Kapingamarangi English

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

n.    mountain

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

Semantic domains:

• natural world

n.    ivory nut

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• plants

noun    village

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

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

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

   place name on Kapinga inner reef

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

   place name on Kapinga inner reef

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

   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

   name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

n.    piece of a palm tree near the base

Semantic domains:

• natural world

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.

   Spear Gun

n.    house

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

Semantic domains:

• locations

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.    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, 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

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

Semantic domains:

• tools

n.    hibiscus tree

Scientific name: Hibiscus tiliaceus

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Semantic domains:

• plants

   hibiscus

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

Semantic domains:

• botany

n.    eel

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Giant Moray. Photo by Derek Keats. August 28, 2011 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.    pandanus fruit

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• plants

   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

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, 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.    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.    pushing paddle

Semantic domains:

• tools

n.    green sea turtle

Scientific name: Chelonia mydas

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    pumice stone

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Semantic domains:

• natural world

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited, contains the cemetary, beleived to be inhabited by bad spirits)

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.    undulate triggerfish

Scientific name: Balistapus undulatus

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    core (breadfruit, fruit, etc.)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Semantic domains:

• food
• breadfruit

n.    coconut shell

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Semantic domains:

• coconuts

n.    cloud

Semantic domains:

• natural world

noun    frog

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

   toad

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

Semantic domains:

• insects/reptiles

n.    snail or slug in shell

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

   Kapingamarangi

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

   swimming

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

Semantic domains:

• material world

   A woven-Pandanus bed mat

n.    fruit bat

Scientific name: Pteropus mariannus

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• mammals

n.    plant

Scientific name: Polyscias scutelleria

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

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

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

Semantic domains:

• natural world

noun    leaf

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

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

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

   name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

noun    unripe coconut

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• coconuts

   name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

   place name on Kapinga outer reef

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

   place name on Kapinga outer reef

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• place names

n.    pond

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

Semantic domains:

• natural world

n.    coconut, ripe

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• coconuts

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

n.    shark

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    dolphin

Scientific name: Coryphaena hippurus

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

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

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

noun    branch

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

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

noun    bird

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

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

n.    school of tuna

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

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

   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.    goatfish species

Scientific name: Mullidae sp.

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited, reserved for use by fishermen only)

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.    food

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Semantic domains:

• food

n.    emerald tree skink; Japanese/Pacific monitor

Scientific name: Lamprolepis smaragdina; 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

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Semantic domains:

• ocean/sea

n.    Micronesian starling

Scientific name: Aplonis opaca

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• birds

n.    mat for sleeping on a bed

Semantic domains:

• material world

n.    crocodile

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

   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

   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

n.    waterfall

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

Semantic domains:

• natural world

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

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

n.    bait on fishing hook

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    mangrove

Semantic domains:

• plants

n.    skull

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Semantic domains:

• body

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.    speckled blue grouper; greasy grouper

Scientific name: Epinephelus cyanopodus; Epinephelus tauvina

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life

n.    squid

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

Semantic domains:

• fish and marine life