The Kapingamarangi Talking Dictionary currently has 2476 entries, with 804 audio files and 276 images.
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n. mountain, hill
Example: Photo by Naval Surface Warriors June 15, 2011 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0
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n. rabbitfish
Scientific name: Siganus puellus
Example: Photo by Jan Messersmith November 29, 2006 via Flickr License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
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n. brown booby
Scientific name: Sula leucogaster plotus
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
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n. starfish
Example: Photo by NOAA Photo Library September 24, 2010 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0
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n. ghost crab
Scientific name: Ocypodinae sp.
Example: Photo by beautifulcataya May 1, 2005 via Flickr License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
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n. sea bass
Scientific name: Epinephelus fuscoguttatus
Example: Photo by Malcomle Brown February 14, 2011 via Flickr License: CC BY-ND 2.0
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n. mouse; lizard
Example: Photo by Anna Lee May 6, 2008 via Flickr License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
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n. red snapper
Scientific name: Lutjanus vaigiensis
Example: Photo by Florida Fish and Wildlife Center April 3, 2012 via Flickr License: CC BY-ND 2.0
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n. crown of thorns starfish
Example: Photo by Matt Kiefer December 5, 2011 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0
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n. coconut crab
Scientific name: Birgus latro
Example: Photo by Drew Avery February 18, 2007 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0
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plant with leaves and fruit (bad smelling) used for medicinal purposes (ointment for burns, mixed as part of a medicinal drink for stomach illness)
Scientific name: Morinda citrifolia
Example: Photo by lizmcc / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org
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yellow black tip reef shark
Scientific name: Carcharhinus melanopterus
Example: Photo by craigjhowe / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org
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white tip shark
Scientific name: Triaenodon obesus
Example: Photo by eschlogl / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org
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n. tufted spiny lobster
Scientific name: Panulirus penicillatus
Example: Photo by NOAA Photo Library October 25, 2010 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0
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n. speckled blue grouper; greasy grouper
Scientific name: Epinephelus cyanopodus; Epinephelus tauvina
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n. ghost crab
Scientific name: Ocypodinae sp.
Example: Photo by beautifulcataya May 1, 2005 via Flickr License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
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n. rippled triggerfish; yellowmargin triggerfish; titan triggerfish
Example: Pseudobalistes fuscus; Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus; Balistoides viridescens
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noun branch
Example: Photo by Leonora Enking February 3, 2011 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0
n. mountain
Example: 110616-O-ZZ999-032. Naval Surface Warriors. Flickr. via Flickr
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n. starfish
Scientific name: Asteroidea sp.
Example: Photo by NOAA Photo Library September 24, 2010 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0
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n. stone
Example: Photo by tata_aka_T December 2, 2008 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0
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Dictionary produced by Howartson Heinrich, Gregory D. S. Anderson and K. David Harrison. (2013).
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how to cite:
Anderson, Gregory D.S., Howartson Heinrich and K. David Harrison. 2013.
Kapingamarangi Talking Dictionary.
Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages.
http://www.talkingdictionary.org/kapingamarangi