Kapingamarangi English

n. outrigger float

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. mast (sail, ship); flag pole

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Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. bubble; glass float; balloon

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. fisherman’s stand on the canoe (for support while netting fish)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. lower ridge pole; the very top

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

washstrake of a canoe

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. short, quick twist to sever; to put the sail on the boom

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

flange on a paddle shift

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. to carry a canoe half lifting, carry in one’s arms

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. curved boom from the lifting stringer to the outrigger float of the canoe

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. outrigger float connecting stanchion

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. yard of the sail of a canoe

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. end piece of canoe, attached to both bow and stern

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. cause to sink, accidentally or temporarily

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

right side of canoe (opposite to outrigger float); to drive the canoe to the right side

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. ship propellor

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. buoy, glass float

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. canoe

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,