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 | Ni(a) | Plural specific article Phonologically Irregular |
| Kapingamarangi | Haga/haalau | Veer from a straight course, take a detour around Problematic |
| Kapingamarangi | Bau | Adequate, commensurate |
| Kapingamarangi | Dua | Behind |
| Kapingamarangi | Dua | East |
| Kapingamarangi | Hau lua/lua | Two canoes moving together catching flying fish |
| Kapingamarangi | Wanga | To give, to place something near one |
| Kapingamarangi | Dii kini | Blazing hot (of the sun) |
| Kapingamarangi | Heni | Dusk Phonologically Irregular |
| Kapingamarangi | Galu | Sputum, mucus |
| 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 | M/midi | Swift flow (of current); swept by current |
| 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 | Adu mada | Mesh (e.g. net) |
| 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 | 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 |
