Kapingamarangi English

adj. brilliant (used only with the color red)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

bottom fishing

grown soft

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

v. dribble

vi. sorcerize

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

cough

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

kill

n. sorcerer

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. blind

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. unsuccessful

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. continuous

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. to grow poorly, unable to grow

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. moorish idol

Scientific name: Zanclus cornutus

natural mother

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Peck

vt. kindle (fire)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

sweep

n. house post

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. dragonfly

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

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. ladder

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. green sea turtle

Example: Photo by prilfish July 20, 2011 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

Scientific name: Chelonia mydas,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

white sand

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

bunch of drinking coconuts

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

school of red snapper

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. to limp

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. sink or submerge (purposefully)

greedy

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

make the veins of the neck stick out (as when angry)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

ai. swelling periodically

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. make up (after fighting)

vt. to approach circumspectly; gingerly

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. skinny

n. tongue

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. sea green wrasse; dragon wrasse

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

Run

Meek in spirit

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. perfume

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. nipple of breasts

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. club used for beating fish

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. dolphin

Example: Photo by manoellemos February 9, 2007 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0

Scientific name: Coryphaena hippurus,
Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

fan

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. tin roof

To chew or masticate

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

personal name of a Kapinga man who lived in the first half of the 20th century.

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

v. to hit

sister

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

elder sister

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich