The Kapingamarangi Talking Dictionary currently has 2476 entries, with 804 audio files and 276 images.
This image gallery has returned 100 entries.
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. mountain
Example: 110616-O-ZZ999-032. Naval Surface Warriors. Flickr. via Flickr
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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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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.
an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited, has a traditional cemetary, and also a place that is used as a garbage dump)
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n. the rock holding the bait to the fishing hook in traditional kapinga bottom fishing
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n. hibiscus tree
Scientific name: Hibiscus tiliaceus
Example: Photo by Dr. Avishai Teicher via Wikimedia Commons License: CC BY 2.5
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n. eel
Example: Giant Moray. Photo by Derek Keats. August 28, 2011 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0
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n. green sea turtle
Scientific name: Chelonia mydas
Example: Photo by prilfish July 20, 2011 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0
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an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited, contains the cemetary, beleived to be inhabited by bad spirits)
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n. undulate triggerfish
Scientific name: Balistapus undulatus
Example: Photo by zsispeo February 10, 2013 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0
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n. core (breadfruit, fruit, etc.)
Example: Photo by US Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center May 6, 2006 via Wikimedia Commons License: Public Domain
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noun frog
Example: Photo by Zug, G., Watling, D. & Morrison, C. July 1, 2008 via Wikipedia License: CC BY-SA 3.0
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n. sky
Example: Photo by tata_aka_T November 30, 2008 via Flickr License: CC BY 2.0
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n. pond
Example: Photo by Matt Kiefer October 6, 2009 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0
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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. dolphin
Scientific name: Coryphaena hippurus
Example: Photo by manoellemos February 9, 2007 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0
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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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noun branch
Example: Photo by Leonora Enking February 3, 2011 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0
n. school of tuna
Example: School of Tuna. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters. Flickr. via Flickr
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an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited, reserved for use by fishermen only)
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n. emerald tree skink; Japanese/Pacific monitor
Scientific name: Lamprolepis smaragdina; Varanus indicus
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n. crocodile
Example: Photo by PG Palmer October 16, 2004 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0
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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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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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n. waterfall
Example: Photo by stefan Krasowski February 2, 2009 via Flickr License: CC BY 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. 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. speckled blue grouper; greasy grouper
Scientific name: Epinephelus cyanopodus; Epinephelus tauvina
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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