Kapingamarangi English

vt.    paddle

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by Travis S. December 2, 2011 via Flickr License: CC BY-NC 2.0

n.    foam

   name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

noun    root

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Example: Photo by Matt Kieffer October 6, 2009 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0

noun    flower

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

   a lagoon, the lagoon of Kapingamarangi

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

   lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• seascape

n.    plant (Ocimum sanctum)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by Hafiz Issadeen August 12, 2009 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

Semantic domains:

• vegetation

n.    shell without hermit crab

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

   channel that connects lagoon to ocean (Kapingamarangi has one of these)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• seascape

n.    oysters

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    large clam

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

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

n.    metal pot

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Semantic domains:

• tools

n.    floor (house)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Semantic domains:

• material world

n.    blue sky

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Semantic domains:

• natural world

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

n.    spider

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by Jenny Hsu March 2, 2009 via Flickr License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

   spider

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n.    wave

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by Mike Hauser October 2, 2013 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

Semantic domains:

• ocean/sea

n.    butterfly; moth

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by Dirk-Jan Kraan April 14, 2013 via Flickr License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

   butterfly

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

Example: Photo by gailhampshire November 14, 2012 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

n.    sprout of coconut

Semantic domains:

• coconuts

noun    boar

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

Example: Photo by: Jörg Hempel July 16, 2007 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0

n.    small clam

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

   bridge

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Example: Photo by Stefan Krasowski February 3, 2009 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

   basket

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

   hole

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

n.    door

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Semantic domains:

• material world

n.    mast (sail, ship); flag pole

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by katherinejustice Oct. 22, 2009 via Flickr License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Semantic domains:

• boats

noun    shell

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    snail shell used for a horn

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

   rooster sound

Semantic domains:

• onomatopoeia

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

v.phrase    to go spearfishing

n.    banana

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Semantic domains:

• food

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

noun    duck

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

Example: Photo by Sid Mosdell November 7, 2012 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

phrase    my hand was cut by the knife

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    fisherman’s stand on the canoe (for support while netting fish)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Semantic domains:

• boats

n.    sweet taro

Scientific name: Colocasia exculenta

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by Greg Watt August 29, 2012 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

Semantic domains:

• plants

n.    plant

Scientific name: Curcuma domestica

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by Kware Ji April 22, 2012 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

Semantic domains:

• plants

n.    spider lily

Scientific name: Crinum asiaticum

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by angeliathatsme July 1, 2011 via Flickr License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Semantic domains:

• plants

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    statue

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by Naval Surface Warriors June 15, 2011 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0

Semantic domains:

• material world

n.    chicken

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Semantic domains:

• birds

n.    hen

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by Klaus Stiefel January 5, 2008 via Flickr License: CC BY-NC 2.0

Semantic domains:

• birds

   place name on Kapinga inner reef

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

   place name on Kapinga inner reef

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

   channel that connects lagoon to ocean (Kapingamarangi has one of these)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

phrase    this pig

Semantic domains:

• natural world

   place name on Kapinga outer reef

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

   name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

   place name on Kapinga outer reef

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

   place name on Kapinga outer reef

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

   place name on Kapinga inner reef

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

   name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

noun    rainbow

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n.    firewood

Semantic domains:

• fire

n.    firewood

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• fire

n.    white tern

Scientific name: Sterna sumatrana sumatrana

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by 澎湖小雲雀 June 22, 2013 via Flickr License: BY-NC-SA

Semantic domains:

• birds

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

n.    coconut husk

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Semantic domains:

• coconuts

n.    dragonfly

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by Klaus Stiefel January 5, 2008 via Flickr License: CC BY-NC 2.0

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

n.    white-tailed tropicbird

Scientific name: Phaethon lepturus

Semantic domains:

• birds

n.    rippled triggerfish; yellowmargin triggerfish; titan triggerfish

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Example: Pseudobalistes fuscus; Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus; Balistoides viridescens

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    coral formation

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by Matt Kieffer October 4, 2009 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0

Semantic domains:

• ocean/sea

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

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

n.    nylon on fishing line

Semantic domains:

• tools

n.    gecko

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

n.    skink lizard

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by Kevin Matteson March 16, 2005 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

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

n.    name of a constellation: Milky Way

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by andyspictures September 13, 2009 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

Semantic domains:

• natural world

   Chicken sound

n.    knife handle

Semantic domains:

• tools

   Roof thatching material

n.    ghost crab

Scientific name: Ocypodinae sp.

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Example: Photo by beautifulcataya May 1, 2005 via Flickr License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    ghost crab

Scientific name: Ocypodinae sp.

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by beautifulcataya May 1, 2005 via Flickr License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    turtle

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Example: Photo by c.lathe July 6, 2008 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

   turtle

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Example: Photo by marlinleeling / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Semantic domains:

• animals

n.    green sea turtle

Scientific name: Chelonia mydas

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Example: Photo by prilfish July 20, 2011 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

noun    grass

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Example: Photo by e1ther May 27, 2007 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0

noun    sand

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Example: Photo by Matt Kiefer October 6, 2006 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0

Semantic domains:

• natural world

n.    zebra striped sturgeon fish

Scientific name: Zebrasoma veliferum

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by Cliff July 20, 2008 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    clam that stands on its own

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    lizard

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

n.    skink species

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

n.    rat

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Example: Photo by Cliff November 1, 2007 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

n.    mouse; lizard

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by Anna Lee May 6, 2008 via Flickr License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

n.    rainbow runner

Scientific name: Elagatis bipinnulatus

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    garden

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by tata_aka_T December 2, 2008 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

Semantic domains:

• locations

n.    berry

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• plants

n.    Pacific lorikeet

Scientific name: Trichoglossus rubiginosus

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• birds

n.    plant

Scientific name: Fimbristylis cymosa

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by Forest and Kim Starr February 12, 2001 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

Semantic domains:

• plants

n.    cloud

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• natural world

noun    mountain

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Example: 110616-O-ZZ999-032. Naval Surface Warriors. Flickr. via Flickr

n.    fish

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life