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 Ngaagau Rectum
Kapingamarangi Ngaaga South, southerly (from the islets); northward with respect to the reef from near the channel
Kapingamarangi Ngogo Brain, egg
Kapingamarangi N/ngali/ To eat by repetitive small bites
Kapingamarangi Ngala Loss, lost; disappeared; death
Kapingamarangi Ngolu Large wave
Kapingamarangi Ngalua To move
Kapingamarangi Ngalua To work
Kapingamarangi Ngalulu To rattle around (inside something), to slosh
Kapingamarangi Ngooh/ia Easy, easily
Kapingamarangi Ngadaa Difficult
Kapingamarangi Ngaadai Lagoonward, westward
Kapingamarangi Ngaadahi Together, both
Kapingamarangi Ngaadi Skull
Kapingamarangi Ngii Whistle, chirp (of a bird), squeak
Kapingamarangi Nguu/nguu Mumble, mutter
Kapingamarangi Nguu Squid
Kapingamarangi Ngungu Chew, masticate solids which make noise
Kapingamarangi Ngudu Mouth, prow (of canoe), foreshaft (of spear)
Kapingamarangi Aha What?
Kapingamarangi Anga Unit of measure, span
Kapingamarangi Ai Who?
Kapingamarangi Agau Reef
Kapingamarangi Aga Upwards from below
Kapingamarangi Agu Needle fish
Kapingamarangi Ala Road, path
Kapingamarangi Ama Outrigger float
Kapingamarangi Ana(a) There
Kapingamarangi Abi Fish sp., tang, Acanthurus guttatus
Kapingamarangi Ina To shine a light
Kapingamarangi Ingoo Name
Kapingamarangi Onge Lone, solitary Uncertain Semantic Connection
Kapingamarangi Ogo Rafter
Kapingamarangi Oko Husk, as coconuts
Kapingamarangi Uu Breast
Kapingamarangi Uii Pick Pandanus fruit
Kapingamarangi Ulu Enter
Kapingamarangi Ulu/hia Ecstatic, excited
Kapingamarangi Ga Will (anticipatory aspect)
Kapingamarangi Gaa Sharp (Knife)
Kapingamarangi Ga aha (laa)? Then what (will happen)?
Kapingamarangi Gei And so, and then Problematic
Kapingamarangi Gaha Fibre
Kapingamarangi Gahi Call, invite
Kapingamarangi Gahu Cover, to cover up; clothing
Kapingamarangi Gai Eat
Kapingamarangi Gaihaa Steal, theft Phonologically Irregular
Kapingamarangi Gaga Clothlike bark of the coconut tree
Kapingamarangi Kaa Glow, gleam
Kapingamarangi Kai Recount, history of