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 Langa Canoe support
Kapingamarangi Laagau Tree; bush
Kapingamarangi Laagei Decorate, adorn
Kapingamarangi L/lagu Grab up, claw v
Kapingamarangi Lala Heat up
Kapingamarangi Llahi Fish sp.
Kapingamarangi Lali Fish sp.
Kapingamarangi Lala Down, under
Kapingamarangi Lama Torch, fishing with torches
Kapingamarangi Laawa To choke on a bone; bonestuck in throat
Kapingamarangi Labe/labe Olive-scribbled Wrasse (Novaculichthys taeniourus)
Kapingamarangi Do/lobidi/ Black-naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana)
Kapingamarangi -nadau Third person plural possessive suffix Problematic
Kapingamarangi Lau, lou Leaf; long hair on temples
Kapingamarangi Lau Hundred
Kapingamarangi Laulau Basket used to cover the earth oven
Kapingamarangi Laubaba Board
Kapingamarangi Lawa Finished, the end
Kapingamarangi Lawa/lawa Tie up
Kapingamarangi Lehu Ashes
Kapingamarangi Manu-de/legia/ White-capped Noddy Tern (Anous minutus)
Kapingamarangi Lele Run, drive, ride
Kapingamarangi Lemu To slip out, e.g. from inside something
Kapingamarangi Lee Voice, sound
Kapingamarangi Lebe Flap in the wind (like a leaf)
Kapingamarangi Leu Ripen
Kapingamarangi Lewe/lewe Free fall through the air
Kapingamarangi Lewelewe/ina Spider web
Kapingamarangi Liagi Wave, wag, swing something in the hand, change clothes
Kapingamarangi L/lingi/ Pour
Kapingamarangi Ligi Small (used only in compounds)
Kapingamarangi Riiri Be angry
Kapingamarangi Lili Sizzle
Kapingamarangi Lima Five
Kapingamarangi Lima Hand, arm
Kapingamarangi Liu Seepage, leakage (e.g. water in a canoe), bilge water
Kapingamarangi Liu, lui To turn (a long horizontal object)
Kapingamarangi Loo (pl. lloo) Long (used only in compounds)
Kapingamarangi Loo/loo Long
Kapingamarangi Loho Fathom, measure v in fathoms
Kapingamarangi L/longo Line of (people, animals, things)
Kapingamarangi Longo Hear; news
Kapingamarangi Longoaa Be annoyed or disturbed by noise
Kapingamarangi Lou Pole with a hook, breadfruit picker
Kapingamarangi Logi Miserly, hoard v Problematic
Kapingamarangi Lolo Coconut cream, oil
Kapingamarangi Doloo Flood, flood tide Problematic
Kapingamarangi Lomi/lomi Massage by squeezing the skin
Kapingamarangi Lodo Inside, within
Kapingamarangi Lodo [In various idioms and compounds]