Kapingamarangi English

flower blossoms

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

n. bluefin trevally (Caranx melampygus)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

maternal grandfather

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

paternal grandfather

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

to pluck, earthworms, to shake water off

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

n. flatfish (flounder, halibut, etc)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

grown soft

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 11

n. mahi mahi or common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus)

n. scallop

n. Mollusk, sp.: (Atactodea)

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 12

n. octopi in general

n. octopi in general

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

mollusk (nerita polida)

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

vt. pull; drag

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

vi. confused, be

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

a coconut whose meat is dry without having been opened

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

n. hard working man, especially a fisherman

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 23

adj. constantly having to urinate

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 29

adj. continuous

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 29

adj. unceasingly, always

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 29

adj. too small, misfitted

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 29

trawling

vi. blood, to bleed

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 33

n. sister

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

vt. kindle (fire)

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

vt. to kindle (a fire or lantern)

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 38

tired

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. dragonfly

Example: Photo by Klaus Stiefel January 5, 2008 via Flickr License: CC BY-NC 2.0

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

n. ladder

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

n. ladder, stairway

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 44

thin cloth

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 46

vi. bathe

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

tentacles of an octopus

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 48

n. sand

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

phrase we roast a fish

phrase we eat together for dinner

bunch of drinking coconuts

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 53

adj. filthy, disgusted (with smelly objects like feces)

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 55

to feel about in the dark, to grope

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 58

vi. to limp

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 58

n. rocks for pounding

snore

first light of the moon or sun

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 60

vt. to measure out, allot

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 60

vt. use sparingly

vi. stumble

greedy

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 69

boundary of taro plot

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 69

vt. amaze

vi. pout

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

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 71

vt. to try to formulate (e.g., an idea or plan)

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 74

ai. swelling periodically

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 75

vt. make up (after fighting)

vt. to stagger under a weight or when very sleepy

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 83

vt. allow to ripen

Wag (a tail)

v. surf

n. sennit

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

very near

n. tongue

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

n. blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

both

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

swimming

Stick used for pushing the boat out

n. olive-scribbled wrasse

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

n. flame

Run

sigh

fast

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

long

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vt. pick with a breadfruit picker

n. club used for beating fish

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

n. six-blotch hind (Cephalopholis sexmaculata)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

adj. early (for an appt)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. short jawed bonefish (Albula glossodonta)

cold

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) and similar species

have fever

kind

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

going any direction

n. bird

Example: Photo by tropical.pete September 28, 2007 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0

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

insect

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

fan

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. egg

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

louse, egg

To chew or masticate

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

vt. mumble

v. mutter

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

n. paternal grandmother

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

v. to pound

n. blue boxfish (Ostracion meleagris)

n. teenage girl

n. ghost crab (Ocypodinae sp.)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. hungry whine

famine

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 42

n. kawakawa tuna or mackerel tuna (Euthynnus affinis)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. mollusk (nerita picea)

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

mollusk (nerita picea)

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

noun bark

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich