Kapingamarangi English

n. white biblical dove

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

adj. windy

phrase I want to

n. pot

fish species

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. prepared food; raw soft breadfruit mixed with water

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. octopus

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. sorcerize

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,

vi. confused, be

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. pray

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. always late

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. never flies (e.g. a kite)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. moorish idol

Scientific name: Zanclus cornutus

bosom/breast

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

n. boxing or fighting

vt. kindle (fire)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

poorly balanced

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. ladder, stairway

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

laugh

to laugh at

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

thin cloth

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. intestines

n. term referring to young things, young children

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

soft meat of green cocount

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

copra dried in the wind

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

wash hair

phrase we eat together for dinner

level ground

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

bunch of drinking coconuts

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

noun mud

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

think

snore

vt. level (e.g. ground)

vt. drive a school of fish

vt. use sparingly

vt. sink or submerge (purposefully)

vt. to feed workers

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. to show

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. seat (someone)

vt. to seat (e.g., person’s at a feast)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. screaming periodically

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. always lying (someone) on a pillow

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

ai. withered

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. tidy, to keep clean

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

mother and daughter relation, a mother and her children

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. to stagger under a weight or when very sleepy

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

v. be very fast

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

to accumulate school of fish by feeding them, to attract by baiting

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

to Mash

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

v. hurry

find

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

noun bird nest

n. shooting star

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. foreign lands; the earth; the world

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. evening

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

choose

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. light sprinkling rain

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. hair not on the head

both

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

bark (dog)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. shouting wood used for making houses on Kapinga atoll

vi. shake one’s head

n. a lure for trawling

n. wide-band fusilier

Scientific name: Pterocaesio lativittata,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

fast

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Meek in spirit

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

long

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vt. pick with a breadfruit picker

n. nipple of breasts

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,

n. starfish

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

Scientific name: Asteroidea sp.,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. embers

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. mother

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

going any direction

first

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. toy

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vi. urinate

n. tin roofing

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. egg

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

n. eyeball

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

To chew or masticate

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. mumble

bang bang

second coconut stage; small green coconut

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vomit

n. slipper lobster species

Scientific name: Scyllaridae sp.

n. teenage boy

n. guardian

canoe part: float braces

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. double lined mackerel

Scientific name: Grammatorcynos bilineatus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

happy

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

v. to hit

noise of knocking

tongue

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

wooden pounder for pounding breadfruit

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

noun bark

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich