Kapingamarangi English

n. pot

v. dribble

n. basket made with coconut leaves with carrying handle

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 11

n. scallop

n. octopi in general

bulging or hilly

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

mollusk (nerita polida)

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

n. red snapper (Lutjanus vaigiensis)

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

vi. confused, be

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

n. hard working man, especially a fisherman

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 23

n. lower ridge pole; the very top

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

n. eldest child

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

n. shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates)

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

vt. wrestle

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

n. box

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 28

vi. to worry about

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 29

adj. unable to stand (e.g. in high tide)

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 29

adj. constantly having to urinate

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 29

trawling

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

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 31

angelfish species (Pomacanthidae sp.)

n. mother

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

natural mother

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 33

barb of a stingray used to pierce ears

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 34

n. sister

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

poorly balanced

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 40.

school of surgeon fish

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 40.

n. coconut husk

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

to laugh at

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 45

n. whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. spadefish and batfish species (Chaetodipterus sp.)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

soft meat of green cocount

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 47

copra dried in the wind

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 48

wash hair

disk-like sand particle

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 49

sand

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 49

n. throwing net

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

think

snore

to cool off by a breeze

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 60

vt. make up your minds

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 60

vt. always reluctant

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 64

vi. be similar

boundary of taro plot

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 69

vt. to squint

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 69

vt. amaze

vt. rock back and forth

vt. get drunk

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

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 71

vt. keep conversing

vt. make up (after fighting)

vt. seat (someone)

vt. scream periodically

vt. screaming periodically

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 79

vi. be quiet

at. to tangle up

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 81

vt. to stagger under a weight or when very sleepy

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 83

vt. to dry out under sunshine (by hanging)

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 83

it doesn’t matter which

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 84

v. be fast

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

to Mash

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

vt. feast, party

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 88

n. outhouse

Example: Photo by Joel Abroad September 29, 2007
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Speaker: Lieber, Michael D. and Kalio H. Dikepa. 1974.

n. bath house

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

carving/scraping noise

vi. look around

n. flower of the Clerodendrum inerme

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

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

n. tongue

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

n. hair not on the head

n. armpit hair

vt. spreading the news, gossip

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 56

lie (down)

n. thorn branch

vi. heat up

n. board

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

drunk, get

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. wide-band fusilier (Pterocaesio lativittata)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

cold

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. embers

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

n. hurricane lantern

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

n. mother

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vt. throb

phrase a double hook

phrase a triple hook

n. frying pan

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

flute

n. rectum

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

n. tin roofing

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

n. tin roof

n. paternal grandmother

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. gust of wind

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

noise of multiple claps

n. a three pronged fishing spear

n. slipper lobster species (Scyllaridae sp.)

n. double lined mackerel (Grammatorcynos bilineatus)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Skirt

happy

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

v. to hit

mollusk (nerita picea)

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

noun bark

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich