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 | Dina | Resemble, look like |
| Kapingamarangi | Mili/mili | Caressing; to rub back and forth between hands |
| Kapingamarangi | Dama | Small or miniature |
| Kapingamarangi | Menege | Moved, shifted |
| Kapingamarangi | Bingibingi | Tree sp. (Hernandia sonora) |
| Kapingamarangi | Hube | Mucus (blown from the nose) |
| Kapingamarangi | Gunga | Section |
| Kapingamarangi | Mongo/henua | Shark sp.; ancient deity who appears in the form of a shark |
| Kapingamarangi | Ogo/laa | To be placed together with a long overlap |
| Kapingamarangi | Gaahanga | Rope used to assist in climbing |
| Kapingamarangi | Gaagenge | Ladder, stairway |
| Kapingamarangi | Mahanga | Opened, spread apart |
| Kapingamarangi | Noho haga/mahanga | To sit with legs spread |
| Kapingamarangi | Huai | Other [pre-nominal] |
| Kapingamarangi | Hebu | Dive |
| Kapingamarangi | Higi | Technique of finishing a mat edge |
| Kapingamarangi | Higi | To duplicate |
| Kapingamarangi | Golo | There (away from speaker and hearer) Phonologically Irregular |
| Kapingamarangi | Haga/lee | Nothing, not, not present, be absent |
| Kapingamarangi | Mai | From |
| Kapingamarangi | Hagaodi | End (n), last |
| Kapingamarangi | Hagahula | To swell |
| Kapingamarangi | Hagadoo | To drop |
| Kapingamarangi | Hagauu | To nurse (a child) |
| Kapingamarangi | Hee/u | To ask, a question; to request |
| Kapingamarangi | Hai | Be in the relationship of |
| Kapingamarangi | Daahili | Song; to sing Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Kapingamarangi | Dau/bugu | Pubic area |
| Kapingamarangi | Hagadoo donu | Swear to the truth of; promise, contract with |
| Kapingamarangi | Hatatubu | Leave fallen coconuts to sprout |
| Kapingamarangi | Hagadubu | To pose, assume the position of |
| Kapingamarangi | Made i di hiigai | Ravenous |
| Kapingamarangi | Lamu gai dangada | Mosquito |
| Kapingamarangi | Togo | To buttress; support (weight); prop up (prevent from falling sideways); lateral buttressing; to depend on. Guard (v) (Emy). |
| Kapingamarangi | Dua dala | On the roof |
| Kapingamarangi | Gada | Basket |
| Kapingamarangi | Gana/gana | Plump, chubby |
| Kapingamarangi | Lewe | Ancient dance-song; phonograph Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Kapingamarangi | Dangi/dangi | To beg, to ask forgiveness |
| Kapingamarangi | Ngaa/hulu | Hair; feather |
| Kapingamarangi | Duu langa | Steps cut into a coconut tree |
| Kapingamarangi | Geinga | Boundary (of land) Phonologically Irregular |
| Kapingamarangi | Heduu gu lele | Shooting star |
| Kapingamarangi | Manu | Constellation: Sirius |
| Kapingamarangi | Lulu | To shake; to jerk fish line (e.g. bottom fishing) |
| Kapingamarangi | Honi/honi | Light sprinkling rain Problematic |
| Kapingamarangi | Noonaa | Food stuck in the throat; to choke (because there is too much to swallow) Phonologically Irregular |
| Kapingamarangi | Mada | Ripe (of coconuts) |
| Kapingamarangi | Maduu | Mature coconut. Drinking coconut (Ebt). |
| Kapingamarangi | Doo n/nogu | Crunching fall, to be crumpled up from a fall |
