Entries from Lieber & Dikepa 1974 in Pollex-Online
Lieber, M. D. and K. H. Dikepa (1974). Kapingamarangi Lexicon. Honolulu, University Press of Hawaii.
Language | Item | Description |
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Kapingamarangi | Heni | Dusk Phonologically Irregular |
Kapingamarangi | M/midi | Swift flow (of current); swept by current |
Kapingamarangi | Made | Paralyzed |
Kapingamarangi | Mee | Be able |
Kapingamarangi | Hanga/a | Method, way, technique |
Kapingamarangi | Deemuu | Quiet, silent (of a person) |
Kapingamarangi | Dali | To braid finish on the side edge of a dabagau mat |
Kapingamarangi | Dinae | Be pregnant |
Kapingamarangi | Bolobolo | Basket variety (made from green coconut leaves) |
Kapingamarangi | Haha | Slack rope on the boom sheet |
Kapingamarangi | Dubu | Left behind, remaining |
Kapingamarangi | Dubu | To behave as; image, likeness |
Kapingamarangi | Haga/molooloo | To rest |
Kapingamarangi | Daga/tii | Scoop out by inserting knife between meat and shell; to cut copra Phonologically Irregular |
Kapingamarangi | Deelaa | That, there (away from speaker and hearer); which, who |
Kapingamarangi | Deenaa | That there (near hearer) |
Kapingamarangi | Madaalili uu | Nipple of breasts Problematic |
Kapingamarangi | Diga | To turn, make a turn |
Kapingamarangi | Dogo | To squat, to urinate (females); to perch, to land on; stopped at |
Kapingamarangi | Dada | To pull; to drag; to grab (away from) |
Kapingamarangi | Dau ama | Rope connecting mast with the outrigger |
Kapingamarangi | Daudali | Follow |
Kapingamarangi | Moe-aa | Shark sp. |
Kapingamarangi | Dama daane | Boy |
Kapingamarangi | Badage | Shallow (bowl or basket) |
Kapingamarangi | Dungu | To smell, smell of |
Kapingamarangi | Haga/alahia | Insomnia |
Kapingamarangi | Duugaha | Clean coconut husk ready for making sennit |
Kapingamarangi | Gaamai | To bring, to give (to me, to us) Phonologically Irregular |
Kapingamarangi | Gawadu | To give or carry (toward hearer) |
Kapingamarangi | Gawaga | To bring up, to carry (from below to upward or west to east) |
Kapingamarangi | Manga | To turn brown (from eating), to tan in the sun Problematic |
Kapingamarangi | Daamada | Begin, start Phonologically Irregular |
Kapingamarangi | Ulu | Ancient prayer, ancient chant |
Kapingamarangi | Baa-gia | Concavities of a tree trunk; to dent, dented |
Kapingamarangi | Baa/gia | To drift, carried (by current) Problematic |
Kapingamarangi | Paa | Slap; clap (once); pat |
Kapingamarangi | Lamu | Flies, mosquitoes Phonologically Irregular |
Kapingamarangi | Ngaangaa | Unstable, not sturdy, rickety, not tight |
Kapingamarangi | Labiaa | Fish sp. |
Kapingamarangi | Akaa | To build an open fire |
Kapingamarangi | T/ungaalodo | Centre, middle, mid-point; halfway Phonologically Irregular |
Kapingamarangi | Oli | To entice, to talk one into; persuade, cajole |
Kapingamarangi | Hai/nga a mee | Wedding feast |
Kapingamarangi | Hagaaloho | To feel sorrow |
Kapingamarangi | Hagaaloho | Greeting |
Kapingamarangi | Hagaaloho nia lima | To shake hands |
Kapingamarangi | Naaniu | Serious, increased in intensity Phonologically Irregular |
Kapingamarangi | Iha | Climb down (after finishing work in a tree or on a ladder) [sense of completed, non-repetitive action] |
Kapingamarangi | Daha | Out, apart from; outside of |