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

make the veins of the neck stick out (as when angry)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. accumulate goods

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,

vi. be quiet

at. to tangle up

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. memorize

fish:white marlin

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. manta ray

Scientific name: Manta alfredi,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Manta ray

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

canoe part: float connectives

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n. lionfish in general; red lionfish

Scientific name: Pterois volitans,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

adj. skinny

n. sennit

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. fish fin

n. tongue

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. blacktip reef shark

Scientific name: Carcharhinus melanopterus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Bark

n. hair not on the head

n. kidney

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. carrying

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. sponge

swimming

boiled

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. sea green wrasse; dragon wrasse

Scientific name: Novaculichthys macrolepidotus; Novaculichthys taeniourus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vi. heat up

n. flame

n. board

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

plywood

vi. shake one’s head

n. a lure for trawling

n. wide-band fusilier

Scientific name: Pterocaesio lativittata,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

sigh

n. perfume

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

tallest

v. shake

n. club used for beating fish

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. six-blotch hind

Scientific name: Cephalopholis sexmaculata,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. small-toothed jobfish

Scientific name: Aphareus furca

cold

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. starfish

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

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.,
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vt. weigh (on a scale); seek by divination

kind

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phrase a double hook

phrase a triple hook

have breakfast

n. old or worn out sarong, rag

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. brain

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

n. egg

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n. gust of wind

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

noise of multiple claps

bang bang

second coconut stage; small green coconut

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. blue boxfish

Scientific name: Ostracion meleagris

n. three pointed fishing spear

n. teenage girl

priest

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happy

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noise of knocking