Kapingamarangi

Introduction

Kapingamarangi is a language of Micronesia. It is spoken in Kapingamarangi and Pohnpei islands, Caroline Islands.

Dialects

Lexical similarity: 55% with Nukuoro (See: Nukuoro), 54% with Rarotongan (See: Rarotongan), 53% with Samoan (See: Samoan), 51% with Tuamotuan (See: Tuamotuan), 50% with Tahitian (See: Tahitian).

The Kapingamarangi Verb

Verblist

• kau
• ora
• tangi

• angi/angi -- to blow
• badu, haka/paki/, patu, ta, tugi -- to hit
• daa, tao -- to cook
• daalo, hugi -- to stab, pierce
• dalai, hele, here, tarai, tuu -- to cut, hack
• dangi, tangi -- to cry
• dau -- to count
• dili, maka, tiri -- to throw
• dudu, tungi -- to burn
• dui, tui -- to sew
• duu, tuu -- to stand
• gai -- to eat
• gaihaa -- to steal
• geli, keri -- to dig
• haele, haere, heehee, taahao -- to walk
• haka/hura/ ki taha -- to swell
• hakapau -- to think
• hakapui -- to squeeze
• hani -- to come
• hari -- to flow
• hau -- to tie up, fasten
• hili -- to choose
• hina, hinga -- to fall
• hiti -- to climb
• hongi, tuŋu -- to sniff, smell
• hui -- to buy
• iloo, iroa -- to know, be knowledgeable
• inu -- to drink
• katakata -- to laugh
• kati -- to bite
• kau -- to swim
• khi -- to sleep
• llagu, lodi -- to scratch
• longo, rongo -- to hear
• lua/luai, rua/rua -- to vomit
• maangi -- to fly
• mada -- to see
• madagu -- to fear
• made, mate -- to die, be dead
• magau -- to turn
• mahaa -- to split
• manawa, toki -- to breathe
• midi, miti -- to dream
• moe -- to lie down
• ngau, ngungu -- to chew
• noho -- to sit
• ora -- to live, be alive
• pui -- to spit
• tahi -- to hold
• taliki -- to kill
• tanu -- to plant
• tapa -- to say
• tugi -- to pound, beat
• u -- to suck