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 | Lamu gai dangada | Mosquito |
| Kapingamarangi | Lii | Small head lice |
| 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 | Duudanga | Verses (of song); small sections cut on large log |
| Kapingamarangi | Duu langa | Steps cut into a coconut tree |
| Kapingamarangi | Geinga | Boundary (of land) Phonologically Irregular |
| Kapingamarangi | Modo | Unripe |
| 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 | Tawe | Flying fish (Cypselurus) Phonologically Irregular |
| Kapingamarangi | N/nogu | To knead; to wash (as beaten bast in preparing bark cloth); to launder |
| Kapingamarangi | Doo n/nogu | Crunching fall, to be crumpled up from a fall |
| Kapingamarangi | W/wale | Numb (of limbs through holding in one position for a long time) |
| Kapingamarangi | Ili | To blow (with mouth), to fan |
| Kapingamarangi | Me ili/ili | Fan, hand fan |
| Kapingamarangi | Maihi | Peeled off |
| Kapingamarangi | Do/gi | To plant |
| Kapingamarangi | Lodi | To scratch, to rasp Phonologically Irregular |
| Kapingamarangi | Maaluu | Full (of food); satiated Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Kapingamarangi | Maluu/luu | Flexible, slack, flaccid |
| Kapingamarangi | Maluu | Free (to converse) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Kapingamarangi | Naa | There (near the hearer) |
| Kapingamarangi | Haga/dube/dube | To stumble |
| Kapingamarangi | Haga/deeai | To say no to, to negate |
| Kapingamarangi | Haga/uaa | To say yes, to nod the head up and down |
| Kapingamarangi | Daumaha hagaulu | Church service to induct new members |
| Kapingamarangi | Gawe | Bundle |
| Kapingamarangi | Mogo | Fish sp. |
| Kapingamarangi | Mogo-lewe | Fish sp.: White-tip shark (Carcharinus longimanus) |
| Kapingamarangi | Golobuu | Anus Phonologically Irregular |
| Kapingamarangi | Tobo | To lick Phonologically Irregular |
| Kapingamarangi | Madaua | Raindrop |
| Kapingamarangi | Duu gee | Out of alignment |
| Kapingamarangi | Iwi madua | Spine, backbone |
| Kapingamarangi | I | At, because of, by (means of) |
| Kapingamarangi | Tolo | To crawl, to creep |
| Kapingamarangi | Dolo | To crawl, to edge forward |
| Kapingamarangi | Hagagidee | To show |
| Kapingamarangi | Haga/hagagida | To expose |
