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Language: Kapingamarangi

Source/Author:  POLLEX 2000 (Bruce Biggs & Ross Clark) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:kpg  Glottocode: kapi1249 
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Data Entry:  Typed By: Simon Greenhill  Checked By: Simon Greenhill 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Remote Oceanic:Central Pacific:East Fijian-Polynesian:Polynesian:Nuclear:Samoic-Outlier:Ellicean 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
19 shoulder      
47 to yawn      
57 husband      
62 thatch/roof      
69 to hunt word info      
70 to shoot word info      
83 to work word info      
86 to grow word info      
92 to open, uncover      
102 rat      
106 snake      
118 grass      
125 salt      
132 fog      
151 green      
170 when? word info      
171 to hide word info      
193 if      
202 Six word info      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
96 dog (ti)pana      
168 day a      
168 day aal      
17 liver ade Liver (Lbr) 1  
115 root aga Root of tree or plant (Lbr) 2  
188 what? word info aha What? (Lbr) 1  
143 fire ahi Fire (Lbr) 1  
55 woman/female ahina Woman (Lbr) 1, 106, 116  
189 who? word info ai Who? (Lbr) 1  
116 flower akai   37  
6 road/path ala Road, path (Lbr) 1  
137 to blow word info angi/angi Windy (Lbr) 8  
17 liver ate Liver (Ebt) 1  
134 thunder atili Thunder (Lbr) 14  
182 I au I, me (Lbr) 1, 21  
145 smoke word info au/seahi Smoke 2  
58 wife awanga Pollex 06: Awanga. :Wife. 8  
72 to hit word info badu Strike (Lbr) 7  
100 wing bakau manu Wing of a bird; shoulder 1, 59  
159 wide balaha Width (Lbr) 48  
194 how? word info be hee How? (Lbr) 11  
112 rotten word info bobo Rotten, decayed, old (Lbr) 14  
152 small bodo Small, diminutive (Lbr) 10  
154 short word info bodo Small, diminutive (Lbr) 9  
167 night boo Night (Lbr) 1  
11 dust bopobo      
39 to cook word info daa Cook in earth oven (Lbr) 10  
142 heavy daa/maha/ Heavy (Lbr) 46, 66  
71 to stab, pierce daalo Stab, spear, inject, puncture (Lbr) 10  
54 man/male daane Male (Lbr) 1, 11  
197 One word info dahi One (Lbr) 41  
124 sea dai Lagoonward (Lbr) 1  
78 to cut, hack word info dalai Hew, carve (Lbr) 1?  
43 ear dalinga Ear (Lbr) 1  
56 child dama lligi Young children (Lbr) 6, 63  
60 father dama/na Father, uncle (Lbr) 1  
53 person/human being dangada Person (Lbr) 1, 66, 97  
34 to cry dangi Cry, weep (Lbr) 1  
196 to count dau Count (Lbr) 8  
94 to throw word info dili Cast, throw, fish with casting net (Lbr) 9  
59 mother dinana Mother, dam (Lbr) 1  
23 blood dodo Blood (Lbr) 4  
199 Three word info dolu Three (Lbr) 1  
166 correct, true donu Correct, true, straight (Lbr) 8  
13 back word info dua Back (of a person) (Lbr) 11  
144 to burn word info dudu Kindle fire or lantern (Lbr) 1, 6  
67 to sew word info dui Sew, pierce (Lbr) 13, 16  
52 to stand duu Stand, be upright (Lbr) 2  
81 sharp gaa Sharp (Knife) 14, 15  
37 to eat gai Eat (Lbr) 1, 47  
73 to steal gaihaa Steal, theft (Lbr) 7  
3 right gau Lbr (irregular)    
119 earth/soil gele Sand (in compounds only) (Lbr) 10  
90 to dig geli Dig v (Lbr) 1  
185 we word info gida/dou First person plural exclusive marker (Lbr) 1, 39  
185 we word info gida/ua First person dual exclusive marker (Lbr) 1, 29  
12 skin gili Skin (Lbr) 1  
183 thou goe Second person singular, thou (Lbr) 1  
183 thou goe Second person singular, thou (Lbr) 1  
45 eye golo/mada/ Eye (Lbr) 1, 18  
186 you goolua Second person dual pronoun, you (Lbr) x  
108 louse word info gudu Head louse (Lbr) 1  
200 Four word info haa Four (Lbr) 1, 66  
120 stone hadu Stone, rock (Lbr) 1  
5 to walk haele Walk (Lbr) 6  
5 to walk haere Go, come (Ebt) 6  
30 mouth haha Mouth 1  
87 to swell word info haka/hura/ ki taha Swell up    
72 to hit word info haka/paki/ Strike, drive away 6  
195 no, not haka/ree/ (Clk) 11?  
