Kapingamarangi English

n.    speckled blue grouper (Epinephelus cyanopodus), greasy grouper (Epinephelus tauvina)

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

vt.    paddle

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

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

n.    foam

noun    root

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

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

noun    flower

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n.    plant (Ocimum sanctum)

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

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

Semantic domains:

• vegetation

n.    shell without hermit crab

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    oysters

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    large clam

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    crown of thorns starfish

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

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    metal pot

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

Semantic domains:

• tools

n.    floor (house)

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

Semantic domains:

• material world

n.    blue sky

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

Semantic domains:

• natural world

n.    mollusk (Tridachna maxima)

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

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    spider

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

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

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

   spider

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n.    wave

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

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

Semantic domains:

• ocean/sea

n.    butterfly; moth

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

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

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

   butterfly

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

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

n.    sprout of coconut

Semantic domains:

• coconuts

   pig

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

noun    boar

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

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

n.    small clam

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

   bridge

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

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

   basket

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

   hole

n.    rabbit fish (Siganus puellus)

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

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    door

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

Semantic domains:

• material world

n.    mast (sail, ship); flag pole

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

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

Semantic domains:

• boats

noun    shell

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

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

   snail shell used for a horn

   rooster sound

Semantic domains:

• onomatopoeia

n.    violet squirrel fish (Holocentrus violaceus)

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

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

v.phrase    to go spearfishing

n.    banana

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

Semantic domains:

• food

n.    red snapper (Lutjanus vaigiensis)

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

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

noun    duck

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

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

phrase    my hand was cut by the knife

n.    yellow fin tuna (Neothynnus macropterus)

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

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

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

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

Semantic domains:

• boats

n.    sweet taro (Colocasia exculenta)

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

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

Semantic domains:

• plants

n.    plant (Curcuma domestica)

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

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

Semantic domains:

• plants

n.    spider lily (Crinum asiaticum)

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

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

Semantic domains:

• plants

n.    shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates)

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

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    statue

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

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

Semantic domains:

• material world

n.    chicken

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

Semantic domains:

• birds

n.    hen

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

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

Semantic domains:

• birds

phrase    this pig

Semantic domains:

• natural world

noun    rainbow

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n.    firewood

Semantic domains:

• fire

n.    firewood

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• fire

n.    white tern (Sterna sumatrana sumatrana)

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

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

Semantic domains:

• birds

n.    land crab

Example: Photo Source: November 23, 2011 warrenski
via Flickr

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    land crab

Example: Photo Source: November 23, 2011 warrenski
via Flickr

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    coconut husk

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

Semantic domains:

• coconuts

n.    dragonfly

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

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

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

n.    white-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)

Semantic domains:

• birds

n.    rippled triggerfish (Pseudobalistes fuscus), yellowmargin triggerfish (Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus), titan triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens)

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    coral formation

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

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

Semantic domains:

• ocean/sea

n.    jack fish (Caranx hippos)

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

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    sea cucumber

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

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    nylon on fishing line

Semantic domains:

• tools

n.    gecko

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

n.    skink lizard

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

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

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

n.    branching coral

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

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    name of a constellation: Milky Way

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

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

Semantic domains:

• natural world

   Chicken sound

n.    knife handle

Semantic domains:

• tools

   Roof thatching material

n.    ghost crab

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

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    turtle

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

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

noun    grass

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

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

noun    sand

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

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• natural world

n.    zebra striped sturgeon fish (Zebrasoma veliferum)

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

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    clam that stands on its own

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    lizard

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

n.    skink species

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

n.    rat

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

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n.    mouse; lizard

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

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

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

n.    rainbow runner (Elagatis bipinnulatus)

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    garden

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

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

Semantic domains:

• locations

n.    berry

Semantic domains:

• plants

n.    Pacific lorikeet (Trichoglossus rubiginosus)

Semantic domains:

• birds

n.    plant (Fimbristylis cymosa)

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

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

Semantic domains:

• plants

n.    cloud

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

noun    mountain

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

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n.    fish

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    mountain, hill

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

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

Semantic domains:

• natural world

n.    mountain

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

Semantic domains:

• natural world

n.    ivory nut

Semantic domains:

• plants

noun    village

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

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n.    driftwood

Example: Photo by Sharon Ann March 31, 2011
via FlickrLicense: CC BY-ND 2.0

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

Semantic domains:

• ocean/sea

n.    stone

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

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• natural world

   garden

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

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n.    piece of a palm tree near the base

Semantic domains:

• natural world

v.    to lower a trap from the surface and tie it to the reef rather than securing it to the bottom with rocks, also the wooden beams at the base of the trap that are used to secure it by piling rocks on top.

   Spear Gun

n.    house

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

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• locations

n.    outhouse

Example: Photo by Joel Abroad September 29, 2007
via FlickrLicense: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

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

Semantic domains:

• locations

n.    hospital

Example: Photo by Official US Navy Page July 7, 2011
via FlickrLicense: CC BY 2.0

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

Semantic domains:

• locations