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.

n. white biblical dove

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. white-edged lyretail (Aetobatus narinari), yellow-edged lyretail (Variola louti)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. floor (house)

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

save

n. scallop

adj. dumb

basket

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

ai. broad space

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 20

vt. pull; drag

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

to gossip about someone

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

kill

adj. young

n. sorcerer

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

adj. always late

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 29

vi. blood, to bleed

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 33

n. sister

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

vt. kindle (fire)

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

n. zenith

roughness

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

laugh

soil

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 49

n. coral pebbles

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

n. outrigger float connecting stanchion

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 57

vt. to feed workers

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 68

vt. to show

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 69

vt. try to formulate

vt. tidy, to keep clean

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 80

vt. form a crowd

vt. to stagger under a weight or when very sleepy

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 83

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

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 84

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

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 85

to Mash

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

welcoming feast

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 88

phrase good evening

n. sennit

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

n. hair not on the head

both

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vi. run

n. toy

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

eat

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. a knot that unties when pulled

n. teenage boy

n. ghost crab (Ocypodinae sp.)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Skirt

vi. happy, be

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

n. long line for bottom fishing

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

floating

burned

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich