Kapingamarangi English

n. floor (house)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

adj. shallow (bowl or basket)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. plane wing

n. basket made with coconut leaves with carrying handle

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. book

n. woman’s comb.

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. bridge

basket for serving portions at a feast

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. door

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. door

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,

n. ring

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,

to strip up coconut trunk (for house frame)

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

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n. oven stones

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

mat decorated with diamond patterns

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. shirt

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

shirt

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thin cloth

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

heavy clothing

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

roof thatch rafter (made of pandanus leaf)

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. cage

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,

n. handle of a wooden bowl

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. clothes

n. goods, things

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

American goods, things

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n. laundry

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European goods

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n. hat

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. helmet

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

material placed under something to protect it, as a place mat or coaster; to place a mat or other material under something

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. 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. board

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. weaving

n. rope

n. bottle

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. string, twine

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. bench

n. perfume

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n. cross

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n. loop

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 roofing

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. soup

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. stove

n. muffler

n. wheel

n. wick

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. lid

basket

n. canoe

n. medicine