Entries from Crook 1998 in Pollex-Online

Crook, W. P., S. Greatheed, et al. (1998). An essay toward a dictionary and grammar of the Lesser-Australian language, according to the dialect used at the Marquesas (1799). Auckland, The Institute of Polynesian Languages and Literatures.

Language Item Description
Marquesas Túnu patakka To broil upon embers
Marquesas Pátta To break off the snuff from candle nuts; to snuff
Marquesas Pavái-avái-a To smart
Marquesas Péa A term of reproach applied to men who have not the prepuce slit
Marquesas Pe/kkéyo A male attendant, attached to a single or married woman, and cohabiting with her
Marquesas Pe/kóko Hollow
Marquesas Pépe A periwinkle; an ornamental knob; a bead, button; a padlock
Marquesas Pe/pé A contraction of the limbs
Marquesas Kahóu pe/pé Oiled cloth
Marquesas Pe/pígge/éi A private combat; to fight together
Marquesas (Peyo)péyo Parsimonious, avaricious
Marquesas Pi/eke A detached part of a house, a kind of closet
Marquesas Pígge To climb; to go or come up
Marquesas Pígge/na Climbing; ingathering of the breadfruit
Marquesas Pipí A raised pavement
Marquesas Po héa How many days
Marquesas Póa A branch of the cocoa nut tree designed for thatching
Marquesas Pokka/pókka Crust of baked fruit &c.
Marquesas Póko To smite one arm with the other hand open
Marquesas Poko/póko, po/pó For a woman to arrive at the age of maturity
Marquesas Poko/áihhu A young woman who has not borne a child Problematic
Marquesas Pone/hhó Quick
Marquesas Pou To expend
Marquesas Pou To finish
Marquesas Pouvwíffe The shoulder
Marquesas Póvva-héna An ornament of men's grey beards
Marquesas Powe/óa Slow, tedious, loitering Uncertain Semantic Connection
Marquesas Pu/ávva Cowrie, and other similar small shells
Marquesas Pu/évva To itch; itching pustules between the fingers Uncertain Semantic Connection
Marquesas Puhhe-nou-tí Sea salt
Marquesas Pu/hwáu A chink or fissure; to crack or break to pieces
Marquesas Puhweúa A moth
Marquesas Pukka/púkka Small bits
Marquesas Pu/púhhe To swell, to break out, to befoul oneself
Marquesas Púta To arrive by land, to reach a place
Marquesas Ta A call from the hills; to call Uncertain Semantic Connection
Marquesas Ta A thorn; prickle or splinter; a needle; a fish-gig; a rod; to sharpen to a point
Marquesas Tá-e To lay hold of
Marquesas Tàhóa A porpoise
Marquesas Tàhóuwa Square, level places, where Koénas are performed; the deck of a ship
Marquesas Tàika A strong reed used as a dart for amusement; to miss a mark
Marquesas Takke/éi A string of teeth worn round the neck
Marquesas Tama-óa A son
Marquesas Táne To make any sort of noises; the noise
Marquesas Táou To carry a person, or to be carried, on a man's back
Marquesas Tapí To anoint or daub; to stick on
Marquesas Tappuwí The foot, the sole, footmarks, stilts
Marquesas Tà/táppa To adopt, to proclaim a name
Marquesas Ta/ttá To take the pulp off from the core of the ripe breadfruit
Marquesas Tàvíeei White, fair