Kapingamarangi English

coconut husk

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

skin of breadfruit seed

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

breadfruit cooked with grated coconut and coconut juice cooked in a coconut shell in a stone earth oven

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

a long rope made of fibre, used for climbing, for lowering down coconuts from a tree. Made out of coconut husk that has been soaked in seawater for a month, mostly made by men.

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

seeds of breadfruit

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

hibiscus

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Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

a tree that grows near the shore, used to make ladders

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

small coconut tree

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

fully grown breadfruit, may be picked

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

a small breadfruit, not ripe or edible yet

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

core of breadfruit, not eaten

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

dried coconut shell used for drinking or as firewood

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

stalk of breadfruit

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

breadfruit skin

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

breadfruit flesh

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

seeds of breadfruit, also may refer to testicles of a man or animal, or marbles

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

breadfruit tree

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

soft, ripe breadfruit

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

flower of the pua tree

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

early coconut stage; tiny green coconut

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

fifth coconut stage; brown coconut

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

fourth coconut stage; large green coconut

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

coconut tree

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

plant with leaves and fruit (bad smelling) used for medicinal purposes (ointment for burns, mixed as part of a medicinal drink for stomach illness)

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Scientific name: Morinda citrifolia,
Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

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

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Scientific name: Guettarda speciosa,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

taro

Scientific name: Cyrtosperma chamissonis,
Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

a kind of coconut fiber rope

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

long stick with a Y at the end used to pick breadfruit, pandanus, or coconuts, may be made of bamboo or hibiscus (hau)

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

third coconut stage; medium green coconut

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

second coconut stage; small green coconut

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

sticky sap or gum on breadfruit tree and fruit

Source: Buck 1950, Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

coconut husk

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

sixth coconut stage; large brown coconut

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich