Kapingamarangi English

n. foam

n. father

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. floor (house)

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

n. pot

defecate (shit)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

grown soft

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 11

raise

n. Mollusk, sp.: (Atactodea)

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 12

vi. octopus

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 13

n. rabbit fish (Siganus puellus)

Example: Photo by Jan Messersmith November 29, 2006 via Flickr License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

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

bulging or hilly

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

mollusk (nerita polida)

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

vt. hew

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

ai. broad space

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 20

a coconut whose meat is dry without having been opened

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

to gossip about someone

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

n. hard working man, especially a fisherman

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 23

n. spider lily (Crinum asiaticum)

Example: Photo by angeliathatsme July 1, 2011 via Flickr License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

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

cough

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

kill

n. teacher

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

n. sorcerer

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

adj. always late

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 29

adj. never enough

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 29

adj. blind

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 29

adj. knotty (wood), having many bumps (of a tree)

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 31

vt. wind around

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

angelfish species (Pomacanthidae sp.)

phrase What’s your name?

vi. blood, to bleed

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 33

n. boxing or fighting

n. house post

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

school of surgeon fish

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 40.

to laugh at

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 45

thin cloth

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 46

vi. bathe

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

n. green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. sand

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

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

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 51

n. playground

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

n. grass

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

v. be somewhat fast

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. throwing net

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

school of red snapper

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 55

to feel about in the dark, to grope

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 58

vt. add more coconut meat

vi. pout

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

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 71

vt. to try to formulate (e.g., an idea or plan)

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 74

vt. scream periodically

at. to tangle up

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 81

vt. form a crowd

it doesn’t matter which

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 84

vt. to approach circumspectly; gingerly

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 84

vt. lengthen

fish:white marlin

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

n. manta ray (Manta alfredi)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

v. hurry

find

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

carving/scraping noise

n. shooting star

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

phrase good evening

n. light sprinkling rain

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

beard

boiled

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. olive-scribbled wrasse

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

n. thorn branch

n. shouting wood used for making houses on Kapinga atoll

v. speak

drunk, be

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vt. sizzle

n. club used for beating fish

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

n. short jawed bonefish (Albula glossodonta)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. starfish

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

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

n. open area around the house

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

dull

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

going any direction

first

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

once upon a time, first time

phrase a triple hook

n. toy

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

flute

eat

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. old or worn out sarong, rag

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. longnosed emperor (Lethrinus olivaceus)

sit down

scraping soda can on table noise

v. to pound

n. slipper lobster species (Scyllaridae sp.)

n. three pointed fishing spear

priest

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. guardian

floating

burned

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

shouting