21 to think hakapau      
88 to squeeze word info hakapui   8?  
61 house hale House (Lbr) 14  
7 to come hani Come (Singular)    
123 to flow hari Leak, trickle, shed, flow 24  
66 to tie up, fasten hau Lash, tie (Lbr) 11  
130 star heduu Star (Lbr) 1  
181 where? word info hee Where 3, 35  
5 to walk heehee   4  
78 to cut, hack word info hele Knife, cut (Lbr) 16  
78 to cut, hack word info here Chop, chop down (Ebt) 16  
130 star hetuu Star (Ebt) 1  
203 Seven word info hidu Seven (Lbr).(Source: Pollex) 1  
68 needle higa Net needle (Lbr) 9  
161 shy, ashamed hila/hila Bashful, shy, ashamed (Lbr) 3  
85 to choose hili Choose, select (Lbr) 1  
95 to fall word info hina Fall down (Ebt) 44  
95 to fall word info hinga Fall aside, collapse (Lbr) 44  
172 to climb word info hiti Climb from one height to another, as from tree to tree (Ebt) 6  
205 Nine word info hiwa Nine (Lbr)[>].(Source: Pollex) 5  
179 near hoho      
32 tongue holole Tongue [<] 15  
29 to sniff, smell hongi Smell, kiss 9  
163 new hoou New (Lbr) 1  
163 new hou Fresh (Ebt) 1  
117 fruit hua Fruit of; intestine of tridacna 1  
191 all hua/kotoa/ All (Ebt) 13  
165 bad, evil huaaitu      
190 other huai      
71 to stab, pierce hugi Make a small hole in something (Lbr) 1, 8  
91 to buy hui Buy, sell, pay 8  
145 smoke word info huiahi (Lbr) (<uhiahi ?) 2  
158 narrow huka      
105 tail huku   13  
26 hair word info hulu Hair (Lbr) 31  
164 good humalia Good, goodness (Lbr) 16, 141  
191 all huo/godoo/ All (Lbr) 13  
173 at i At (preposed particle) 1  
184 he/she ia He, she (Lbr) 1  
111 fish iga Fish (Lbr) 1  
135 lightning ila Lightning (Lbr) 2  
20 to know, be knowledgeable iloo Know, knowledge (Lbr) 13  
63 name ingoo Name (Lbr) 6  
40 to drink inu Drink 1  
135 lightning ira Lightning (Ebt) 2  
20 to know, be knowledgeable iroa Know, understand (Ebt) 13  
15 bone iwi Bone 52, 5  
103 meat/flesh kano Meat, penis (Ebt) 14  
33 to laugh katakata   7  
41 to bite kati   1, 55  
9 to swim kau Swim 5  
148 white kene White 10  
119 earth/soil kere/kere Sand, dirt (Ebt) 10  
90 to dig keri Dig v (Ebt) 1  
48 to sleep khi      
12 skin kiri Skin, bark (Ebt) 1  
104 fat/grease kiris L from English   L
14 belly kona Navel 8  
131 cloud word info kororangi   3  
155 long word info l/loo/ Long (Plural) (used only in compounds) (Lbr) 12, 105  
79 stick/wood laagau Wood, tree (Lbr) 1, 26  
109 mosquito lamu Flies, mosquitoes (Lbr) 1  
128 sky langi Sky (Lbr) 1  
114 leaf lau Leaf (Lbr) 1  
