Kapingamarangi English

n. foam

adj. brilliant (used only with the color red)

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 5

adj. windy

father-in-law

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

maternal grandfather

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

paternal grandfather

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

to pluck, earthworms, to shake water off

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

defecate (shit)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. Mollusk, sp.: (Atactodea)

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 12

vi. octopus

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 13

rough play, rough-and-tumble

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 13

n. rabbitfish species (Siganus sp.)

n. rabbit fish (Siganus puellus)

Example: Photo by Jan Messersmith November 29, 2006
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Speaker: Lieber, Michael D. and Kalio H. Dikepa. 1974.

vt. embrace

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

n. lower ridge pole; the very top

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

n. spider lily (Crinum asiaticum)

Example: Photo by angeliathatsme July 1, 2011
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Speaker: Lieber, Michael D. and Kalio H. Dikepa. 1974.

vt. pray

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

adj. young

n. shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates)

Example: Photo by NOAA Photo Library September 12, 2013
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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. always late

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 29

adj. unsuccessful

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 29

roughness

poorly balanced

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 40.

to appear unhealthy from overwork

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 39

tired

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

cloudy

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

laugh

n. young children

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

n. green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)

n. soil

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

sand

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 49

n. hives

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

level ground

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 51

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

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 51

n. cloud

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

bunch of drinking coconuts

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 53

n. throwing net

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

adj. filthy, disgusted (with smelly objects like feces)

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 55

n. outrigger float connecting stanchion

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 57

snore

set on fire

vt. cause to repeatedly have free time

loincloth; makeshift, to do or tie temporarily

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 59

to cool off by a breeze

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 60

vi. be similar

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

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 69

vt. to add more coconut meat

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 69

vt. get drunk

vi. pout

mf to try to, periodically (variant of haga prefix, augmenting the meaning of the derivative form in the sense of repetitive action over a long period of time)

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 71

vt. scream periodically

vt. screaming periodically

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 79

vt. always lying (someone) on a pillow

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 79

vt. tidy, to keep clean

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 80

vt. to approach circumspectly; gingerly

Speaker: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, p. 84

help

n. manta ray (Manta alfredi)

Manta ray

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

v. surf

n. lionfish in general, red lionfish (Pterois volitans)

n. sennit

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

n. flower of the Clerodendrum inerme

Example: Photo by Lauren Gutierrez February 4, 2012
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Speaker: Lieber, Michael D. and Kalio H. Dikepa. 1974.

n. blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus)

n. sponge

lie (down)

n. board

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

plywood

vi. run

escape

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

drunk, get

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vt. sizzle

sigh

n. perfume

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

n. small-toothed jobfish (Aphareus furca)

n. starfish

Example: Photo by NOAA Photo Library September 24, 2010
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Speaker: Lieber, Michael D. and Kalio H. Dikepa. 1974.

have fever

n. dolphin (Coryphaena hippurus)

Example: Photo by manoellemos February 9, 2007
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Speaker: Lieber, Michael D. and Kalio H. Dikepa. 1974.

n. mother

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

vt. throb

going any direction

n. bird

Example: Photo by tropical.pete September 28, 2007
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Speaker: Lieber, Michael D. and Kalio H. Dikepa. 1974.

n. toy

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

n. a fiber of coconut husk

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

n. tin roofing

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

n. eyeball

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

vt. mumble

v. mutter

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

n. a knot that unties when pulled

n. maternal grandmother

noise of multiple claps

vomit

n. a three pronged fishing spear

n. teenage girl

priest

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. black-banded snapper (Lutjanus semicinctus)

n. double lined mackerel (Grammatorcynos bilineatus)

happy

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

sister

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich