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 | Wele/ngina | Be hot, overheated (e.g. person) |
| Kapingamarangi | Hagaangiangi | To cool off (by breeze) |
| Kapingamarangi | Ae | To broach the surface of the water, to surface (fish) Phonologically Irregular |
| Kapingamarangi | Ada muli | To come late Problematic |
| Kapingamarangi | Mau/aa | Tired of eating the same food, cloying |
| Kapingamarangi | Oho gi dai | To come ashore early in the morning |
| Kapingamarangi | Haga/oho | To yell, scream Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Kapingamarangi | Laba | Weird behavior; delirium; to hallucinate; incest Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Kapingamarangi | Lomo | Devoid of people, solitary Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Kapingamarangi | Lol/lolo | Oily |
| Kapingamarangi | Laagau | Stick, pole, log |
| Kapingamarangi | Hai heegau | To be a Christian; to do the work |
| Kapingamarangi | L/lika | Terror, terrified |
| Kapingamarangi | Haga/liga/liga | To approach circumspectly, gingerly |
| Kapingamarangi | Muga | Fragile |
| Kapingamarangi | Mee gai | Food |
| Kapingamarangi | Daudau | To wrestle |
| Kapingamarangi | Malinga/linga | Temple (of the head); the edge of the bow and stern of a canoe (where it slopes downward to the keel) |
| Kapingamarangi | Lloi | A mixture of soft breadfruit and coconut cream |
| Kapingamarangi | Hagalau | To make a total of one hundred |
| Kapingamarangi | Dugu di laa | To lower the sail |
| Kapingamarangi | Dugu | Let go |
| Kapingamarangi | Daha i dai | Perimeter of an islet (just west of northern and southern perimeter) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Kapingamarangi | Daha ngaa/dai | Perimeter of an islet (short distance in a westerly direction) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Kapingamarangi | Haga/ngaengae | Dying, almost dead |
| Kapingamarangi | Hagalua | To make a total of two; twice |
| Kapingamarangi | Higi | Transport (by carrying); serve (food); give each person his portion (by calling out names) |
| Kapingamarangi | Hagaduadua | To punish, torture. Persecute (Emy). Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Kapingamarangi | Awa iga | Fish weir |
| Kapingamarangi | Banabana ua | Nape of the neck |
| Kapingamarangi | Hege | To serve; servant Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Kapingamarangi | Dae | To reach for |
| Kapingamarangi | Gunga | Section Phonologically Irregular |
| Kapingamarangi | Gunga iga | School of fish Phonologically Irregular |
| Kapingamarangi | Gunga laagau | Drift logs Phonologically Irregular |
| Kapingamarangi | Hai gunga | To meet secretly for sex relations Phonologically Irregular |
| Kapingamarangi | Hagabili | Guide (one's hand) to an object |
| Kapingamarangi | Haga/a/bili | Loincloth; makeshift, to do or tie temporarily, to jerry-rig |
| Kapingamarangi | Do/ngolu | Gurgling sound |
| Kapingamarangi | Taa. ThA (Ebt). | To submerge under the water; to remain in water for a period of time. Set a fish trap (Ebt). |
| Kapingamarangi | Ginei | Here |
| Kapingamarangi | Golo | There (away from speaker and hearer) Phonologically Irregular |
| Kapingamarangi | Gono | There (hear the hearer) |
| Kapingamarangi | Hanga | Open at one end, to spread apart at one end; |
| Kapingamarangi | Gina | Fish sp.: rainbow runner Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Kapingamarangi | Madahidi wae lua di boo | Midnight |
| Kapingamarangi | Melenge | Fish sp., parrot fish (larger than balagia) |
| Kapingamarangi | Gunga iga | School of fish |
| Kapingamarangi | Gunga laagau | Drift logs |
| Kapingamarangi | Hai gunga | To meet secretly for sex relations |
