Kapingamarangi English

n. foam

many waves

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 12

vi. sorcerize

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

vt. hew

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

vi. confused, be

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

n. hard working man, especially a fisherman

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 23

cough

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

adj. young

n. sorcerer

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

vt. wrestle

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

adj. forgetful, absent-minded

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 30

trawling

adj. knotty (wood), having many bumps (of a tree)

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 31

n. mother

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

n. whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vi. bathe

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

n. coral pebbles

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

phrase we roast a fish

place having many depressions (e.g., corrugated surface)

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 51

noun mud

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vi. to limp

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 58

think

vt. always reluctant

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 64

vt. to feed workers

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 68

vt. add more coconut meat

vt. amaze

vt. accumulate goods

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

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 78

vt. scream periodically

vt. always lying (someone) on a pillow

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 79

vt. tidy, to keep clean

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 80

it doesn’t matter which

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 84

find

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vi. look around

n. light sprinkling rain

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

Obliterate

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

swimming

lie (down)

Olive-scribbled wrasse

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

roasted

n. board

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

Meek in spirit

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

insect

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. frying pan

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

fan

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

louse, egg

n. blue boxfish (Ostracion meleagris)

n. kawakawa tuna or mackerel tuna (Euthynnus affinis)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

mollusk (nerita picea)

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

burned

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich