Kapingamarangi English

adj. brilliant (used only with the color red)

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 5

earing

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

flower blossoms

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

adj. windy

vi. defecate

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

grown soft

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 11

v. dribble

fish species

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

n. mahi mahi or common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus)

save

n. octopi in general

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Octopus

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

adj. dumb

n. rabbitfish species (Siganus sp.)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. rabbit fish (Siganus puellus)

Example: Photo by Jan Messersmith November 29, 2006 via Flickr License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

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

vi. sorcerize

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

vt. hew

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

vt. pull; drag

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

n. shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates)

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

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

n. teacher

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

vi. to worry about

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 29

adj. forgetful, absent-minded

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 30

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

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 31

n. scissors

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

angelfish species (Pomacanthidae sp.)

natural mother

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 33

Peck

to appear unhealthy from overwork

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 39

cloudy

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

to laugh at

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 45

n. whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. young children

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

n. term referring to young things, young children

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 47

n. spadefish and batfish species (Chaetodipterus sp.)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

v. wash self

tentacles of an octopus

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 48

n. sand

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

n. soil

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

n. coral pebbles

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

n. cloud

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

reef flat

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 53

v. be somewhat fast

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. midnight snapper (Macolor macularis), black and white snapper (Macolor niger)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

loincloth; makeshift, to do or tie temporarily

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 59

vt. level (e.g. ground)

vt. to feed workers

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 68

vt. add more coconut meat

boundary of taro plot

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 69

vt. to squint

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 69

vt. amaze

vi. pout

vt. seat (someone)

vt. tidy, to keep clean

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 80

vt. to stagger under a weight or when very sleepy

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 83

vt. to dry out under sunshine (by hanging)

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 83

it doesn’t matter which

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 84

v. be fast

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

welcoming feast

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 88

fish:white marlin

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

n. outhouse

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

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

n. lionfish in general, red lionfish (Pterois volitans)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. sennit

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

Bark

n. hair not on the head

n. beard hair

n. armpit hair

vt. spreading the news, gossip

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 56

n. sponge

lie (down)

n. thorn branch

roasted

plywood

vi. run

escape

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

drunk, get

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vt. sizzle

n. nipple of breasts

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)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. small-toothed jobfish (Aphareus furca)

v. To meander or to look around

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

going any direction

first

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vi. urinate

n. rectum

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

n. old or worn out sarong, rag

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

n. eyeball

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

n. longnosed emperor (Lethrinus olivaceus)

To chew or masticate

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

v. crumple

n. paternal grandmother

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. guardian

vi. happy, be

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

v. to hit

noise of knocking

tongue

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

elder sister

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. post supporting a house

n. rib cage

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