Kapingamarangi English

n.    a lure for trawling

Semantic domains:

• tools

n.    mountain

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

Semantic domains:

• natural world

n.    pond

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

Semantic domains:

• natural world

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

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.    hospital

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Semantic domains:

• locations

n.    stone

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

Semantic domains:

• natural world

n.    nylon on fishing line

Semantic domains:

• tools

n.    firewood

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• fire

   rooster sound

Semantic domains:

• onomatopoeia

n.    sinker on fishing line

n.    shrub

Scientific name: Pipturus argenteus

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by Lauren Gutierrez October 12, 2009 via Flickr License: CC BY-ND 2.0

Semantic domains:

• plants

n.    mountain, hill

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Semantic domains:

• natural world

n.    snail shell used for a horn

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

   name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

   name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

   lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• seascape

   Needle for roof thatching

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

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.    red warrior ant

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

   grave

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

   name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

n.    bird

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by tropical.pete September 28, 2007 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0

Semantic domains:

• birds

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

n.    gecko

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

n.    centipede

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

n.    fish

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    tufted spiny lobster

Scientific name: Panulirus penicillatus

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    ant

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

   name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

n.    oysters

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    mangrove

Semantic domains:

• plants

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.    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.    banana

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

   roof

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Example: Photo by Joel Abroad November 11, 2010 via Flickr License: CC BY-NC-CA 2.0

n.    ocean, sea

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by Matt Kiefer October 7, 2009 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0

Semantic domains:

• ocean/sea

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

noun    chicken

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

noun    root

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

n.    fruit bat

Scientific name: Pteropus mariannus

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• mammals

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

n.    sky

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Example: Photo by tata_aka_T November 30, 2008 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

Semantic domains:

• natural world

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

noun    flower

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n.    pushing paddle

Semantic domains:

• tools

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.    house

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

Semantic domains:

• locations

n.    scraper for coconut

Semantic domains:

• tools

n.    goatfish species

Scientific name: Mullidae sp.

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

phrase    my hand was cut by the knife

   Spear Gun

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

n.    ivory nut

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• plants

noun    leaf

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

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

   spider

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n.    coconut, ripe

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• coconuts

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.    shark

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

   garden

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

n.    spider conch

Scientific name: Lambis

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

   coconut crab

Scientific name: Birgus latro

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

Semantic domains:

• animals

   hole

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.    coconut husk

Semantic domains:

• coconuts

noun    bird

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

Example: Photo by Eric Savage March 2, 2008 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0

n.    school of tuna

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: School of Tuna. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters. Flickr. via Flickr

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

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited, contains the cemetary, beleived to be inhabited by bad spirits)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

phrase    this pig

Semantic domains:

• natural world

   Chicken sound

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited, formerly inhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

n.    tree

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n.    bait on fishing hook

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

   rope

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

noun    grass

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

n.    shell without hermit crab

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    starfish

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    chicken

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Semantic domains:

• birds

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

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.    sprout of coconut

Semantic domains:

• coconuts

   These three black pigs

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

   place name on Kapinga outer reef

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.    reef (in lagoon)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Semantic domains:

• ocean/sea

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.    rat

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

n.    the rock holding the bait to the fishing hook in traditional kapinga bottom fishing

Semantic domains:

• tools

   knife

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited, reserved for use by fishermen only)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

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

   place name on Kapinga inner reef

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

n.    cloud

Semantic domains:

• natural world