Kapingamarangi English

n.    nylon on fishing line

Semantic domains:

• tools

n.    mouse; lizard

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

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

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

n.    sea urchin

Example: Photo by Tim Sheerman-Chase October 3, 2013 via Flickr License

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    gecko

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

n.    box used for storing eels

Semantic domains:

• tools

n.    tree

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• plants

n.    cloud

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• natural world

n.    ghost crab

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

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

   These three pigs

noun    leaf

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

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

n.    pond

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

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• natural world

n.    white-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)

Semantic domains:

• birds

n.    bait on fishing hook

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    dragonfly

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

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

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

n.    red snapper (Lutjanus vaigiensis)

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

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    ocean, sea

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

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

Semantic domains:

• ocean/sea

n.    coconut husk

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

Semantic domains:

• coconuts

noun    boar

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

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

n.    canoe

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

Semantic domains:

• boats

n.    skink species

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

   These pigs

n.    sinker on fishing line

n.    ant

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

n.    waterfall

Example: Photo by stefan Krasowski February 2, 2009 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

Semantic domains:

• natural world

n.    mollusk (Tridachna maxima)

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

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    shell without hermit crab

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    hermit crab

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

phrase    this pig

Semantic domains:

• natural world

n.    lizard

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

n.    green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)

Example: Photo by prilfish July 20, 2011 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

   Stick used for pushing the boat out

noun    bird

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

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

n.    yellow fin tuna (Neothynnus macropterus)

Example: Photo by Nils Rinaldi October 8, 2010 via Flickr License: CC BY 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 Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

   butterfly

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

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

   swimming

n.    name of a constellation: Milky Way

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

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

Semantic domains:

• natural world

n.    coconut, ripe

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• coconuts

n.    floor (house)

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

Semantic domains:

• material world

noun    chicken

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

n.    stone

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

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• natural world

n.    pandanus fruit

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• plants

   spider

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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.

   money

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

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n.    food

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

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

Semantic domains:

• food

n.    shell without hermit crab

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    butterfly; moth

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

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

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

n.    paddle

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

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

Semantic domains:

• tools

n.    coconut that is sprouting

Semantic domains:

• coconuts

n.    plant (Ocimum sanctum)

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

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

Semantic domains:

• vegetation

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.    ivory nut

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• plants

n.    core (breadfruit, fruit, etc.)

Example: Photo by US Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center May 6, 2006 via Wikimedia Commons License: Public Domain

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

Semantic domains:

• food

n.    ripe pandanus fruit

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

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

Semantic domains:

• food

   garden

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

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n.    mat for sleeping on a bed

Semantic domains:

• material world

   rooster sound

Semantic domains:

• onomatopoeia

   Spear Gun

n.    knife handle

Semantic domains:

• tools

phrase    my hand was cut by the knife

n.    sweet taro (Colocasia exculenta)

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

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

Semantic domains:

• plants

n.    scraper for coconut

Semantic domains:

• tools

n.    crown of thorns starfish

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

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    large clam

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    driftwood

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

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

Semantic domains:

• ocean/sea

n.    flower of the Clerodendrum inerme

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

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

Semantic domains:

• plants

n.    brown booby (sula leucogaster plotus)

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

Semantic domains:

• birds

n.    mast (sail, ship); flag pole

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

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

Semantic domains:

• boats

   Needle for roof thatching

n.    coconut tree

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• coconuts

n.    hen

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

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

Semantic domains:

• birds

noun    grass

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

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n.    emerald tree skink (Lamprolepis smaragdina), Japanese/Pacific monitor (Varanus indicus)

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

noun    crab

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

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

   stool used to open coconuts

n.    snail or slug in shell

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    rabbit fish (Siganus puellus)

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

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

   pig

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n.    firewood

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• fire

n.    scorpionfish species

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

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

   toad

Example: Photo by Joe McKenna February 7, 2009 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

noun    mountain

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

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    tufted spiny lobster (P. penicillatus)

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

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    school of tuna

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

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    hibiscus tree (Hibiscus tiliaceus)

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

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

Semantic domains:

• plants

n.    firewood

Semantic domains:

• fire

n.    Micronesian starling (Aplonis opaca)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• birds

n.    garden

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

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

Semantic domains:

• locations

   hole

   These three black pigs

n.    centipede

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

n.    rope

Semantic domains:

• material world

   A woven-Pandanus bed mat

n.    undulate triggerfish (Balistapus undulatus)

Example: Photo by zsispeo February 10, 2013 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    branch

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

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

Semantic domains:

• plants

n.    a lure for trawling

Semantic domains:

• tools

n.    cloud

Semantic domains:

• natural world

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n.    spider conch (Lambis)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life