Kapingamarangi English

   rope

n.    piece of a palm tree near the base

Semantic domains:

• natural world

n.    sea bass

Scientific name: Epinephelus fuscoguttatus

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by Malcomle Brown February 14, 2011 via Flickr License: CC BY-ND 2.0

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    cloud

Semantic domains:

• natural world

n.    outhouse

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Semantic domains:

• locations

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.    pond

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

Semantic domains:

• natural world

   stool used to open coconuts

   turtle

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

Semantic domains:

• animals

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

   knife

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

n.    emerald tree skink; Japanese/Pacific monitor

Scientific name: Lamprolepis smaragdina; Varanus indicus

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

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.    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.    firewood

Semantic domains:

• fire

   grave

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n.    turtle shell

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

n.    small clam

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

phrase    this pig

Semantic domains:

• natural world

   name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

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

n.    grasshopper

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

n.    door

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Semantic domains:

• material world

   name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

n.    coconut stump

Semantic domains:

• coconuts

   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.    red warrior ant

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

   coconut crab

Scientific name: Birgus latro

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

Semantic domains:

• animals

   hibiscus

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Example: Photo by danaleeling / iNaturalist, CC0: via inaturalist.org

Semantic domains:

• botany

n.    rainbow runner

Scientific name: Elagatis bipinnulatus

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

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

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

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

   butterfly

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

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

n.    speckled blue grouper; greasy grouper

Scientific name: Epinephelus cyanopodus; Epinephelus tauvina

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

noun    branch

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

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

n.    woven hat for fishermen (lit. hat-weave)

Semantic domains:

• material world

n.    sprout of coconut

Semantic domains:

• coconuts

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

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

n.    mangrove

Semantic domains:

• plants

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

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

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Semantic domains:

• boats

v.    cut rope

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

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

n.    white-tailed tropicbird

Scientific name: Phaethon lepturus

Semantic domains:

• birds

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, 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.    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.    coconut shell

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Semantic domains:

• coconuts

n.    sea urchin

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by Tim Sheerman-Chase October 3, 2013 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    skink species

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

   hole

noun    leaf

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

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

   name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

   white tip shark

Scientific name: Triaenodon obesus

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

Semantic domains:

• animals

n.    centipede

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

noun    flower

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

phrase    my hand was cut by the knife

   place name on Kapinga inner reef

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

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.    ripe pandanus fruit

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Pomelo (Citrus maxima) fruit from Kerala. Public Domain Photos Blog: Krishna. Flickr. via Flickr

Semantic domains:

• food

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.    metal pot

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Semantic domains:

• tools

   Roof thatching material

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

   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

n.    chicken

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Semantic domains:

• birds

   swimming

n.    food

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by Tara Stum December 22, 2010 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

Semantic domains:

• food

n.    coconut crab

Scientific name: Birgus latro

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Example: Photo by Drew Avery February 18, 2007 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

   a lagoon, the lagoon of Kapingamarangi

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

n.    floor (house)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Semantic domains:

• material world

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

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

n.    berry

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• plants

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited, formerly inhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

n.    sinker on fishing line

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, has a traditional cemetary, and also a place that is used as a garbage dump)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

noun    banana

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

   basket

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n.    Micronesian starling

Scientific name: Aplonis opaca

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• birds

n.    pandanus fruit

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• plants

noun    duck

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

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

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

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

   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

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

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

noun    grass

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

n.    firewood

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• fire

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

Semantic domains:

• tools