209 One Hundred word info lau Hundred (Lbr).(Source: Pollex) 2  
150 yellow lau puke      
146 ash lehu Ashes (Lbr) 67  
110 spider lewelewe/ina Cobweb, spider (Lbr) 1  
24 head libogo Pollex 06: Libogo. :Head. 10  
1 hand lima 64Pollex 06: Lima. :Hand, arm, five (Lbr). 1, 64  
201 Five word info lima Five, hand n (Ebt).(Source: Pollex 2006) 1  
77 to scratch word info llagu Grab, claw v (Lbr) 9  
77 to scratch word info lodi Scratch, rasp (Lbr) 10  
174 in, inside lodo Inside, within (Lbr) 5  
44 to hear longo Hear (Lbr) 1  
155 long word info loo Long (used only in compounds) (Lbr) 12, 105  
198 Two word info lua Two (Lbr) 1  
35 to vomit lua/luai Vomit (Lbr) 8, 31  
157 thick word info maadolu Thick (object) (Lbr) 3  
129 moon maahina Bright, light of the moon (Lbr) 37, 5  
101 to fly maangi Pollex 06: Maangi. :Fly, flap, as wings. 68  
192 and maangi Pollex 06: Maa. :And, for. 2  
46 to see mada See, look (used only in compounds) (Lbr) 8  
22 to fear madagu Fear, be afraid (Lbr) 1  
136 wind madangi Wind (Lbr) 1, 66  
75 to die, be dead made Die (Lbr) 1  
8 to turn word info magau Pollex 06: Magau. :To turn in one direction, to make a curve to one direction.    
80 to split word info mahaa Pollex 06: Mahaa. :Split (Lbr). 5, 72  
138 warm word info mahana Warm, hot (Lbr) 1, 72  
129 moon mahina Moon (Ebt) 37, 5  
94 to throw word info maka Throw 11  
139 cold word info makariri Cold 1, 52  
164 good malia Good (Lbr) 16  
210 One Thousand word info mana Thousand (Lbr).(Source: Pollex) 2  
28 to breathe manawa   1  
140 dry word info mango   1  
97 bird manu Bird 1  
164 good maria Good (Ebt) 16  
82 dull, blunt mariri      
45 eye mata Face, eye (Ebt) 1  
206 Ten word info matangahoru Ten.(Source: Pollex) 5  
136 wind matangi Wind (Ebt) 1, 66  
75 to die, be dead mate Die (Ebt) 1  
157 thick word info matoru Thick (Ebt) 3  
160 painful, sick mhae Hurt, sore 10  
149 red mhee Red (Ebt) 1  
50 to dream midi Dream (Lbr) 36  
50 to dream miti Dream (Ebt) 36  
149 red mmee Reddish (Lbr) 1  
124 sea moana Deep ocean 10  
49 to lie down word info moe Lie down 6  
65 rope moea Very thick rope, especially as used for hauling whales (Obs) 10  
180 far mokoa   13?  
99 feather ngahuru   1  
38 to chew word info ngau Chew (Ebt),(Lbr) 8  
98 egg ngoko Pollex 06: Ngoko. :Egg (Ebt). 36  
30 mouth ngudu Mouth, beak (Lbr) 2  
38 to chew word info ngungu Chew, masticate solids which make noise (Lbr) 9  
30 mouth ngutu Mouth, beak (Ebt) 2  
31 tooth niha Tooth 1  
51 to sit noho Sit, dwell 16  
175 above nua   9?  
