Kapingamarangi English

n.    hospital

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

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

Semantic domains:

• locations

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

Semantic domains:

• tools

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.    eel

Example: Giant Moray. Photo by Derek Keats. August 28, 2011 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

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

n.    pandanus fruit

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• plants

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.    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.    pushing paddle

Semantic domains:

• tools

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

n.    pumice stone

Example: Pumice Stone. Ambuj Saxena. Flickr. via Flickr

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

Semantic domains:

• natural world

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.    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.    coconut shell

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

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

Semantic domains:

• coconuts

n.    cloud

Semantic domains:

• natural world

noun    frog

Example: Photo by Zug, G., Watling, D. & Morrison, C. July 1, 2008 via Wikipedia License: CC BY-SA 3.0

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

   toad

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

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

n.    snail or slug in shell

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

   swimming

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

Semantic domains:

• material world

   A woven-Pandanus bed mat

n.    fruit bat (Pteropus mariannus)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• mammals

n.    plant (Polyscias scutelleria)

Example: Photo by Forest & Kim Starr August 13, 2002 via Wikipedia License: CC BY 3.0

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

Semantic domains:

• plants

   Stick used for pushing the boat out

n.    tree

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n.    tree

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• plants

n.    sky

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

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• natural world

noun    leaf

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

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

n.    sinker on fishing line

n.    lime

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• food

n.    a lure for trawling

Semantic domains:

• tools

n.    a lure made from an american screwdriver used for trawling

Semantic domains:

• tools

n.    rope

Semantic domains:

• material world

n.    ant

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

n.    red warrior ant

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

n.    dried pandanus leaf for wrapping

Semantic domains:

• plants

noun    unripe coconut

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• coconuts

n.    pond

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

Semantic domains:

• natural world

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.    coconut, ripe

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• coconuts

n.    starfish

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

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    shark

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

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    dolphin (Coryphaena hippurus)

Example: Photo by manoellemos February 9, 2007 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    starfish (Asteroidea sp.)

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

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

noun    branch

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

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

noun    bird

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

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

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.    bird

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

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

Semantic domains:

• birds

n.    goatfish species (Mullidae sp.)

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

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

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

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

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

n.    centipede

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

   Needle for roof thatching

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.    Micronesian starling (Aplonis opaca)

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• birds

n.    mat for sleeping on a bed

Semantic domains:

• material world

n.    crocodile

Example: Photo by PG Palmer October 16, 2004 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    waterfall

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

Semantic domains:

• natural world

n.    bird: frigate bird (Fregata sp.)

Example: Photo by Sophie Robson February 11, 2007 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0

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

Semantic domains:

• birds

n.    brown booby (sula leucogaster plotus)

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

Semantic domains:

• birds

n.    bait on fishing hook

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    mangrove

Semantic domains:

• plants

n.    skull

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

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

Semantic domains:

• body

n.    sea bass (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus)

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

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    squid

Example: Photo by kuribo April 6, 2012 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

   These pigs

   These three pigs

   These three black pigs

n.    coconut tree

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• coconuts

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.    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

n.    pandanus leaf for wrapping, sticky

Semantic domains:

• plants

   rope

   grave

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

   roof

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

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n.    banana

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n.    branching coral

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

noun    chicken

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

   money

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

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

noun    banana

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

n.    stomach

Semantic domains:

• body

n.    grasshopper

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

n.    reef (in lagoon)

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

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

Semantic domains:

• ocean/sea

n.    branching coral that itches

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    coconut stump

Semantic domains:

• coconuts

n.    shell without hermit crab

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    scraper for coconut

Semantic domains:

• tools

v.    cut rope

n.    turtle shell

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

n.    coconut husk

Semantic domains:

• coconuts

noun    crab

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

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

n.    coconut that is sprouting

Semantic domains:

• coconuts

   stool used to open coconuts

   knife

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

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n.    fishing line

Semantic domains:

• tools

n.    Fishing line

Semantic domains:

• tools

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

   scutes