Kapingamarangi English

n. fence, wall of a house

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 3

n. white biblical dove

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. floor (house)

Speaker: Lieber, Michael D. and Kalio H. Dikepa. 1974.

maternal grandfather

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

paternal grandfather

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

adj. choppy, rough (of seas)

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 10

vi. defecate

Speaker: Lieber, Michael D. and Kalio H. Dikepa. 1974.

fish species

Speaker: Lieber, Michael D. and Kalio H. Dikepa. 1974.

n. scallop

n. Mollusk, sp.: (Atactodea)

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 12

Octopus

Speaker: Lieber, Michael D. and Kalio H. Dikepa. 1974.

vi. octopus

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 13

n. rabbitfish species (Siganus sp.)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

bulging or hilly

Speaker: Lieber, Michael D. and Kalio H. Dikepa. 1974.

trumpet shell

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 18

vt. hew

Speaker: Lieber, Michael D. and Kalio H. Dikepa. 1974.

ai. broad space

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 20

n. spider lily (Crinum asiaticum)

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Speaker: Lieber, Michael D. and Kalio H. Dikepa. 1974.

cough

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

n. shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates)

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Speaker: Lieber, Michael D. and Kalio H. Dikepa. 1974.

adj. too small, misfitted

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 29

which

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

adj. forgetful, absent-minded

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 30

trawling

phrase What’s your name?

n. sister

Speaker: Lieber, Michael D. and Kalio H. Dikepa. 1974.

n. zenith

vt. to kindle (a fire or lantern)

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 38

roughness

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. coconut husk

Speaker: Lieber, Michael D. and Kalio H. Dikepa. 1974.

n. sand spit

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 40

n. dragonfly

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Speaker: Lieber, Michael D. and Kalio H. Dikepa. 1974.

laugh

vi. bathe

Speaker: Lieber, Michael D. and Kalio H. Dikepa. 1974.

v. wash self

noun sand

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Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. sand

Speaker: Lieber, Michael D. and Kalio H. Dikepa. 1974.

white sand

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 49

phrase we roast a fish

phrase we eat together for dinner

n. playground

Speaker: Lieber, Michael D. and Kalio H. Dikepa. 1974.

disgusting place

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 52

n. cloud

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

bunch of drinking coconuts

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 53

reef flat

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 53

adj. multi-colored

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 58

loincloth; makeshift, to do or tie temporarily

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 59

first light of the moon or sun

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 60

vt. think

vt. always reluctant

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 64

vt. use sparingly

vt. to add more coconut meat

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 69

vt. to show

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 69

vt. keep conversing

vt. try to formulate

ai. withered

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 79

vt. to stagger under a weight or when very sleepy

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 83

it doesn’t matter which

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 84

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

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 84

v. be fast

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 85

v. hurry

noun bird nest

adj. skinny

n. foreign lands; the earth; the world

Speaker: Lieber, Michael D. and Kalio H. Dikepa. 1974.

n. flower of the Clerodendrum inerme

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Speaker: Lieber, Michael D. and Kalio H. Dikepa. 1974.

beard

n. sponge

lie (down)

roasted

v. talk

vi. shake one’s head

drunk, be

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

sigh

Musky smell of sex

Speaker: Lieber, Michael D. and Kalio H. Dikepa. 1974.

Meek in spirit

Speaker: Lieber, Michael D. and Kalio H. Dikepa. 1974.

n. nipple of breasts

Speaker: Lieber, Michael D. and Kalio H. Dikepa. 1974.

n. short jawed bonefish (Albula glossodonta)

n. short jawed bonefish (Albula glossodonta)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. starfish

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Speaker: Lieber, Michael D. and Kalio H. Dikepa. 1974.

n. embers

Speaker: Lieber, Michael D. and Kalio H. Dikepa. 1974.

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

vt. throb

kind

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. bird

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Speaker: Lieber, Michael D. and Kalio H. Dikepa. 1974.

n. frying pan

Speaker: Lieber, Michael D. and Kalio H. Dikepa. 1974.

flute

eat

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. longnosed emperor (Lethrinus olivaceus)

v. mutter

Speaker: Lieber, Michael D. and Kalio H. Dikepa. 1974.

v. crumple

n. teenage girl

priest

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

famine

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 42

n. double lined mackerel (Grammatorcynos bilineatus)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vi. happy, be

Speaker: Lieber, Michael D. and Kalio H. Dikepa. 1974.

sister

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

elder sister

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. post supporting a house

noun bark

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich