Kapingamarangi English

earing

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

bottom fishing

phrase I want to

n. father

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. white-edged lyretail; yellow-edged lyretail

Scientific name: Aetobatus narinari; Variola louti,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. blue sky

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

defecate (shit)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. flatfish (flounder, halibut, etc)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

fish species

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

raise

save

Shiver

bulging or hilly

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

v.phrase to go spearfishing

n. red snapper

Example: Photo by Florida Fish and Wildlife Center April 3, 2012 via Flickr License: CC BY-ND 2.0

Scientific name: Lutjanus vaigiensis,
Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

kill

vt. pray

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. eldest child

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,

which

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vt. wind around

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

barb of a stingray used to pierce ears

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Peck

n. boxing or fighting

to appear unhealthy from overwork

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. coconut husk

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. octopus ink

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. climb

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

thin cloth

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

soft meat of green cocount

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

copra dried in the wind

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

v. wash self

wash hair

noun sand

Example: Photo by Matt Kiefer October 6, 2006 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

sand

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. broad, open place

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

bunch of drinking coconuts

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. mud

v. be somewhat fast

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. midnight snapper; black and white snapper

Scientific name: Macolor macularis; Macolor niger,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. outrigger float connecting stanchion

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. limestrone strae below soil

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

set on fire

vt. drive a school of fish

vt. make up your minds

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. always reluctant

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. use sparingly

vi. stumble

vt. add more coconut meat

vt. keep conversing

vt. screaming periodically

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. always keeping someone company

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

it doesn’t matter which

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. allow to ripen

vt. to approach circumspectly; gingerly

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

v. be very fast

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

welcoming feast

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

v. hurry

choose

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

shark’s first dorsal fin

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

near

very near

n. tongue

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. light sprinkling rain

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. armpit hair

Obliterate

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

swimming

sand

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. sea green wrasse; dragon wrasse

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

n. tree

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. shouting wood used for making houses on Kapinga atoll

vi. run

vt. sizzle

Meek in spirit

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. red warrior ant

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. short jawed bonefish

Scientific name: Albula glossodonta,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

cold

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. starfish

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

Scientific name: Asteroidea sp.,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

eat

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

louse, egg

v. crumple

an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. slipper lobster species

Scientific name: Scyllaridae sp.

low tide

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

priest

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

canoe part: float braces

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. double lined mackerel

Scientific name: Grammatorcynos bilineatus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

happy

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

v. to hit

an islet of Kapinga Atoll (one of only two that is inhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

sister-in-law

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

youngest sister

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

wooden pounder for pounding breadfruit

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

floating