Kapingamarangi English

v.phrase    to go spearfishing

n.    frigate bird

Scientific name: Fregata sp.

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by Sophie Robson February 11, 2007 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0

Semantic domains:

• birds

n.    flower of the Clerodendrum inerme

Scientific name: Clerodendrum inerme

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by Lauren Gutierrez February 4, 2012 via Flickr License: CC BY-ND 2.0

Semantic domains:

• plants

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

noun    boar

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

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

   clam shell, used for ornament or for scraping off burned outer shell of cooked breadfruit

Scientific name: Asaphis violascens

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

Semantic domains:

• animals
• foodways

noun    banana

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

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.    gecko

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

   swimming

n.    skull

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Semantic domains:

• body

n.    paddle

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Semantic domains:

• tools

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.    hibiscus tree

Scientific name: Hibiscus tiliaceus

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by Dr. Avishai Teicher via Wikimedia Commons License: CC BY 2.5

Semantic domains:

• plants

n.    blue sky

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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.    branching coral

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    coconut shell

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Coconut (Coconut (Cocos nucifera L.). Dag Endresen. Flickr. via Flickr

Semantic domains:

• coconuts

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

noun    duck

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

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

n.    small clam

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    dried pandanus leaf for wrapping

Semantic domains:

• plants

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

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

   name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

n.    branch

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by Leonora Enking February 3, 2011 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0

Semantic domains:

• plants

noun    frog

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Example: Photo by Zug, G., Watling, D. & Morrison, C. July 1, 2008 via Wikipedia License: CC BY-SA 3.0

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

n.    grasshopper

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

   Kapingamarangi

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

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

   name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

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.    scorpionfish species

Example: Photo by Coby Bidwell August 1, 2013 via Flickr License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    brown booby

Scientific name: Sula leucogaster plotus

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Ischaemum byrone (Sula leucogaster plotus). Location: Pauwalu Pt., Maui, HI USA. Photo by Forest & Kim Starr October 12, 2002 via Wikimedia Commons License: CC BY 3.0

Semantic domains:

• birds

n.    mangrove

Semantic domains:

• plants

n.    pond

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

Semantic domains:

• natural world

n.    scutes of a turtle

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

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

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

n.    dolphin

Scientific name: Coryphaena hippurus

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by manoellemos February 9, 2007 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

   place name on Kapinga outer reef

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

n.    spider conch

Scientific name: Lambis

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

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.    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

noun    mountain

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

n.    cloud

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• natural world

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

   name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

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.    starfish

Scientific name: Asteroidea sp.

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Example: Photo by NOAA Photo Library September 24, 2010 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life