Kapingamarangi English

n. fence, wall of a house

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. floor (house)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. pot

n. basket made with coconut leaves with carrying handle

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. book

basket for serving portions at a feast

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. door

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. door

n. boat

n. mast

n. pocket

shaving brush

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. paint brush

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tooth brush

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n. ring

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

vt. to build a ground oven

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,

barb of a stingray used to pierce ears

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n. adze

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to strip up coconut trunk (for house frame)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. donuts

n. stool for grating coconuts

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n. house post

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n. belt

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n. clean coconut husk ready for making sennit

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n. ladder, stairway

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n. rope used to assist in climbing

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n. oven stones

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mat decorated with eye-shaped pattern

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mat decorated with diamond patterns

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mat plaited with coarse pandanus leaf strand

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. dress

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shirt

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n. umbrella

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heavy clothing

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roof thatch rafter (made of pandanus leaf)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. fence

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

handle of a wooden bowl

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n. pillow case

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n. cap

American goods, things

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n. laundry

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n. helmet

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n. large wooden bowl used for pounding food

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

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

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n. a strut, rung of ladder

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n. platform on outrigger boom; wooden bed

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. necklace or hat

n. shoe

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n. oven

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. side of the canoe with the canoe

n. shirt

n. mirror

n. pants

n. plane

n. lighthouse like marker to mark the canal

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

n. sail

n. seat

n. cupboard

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

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. weaving

n. rope

n. bottle

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. string, twine

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n. bench

n. perfume

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n. cross

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n. horn

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n. loop

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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. back of the canoe

n. old or worn out sarong, rag

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. tin roof

n. doorway (mouth of house)

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. underwear

n. coconut leaf mat used to cover the oven

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. steering wheel

n. table

n. stove

n. muffler

n. belt

n. wheel

n. wick

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. lid

basket

n. canoe