121 sand one/one Sand 1  
76 to live, be alive ora Soul, life, salvation 6  
72 to hit word info patu Strike with small blows, kick (Ebt) 7  
107 worm (earthworm) patupatu      
194 how? word info pehee How [<] 11  
167 night po Night (Ebt) 1  
112 rotten word info popo Rotten, of wood (Ebt) 14  
154 short word info poto Short (Ebt) 9  
36 to spit pui   15  
168 day raani   6  
156 thin word info rahirahi   5  
79 stick/wood rakau Tree, stick, cross (Plumeria rubra) (Ebt) 1, 26  
113 branch word info rakau Tree, stick, cross, (Plumeria rubra) (Ebt) 1, 4  
109 mosquito ramu/kai tangata Mosquito (Ebt) 1  
176 below rara   8  
114 leaf rau Leaf (Ebt) 1  
146 ash rehu Ashes,ash (Ebt) 67  
159 wide rhaha Wide (Ebt) 48  
1 hand rima Pollex 06: Rima. :Five, hand n (Ebt). 1, 64  
201 Five word info rima Hand, arm, five (Lbr) (Source: Pollex 2006) 1  
44 to hear rongo Hear, feel, listen (Ebt) 1  
126 lake roto Lagoon (Lbr) 6  
174 in, inside roto Inside, lagoon (Ebt) 5  
114 leaf rou Leaf (Ebt) 1  
198 Two word info rua Two (Ebt) 1  
35 to vomit rua/rua Vomit (Ebt) 8  
72 to hit word info ta Strike (Ebt) 10  
142 heavy taa/maha/ Heavy (Ebt) 46, 66  
5 to walk taahao Go for a walk, stroll (Ebt) 7  
54 man/male taane Male (Ebt) 1, 11  
89 to hold word info tahi   17  
197 One word info tahi One (Ebt) 41  
124 sea tai Lagoon (Ebt) 1  
74 to kill taliki      
56 child tama Child 6  
153 big tamana      
53 person/human being tangata Person (Ebt) 1, 66, 97  
34 to cry tangi Cry, weep (Ebt) 1  
84 to plant tanu Pollex 06: Tanu. :Bury, plant (Ebt). 2  
39 to cook word info tao Bake (Ebt) 10  
64 to say tapa Pollex 06: Tapa. :Say (Ebt).    
78 to cut, hack word info tarai Axe (Ebt) 1  
43 ear taringa Ear (Ebt) 1  
3 right tau Right (not left) [<] 5, 25  
169 year tau Season (Ebt),(Lbr) 1  
2 left tauihara   1, 42  
65 rope taura Anchor, rope (Ebt) 9  
195 no, not tee (Clk) 13  
190 other tei   7?  
177 this tenei   7, 1  
178 that tera   65  
141 wet thiu (Ebt). (t < *s frequent) 11  
187 they tikaula      
16 intestines tinae Intestines, stomach (Ebt) 1  
59 mother tinana Mother, dam (Ebt) 1  
94 to throw word info tiri Throw hard (Ebt) 9  
141 wet tiu (Lbr) 11  
28 to breathe toki      
10 dirty tokoria      
166 correct, true tonu Right, correct, real (Ebt) 8  
199 Three word info toru Three (Ebt) 1  
23 blood toto Blood (Ebt) 4  
162 old word info tuai Old, slow, late (Ebt) 48  
72 to hit word info tugi Pound, hit accidentally (Lbr) 8  
93 to pound, beat word info tugi Pound, hit accidentally (Lbr) 2  
67 to sew word info tui Thread pierced objects, sew (I) (Lbr) 13, 16  
144 to burn word info tungi Set light to (Ebt) 1, 7  
52 to stand tuu Stand, be upright (Ebt) 2  
78 to cut, hack word info tuu To cut (Lbr) 17  
29 to sniff, smell tuŋu   45  
42 to suck u   25  
25 neck ua Neck 18  
133 rain ua Rain 1  
27 nose uhi Nose (Lbr) 1  
147 black uli Used in compounds and idioms (Lbr) 7  
18 breast uu Breast (Lbr) 1  
27 nose uuhiu Nose (Ebt) 1  
4 leg/foot vae FOOT (Ebt) 1, 100  
4 leg/foot wae FOOT (Lbr) 1, 100  
122 water word info wai Water (Ebt),(Lbr) 2  
204 Eight word info walu Pollex 06: Walu. :Eight (Lbr). 3  
127 woods/forest wao WOODS (Ebt) 14  
204 Eight word info waru Pollex 06: Waru. :Eight (Ebt). 3  
26 hair word info ŋahuru   29, 31  

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