Kapingamarangi English

flower blossoms

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

blood clot

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

defecate (shit)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. flatfish (flounder, halibut, etc)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. basket made with coconut leaves with carrying handle

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 11

save

n. Mollusk, sp.: (Atactodea)

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 12

n. octopi in general

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vi. octopus

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 13

adj. dumb

vt. hew

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

n. lower ridge pole; the very top

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

cough

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

vt. pray

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

n. box

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 28

vi. to misunderstand, not able to understand

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 29

adj. unable to, not up to the task

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 29

adj. unceasingly, always

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 29

adj. stuffed full

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 29

angelfish species (Pomacanthidae sp.)

n. moorish idol (Zanclus cornutus)

bosom/breast

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

Peck

n. sister

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

sweep

school of surgeon fish

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 40.

n. ladder

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

n. ladder, stairway

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 44

cloudy

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

to laugh at

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 45

vi. bathe

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

v. wash self

wash hair

fish innards

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 49

n. sand

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

level ground

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 51

disgusting place

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 52

n. smoked fish

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

v. be somewhat fast

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. throwing net

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

n. limestrone strae below soil

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

snore

vt. level (e.g. ground)

vi. be similar

vt. to squint

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 69

vt. amaze

mf to try to, periodically (variant of haga prefix, augmenting the meaning of the derivative form in the sense of repetitive action over a long period of time)

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 71

vt. seat (someone)

vt. screaming periodically

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 79

ai. withered

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 79

mother and daughter relation, a mother and her children

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 81

n. foreign lands; the earth; the world

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

n. evening

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. fish fin

n. flower of the Clerodendrum inerme

Example: Photo by Lauren Gutierrez February 4, 2012 via Flickr License: CC BY-ND 2.0

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

near

n. blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Obliterate

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

both

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vt. carrying

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 56

n. sponge

Stick used for pushing the boat out

roasted

n. flame

plywood

escape

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vi. shake one’s head

fast

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Musky smell of sex

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

vt. pick with a breadfruit picker

adj. early (for an appt)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

cold

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. starfish (Asteroidea sp.)

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

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. hurricane lantern

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

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

n. frying pan

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

fan

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

eat

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vi. urinate

n. tin roofing

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

n. egg

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

n. zero

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

n. eyeball

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

louse, egg

n. gust of wind

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

noise of multiple claps

v. to pound

n. chest

n. teenage boy

priest

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. ghost crab (Ocypodinae sp.)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

famine

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 42

Skirt

vi. happy, be

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

bleed

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

noise of knocking

n. long line for bottom fishing

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

floating

n. rib cage

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