Kapingamarangi talking dictionary

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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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bono [+]

n.    fish sp.; eel variety

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,


Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
buhu [+]

n.    parrotfish species

Scientific name: Scarus sp.

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich


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  • fish and marine life
bulu ngame [+]

n.    brown marbled grouper

Scientific name: Epinephelus fuscoguttatus

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich


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  • fish and marine life
buu [+]

noun    shell

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Example: Photo by NOAA Photo Library October 25, 2010 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0


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  • fish and marine life
buu [+]

n.    snail shell used for a horn

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich


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  • fish and marine life
buu manga lolu [+]

n.    long branching shell (long and pointy)


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  • fish and marine life
daa [+]

n.    violet squirrel fish

Scientific name: Holocentrus violaceus

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble May 26, 2011 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0


Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
dada [+]

n.    red snapper

Scientific name: Lutjanus vaigiensis

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by Florida Fish and Wildlife Center April 3, 2012 via Flickr License: CC BY-ND 2.0


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  • fish and marine life
dagua [+]

n.    yellowfin tuna

Scientific name: Neothynnus macropterus

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by Nils Rinaldi October 8, 2010 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0


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  • fish and marine life
danedaneauli [+]

n.    shark sucker

Scientific name: Echeneis naucrates

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by NOAA Photo Library September 12, 2013 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0


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  • fish and marine life
dihidihi [+]

n.    moorish idol

Scientific name: Zanclus cornutus


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  • fish and marine life
dihidihi [+]

   angelfish species

Scientific name: Pomacanthidae sp.


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  • fish and marine life
doholaa [+]

n.    whale

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,


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  • fish and marine life
doudu [+]

n.    fish sp.: spiny puffer

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,


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  • fish and marine life
dube [+]

n.    land crab

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Juvenile Strawberry Land Hermit Crab. Photo by warrenski November 23, 2011 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0


Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
duu lagalaga manini [+]

   school of surgeon fish

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,


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  • fish and marine life
duudae bilibili [+]

n.    octopus ink

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,


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  • fish and marine life
duudae nguu [+]

n.    squid ink

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,


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  • fish and marine life
duudae nguu [+]

   inky secretion of squid

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,


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  • fish and marine life
emu [+]

n.    rippled triggerfish; yellowmargin triggerfish; titan triggerfish

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Example: Pseudobalistes fuscus; Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus; Balistoides viridescens


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  • fish and marine life
gada [+]

n.    jack fish

Scientific name: Caranx hippos

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by Kevin Bryant December 29, 2010 via Flickr License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0


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  • fish and marine life
gada [+]

n.    bigeye trevally

Scientific name: Caranx sexfasciatus

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich


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  • fish and marine life
gala [+]

n.    goatfish species

Scientific name: Mullidae sp.


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  • fish and marine life
galabe [+]

n.    sea cucumber

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by NOAA Photo Library September 6, 2013 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0


Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
galunga [+]

n.    term for school of goat fish

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,


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  • fish and marine life
gamu [+]

n.    branching coral

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by NOAA Photo Library September 22, 2010 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0


Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
ganiganihatol [+]

n.    spadefish and batfish species

Scientific name: Chaetodipterus sp.

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich


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  • fish and marine life
gau mee [+]

n.    gill of a fish

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).
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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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