Kapingamarangi talking dictionary

Kapingamarangi - English

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version 1.0, 7.2013

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Kapingamarangi

The Kapingamarangi Talking Dictionary currently has 2476 entries, with 804 audio files and 276 images.
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nia big ane [+]

   These pigs

nia big etulo ane [+]

   These three pigs

nia big luri etulo ane [+]

   These three black pigs

Nikuhatu [+]

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • place names
nohu [+]

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
nonu [+]

   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
Nunakita [+]

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • place names
pandau [+]

n.    pandanus leaf for wrapping, sticky

Semantic domains:

  • plants
Parakahi [+]

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • place names
Pepeio [+]

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • place names
pipi [+]

   clam shell, used for ornament or for scraping off burned outer shell of cooked breadfruit

Scientific name: Asaphis violascens

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

Semantic domains:

  • animals
  • foodways
pua [+]

   a tree, with small white fragrant flowers, used for fuel

Scientific name: Guettarda speciosa

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

Semantic domains:

  • botany
Pumatahati [+]

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

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • place names
Pungupungu [+]

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • place names
Ramotu [+]

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • place names
Ringutoru [+]

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited, formerly inhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • place names
roahi [+]

   rope

ruwa [+]

   grave

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Tagabiga [+]

   place name on Kapinga inner reef

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • place names
tahuwa hale [+]

   roof

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

Takairongo [+]

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • place names
Takenge [+]

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • place names
tamo [+]

n.    banana

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Tangawaka [+]

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • place names
Tariha [+]

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • place names
Taringa [+]

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • place names
taro woroworo [+]

n.    branching coral

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
tedu [+]

noun    chicken

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

teenedi/tara [+]

   money

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

Tetau [+]

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • place names
thamo [+]

noun    banana

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

Tiahu [+]

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • place names
tihna [+]

n.    stomach

Semantic domains:

  • body
Tipae [+]

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • place names
Tirakau [+]

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • place names
Tirakaume [+]

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • place names
tiuto [+]

n.    grasshopper

Semantic domains:

  • insects/reptiles
togo [+]

n.    reef (in lagoon)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

Semantic domains:

  • ocean/sea
Togo Bale [+]

   name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • place names
Togo Damana [+]

   name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • place names
Togo Loo [+]

   name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • place names
Togo Manga i Dai [+]

   name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • place names
Togo Manga i Dua [+]

   name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • place names
Togo Manini [+]

   name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • place names
Togo Modu [+]

   name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • place names
Togo O Hale [+]

   name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • place names
Togo O Lua [+]

   name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • place names
Togo Weelua [+]

   name of coral head in Kapinga lagoon

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • place names
togolaudia [+]

n.    branching coral that itches

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
tono niu [+]

n.    coconut stump

Semantic domains:

  • coconuts
tono unga [+]

n.    shell without hermit crab

Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
Torongahai [+]

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • place names
Touhou [+]

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (one of only two that is inhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • place names
tu ahi [+]

n.    scraper for coconut

Semantic domains:

  • tools
tu di loa [+]

v.    cut rope

tua gee [+]

n.    turtle shell

Semantic domains:

  • insects/reptiles
tuagang [+]

n.    coconut husk

Semantic domains:

  • coconuts
tube [+]

noun    crab

Speaker: Hawortson Heinrich

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

tubu [+]

n.    coconut that is sprouting

Semantic domains:

  • coconuts
tuii [+]

   stool used to open coconuts

Tuluaa Hadu [+]

   place name on Kapinga inner reef

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • place names
tulumana [+]

   knife

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

Turuaimu [+]

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (uninhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • place names
u [+]

   coconut crab

Scientific name: Birgus latro

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

Semantic domains:

  • animals
uka [+]

n.    fishing line

Semantic domains:

  • tools
ula [+]

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
una [+]

n.    scutes of a turtle

Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
unga [+]

n.    hermit crab

Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
uu [+]

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
uu haka niha [+]

n.    elaborate trap used for eel trapping, double doors and long enterance funnel

Semantic domains:

  • tools
uu hakadali [+]

n.    box used for storing eels

Semantic domains:

  • tools
waeang [+]

n.    spider conch

Scientific name: Lambis

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
waga [+]

n.    canoe

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Semantic domains:

  • boats
walengaa [+]

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
weli [+]

n.    sea urchin

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

Example: Photo by Tim Sheerman-Chase October 3, 2013 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0

Semantic domains:

  • fish and marine life
Werua [+]

   an islet of Kapinga Atoll (one of only two that is inhabited)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

Semantic domains:

  • place names
ABOUT

All content copyright © Kapingamarangi community. (2013)
Dictionary produced by Howartson Heinrich, Gregory D. S. Anderson and K. David Harrison. (2013).
Supported in part with funding from a NSF REU Site grant (PI Harrison, Building Digital Tools to Support Endangered Languages and Preserve Environmental Knowledge in Mexico, Micronesia, and Navajo Nation, Award #1461056).
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission.
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

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There are currently 2476 entries, 804 audio files, and 276 images.

All content copyright © Kapingamarangi community. (2013)
Dictionary produced by Howartson Heinrich, Gregory D. S. Anderson and K. David Harrison. (2013).
Supported in part with funding from a NSF REU Site grant (PI Harrison, Building Digital Tools to Support Endangered Languages and Preserve Environmental Knowledge in Mexico, Micronesia, and Navajo Nation, Award #1461056).
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
All rights reserved. Do not distribute or reproduce without permission.
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

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