Kapingamarangi English

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.    blue sky

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Semantic domains:

• natural world

n.    large clam

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

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

   These three pigs

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.    rabbitfish

Scientific name: Siganus puellus

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

   lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• seascape

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

   name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

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

   bridge

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Example: Photo by Stefan Krasowski February 3, 2009 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

   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

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

Semantic domains:

• material 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.    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.    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.    knife handle

Semantic domains:

• tools

n.    grasshopper

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

n.    gecko

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

   place name on Kapinga inner reef

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

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

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

   name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

   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

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

Semantic domains:

• botany
• medicine

n.    nylon on fishing line

Semantic domains:

• tools

   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.    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

n.    pandanus fruit

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• plants

   spider

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n.    coconut stump

Semantic domains:

• coconuts

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

n.    skink species

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

n.    pandanus leaf for wrapping, sticky

Semantic domains:

• plants

   yellow black tip reef shark

Scientific name: Carcharhinus melanopterus

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

Semantic domains:

• animals

   grave

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n.    spider conch

Scientific name: Lambis

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

noun    boar

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

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

   place name on Kapinga outer reef

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

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

   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.    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.    oysters

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

   rope

n.    speckled blue grouper; greasy grouper

Scientific name: Epinephelus cyanopodus; Epinephelus tauvina

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

   place name on Kapinga inner reef

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

   garden

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

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

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

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

   basket

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

n.    floor (house)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Semantic domains:

• material world

n.    Micronesian starling

Scientific name: Aplonis opaca

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• birds

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

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.    pushing paddle

Semantic domains:

• tools

   hole

n.    coconut that is sprouting

Semantic domains:

• coconuts

   rooster sound

Semantic domains:

• onomatopoeia

n.    driftwood

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Semantic domains:

• ocean/sea

   These three black pigs

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

n.    coconut husk

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Semantic domains:

• coconuts

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

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

v.phrase    to go spearfishing

   hibiscus

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

Semantic domains:

• botany

   Kapingamarangi

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

n.    ghost crab

Scientific name: Ocypodinae sp.

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

noun    bird

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

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

   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.    mat for sleeping on a bed

Semantic domains:

• material world

n.    rippled triggerfish; yellowmargin triggerfish; titan triggerfish

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Example: Pseudobalistes fuscus; Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus; Balistoides viridescens

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    rat

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

n.    food

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Semantic domains:

• food

   name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

n.    chicken

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Semantic domains:

• birds

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.    lizard

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

noun    branch

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

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

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.    mangrove

Semantic domains:

• plants

n.    mountain

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

Semantic domains:

• natural world

n.    small clam

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

v.    cut rope

n.    centipede

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

   place name on Kapinga inner reef

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

n.    red warrior ant

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

vt.    paddle

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

   Stick used for pushing the boat out

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