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