Kapingamarangi English

n. foam

adj. windy

father-in-law

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. blue sky

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

defecate (shit)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

grown soft

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. prepared food; raw soft breadfruit mixed with water

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. scallop

rough play, rough-and-tumble

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. rabbitfish species

Scientific name: Siganus sp.,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Goodbye

vt. hew

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

ai. broad space

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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,

to gossip about someone

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. hard working man, especially a fisherman

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

kill

vt. pray

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. always late

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

which

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. moorish idol

Scientific name: Zanclus cornutus

bosom/breast

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

n. mother

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Peck

n. sister

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. to kindle (a fire or lantern)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. octopus ink

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

to laugh at

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. intestines

copra dried in the wind

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

v. wash self

n. coral pebbles

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

bunch of drinking coconuts

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. mud

n. smoked fish

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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,

to feel about in the dark, to grope

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. rocks for pounding

snore

loincloth; makeshift, to do or tie temporarily

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

to cool off by a breeze

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. level (e.g. ground)

vt. to measure out, allot

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. always reluctant

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. to squint

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. pout

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

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. keep conversing

vt. scream periodically

name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vt. allow to ripen

at. to put coconut cream into (e.g., food)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. lengthen

help

school of flying fish

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. memorize

vt. feast, party

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Manta ray

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Wag (a tail)

noun bird nest

n. fish fin

near

n. hair not on the head

n. beard hair

n. sponge

Stick used for pushing the boat out

n. thorn branch

vi. heat up

v. speak

escape

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. a lure for trawling

sigh

Meek in spirit

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

tallest

n. club used for beating fish

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

v. To meander or to look around

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. mimic octopus and similar species

Scientific name: Thaumoctopus mimicus

n. starfish

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

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

have fever

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

n. open area around the house

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

insect

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

once upon a time, first time

n. zero

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. mumble

v. mutter

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

noise of multiple claps

clam shell, used for ornament or for scraping off burned outer shell of cooked breadfruit

Example: Photo by genjitsu / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Asaphis violascens,
Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

bang bang

v. to pound

n. slipper lobster species

Scientific name: Scyllaridae sp.

n. black-banded snapper

Scientific name: Lutjanus semicinctus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. ghost crab

Scientific name: Ocypodinae sp.,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

sister

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. post supporting a house

n. long line for bottom fishing

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

floating

shouting