Kapingamarangi talking dictionary

Kapingamarangi - English

online talking dictionary

version 1.0, 7.2013

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Kapingamarangi

The Kapingamarangi Talking Dictionary currently has 2476 entries, with 804 audio files and 276 images.
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abi [+]

n.    dussumieri tang

Scientific name: Acanthurus dussumieri

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
aga [+]

n.    hound needlefish

Scientific name: Tylosurus crocodilus

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
agu [+]

n.    keeltail needlefish

Scientific name: Platybelone platyura

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
ahura [+]

n.    bicolor cleaner wrasse

Scientific name: Labroides bicolor

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
angalaa unga [+]

n.    shell without hermit crab

Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
angoli gilala [+]

   bottom fishing

Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
arara [+]

n.    bluefin trevally

Scientific name: Caranx melampygus

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
atu [+]

n.    skipjack tuna

Scientific name: Katsuwonus pelamis

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
baa [+]

n.    oysters

Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
baahu [+]

n.    large clam

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
baalabu [+]

n.    crown of thorns starfish

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by Matt Kiefer December 5, 2011 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0

Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
baba [+]

n.    white-edged lyretail; yellow-edged lyretail

Scientific name: Aetobatus narinari; Variola louti

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
baehua [+]

n.    mollusk

Scientific name: Tridachna maxima

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by Peter Eimon April 14, 2013 via Flickr License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
baheni [+]

n.    bicolor parrotfish

Scientific name: Cetoscarus bicolor

Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
bai bai [+]

n.    flatfish (flounder, halibut, etc)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
balangi [+]

n.    yellowfin tang

Scientific name: Acanthurus xanthopterus

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
barab [+]

n.    Crown of Thorns starfish

Scientific name: Acanthaster planci

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
baua [+]

n.    streamlined spinefoot

Scientific name: Siganus argenteus

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
belangi [+]

n.    black-spot tang

Scientific name: Acanthurus bariene

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
benben [+]

n.    mahi mahi or common dolphinfish

Scientific name: Coryphaena hippurus

Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
bibi [+]

n.    scallop

Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
bibinaga [+]

n.    mollusk sp.

Scientific name: Atactodea sp.

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
bikinak [+]

n.    small clam

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
bilibili [+]

vi.    octopus

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
bilibili [+]

n.    octopi in general

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
bongong [+]

n.    rabbitfish species

Scientific name: Siganus sp.

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
bongongo-loubuge [+]

n.    rabbitfish

Scientific name: Siganus puellus

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
bono [+]

n.    eel variety

Scientific name: Synaphobranchus brachysomus

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
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All content copyright © Kapingamarangi community. (2013)
Dictionary produced by Howartson Heinrich, Gregory D. S. Anderson and K. David Harrison. (2013).
Supported in part with funding from a NSF REU Site grant (PI Harrison, Building Digital Tools to Support Endangered Languages and Preserve Environmental Knowledge in Mexico, Micronesia, and Navajo Nation, Award #1461056).
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission.
how to cite: Anderson, Gregory D.S., Howartson Heinrich and K. David Harrison. 2013. Kapingamarangi Talking Dictionary. Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages. http://www.talkingdictionary.org/kapingamarangi

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There are currently 2476 entries, 804 audio files, and 276 images.

All content copyright © Kapingamarangi community. (2013)
Dictionary produced by Howartson Heinrich, Gregory D. S. Anderson and K. David Harrison. (2013).
Supported in part with funding from a NSF REU Site grant (PI Harrison, Building Digital Tools to Support Endangered Languages and Preserve Environmental Knowledge in Mexico, Micronesia, and Navajo Nation, Award #1461056).
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission.
how to cite: Anderson, Gregory D.S., Howartson Heinrich and K. David Harrison. 2013. Kapingamarangi Talking Dictionary. Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages. http://www.talkingdictionary.org/kapingamarangi

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