Kapingamarangi English

n. fence, wall of a house

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. floor (house)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. shallow (bowl or basket)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. pot

n. basket made with coconut leaves with carrying handle

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. book

n. bridge

n. door

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. door

n. boat

n. mast

n. pocket

shaving brush

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. paint brush

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. tooth brush

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

tooth brush

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. to build a ground oven

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. to comb one’s hair; to cast a fishing line

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. statue

Example: Photo by Naval Surface Warriors June 15, 2011 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. car headlights

barb of a stingray used to pierce ears

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. adze

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. stool for grating coconuts

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. clean coconut husk ready for making sennit

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. ladder

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. ladder, stairway

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. rope used to assist in climbing

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. oven stones

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

mat decorated with eye-shaped pattern

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

mat decorated with diamond patterns

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

mat plaited with coarse pandanus leaf strand

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

dress

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n. dress

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. shirt

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

shirt

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n. umbrella

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

thin cloth

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heavy clothing

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. cage

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. fence

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

trash; rubbish; boundary (of land); loose end from a broken warp, loose end of a thread (broken in a woven fabric)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

handle of a wooden bowl

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. pillow case

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. cap

n. clothes

n. goods, things

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

American goods, things

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n. laundry

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n. European goods

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. helmet

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. to coil, e.g. a pandanus leaf

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. a strut, rung of ladder

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. platform on outrigger boom; wooden bed

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. sarong, cloth wrap-around

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. shoe

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. oven

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. mirror

n. lighthouse like marker to mark the canal

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

n. sail

n. seat

n. leaf; eave of a house; long hair on the temples

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. board

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. bottle

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. bench

n. perfume

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. cross

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. horn

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. loop

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. pet

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. hole for the mast

n. a wooden holder for shells, used for boring holes in shells

n. sacred rope

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. mat for sleeping on a bed

n. bed clothes; sleeping area

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. back of the canoe

n. tin roof

n. front of the canoe

n. alcoholic coconut drink

n. a knot that unties when pulled

n. a knot that does not untie when pulled

n. pencil

n. uncooked rice

n. cooked rice

n. soup

n. socks

to leave a bunch of coconut husks under water in order to soak and become soft

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. shorts

n. underwear

n. coconut leaf mat used to cover the oven

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. steering wheel

n. table

n. stove

n. muffler

n. wheel

n. hammock

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. lid

basket

n. canoe

n. medicine