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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Mailaba | Star name: Altair, Beta and Gamma in Aquila |
| 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 |
| Kapingamarangi | Dina | Resemble, look like |
| Kapingamarangi | Mili/mili | Caressing; to rub back and forth between hands |
| Kapingamarangi | Dama | Small or miniature |
| Kapingamarangi | Menege | Moved, shifted |
