Entries from Roger Green, field notes in Pollex-Online

Language Item Description
Vaeakau-Taumako Ana Cave
Vaeakau-Taumako Au/a Scrape up, shovel up
Vaeakau-Taumako Haha To carry something on back
Vaeakau-Taumako Fala A woven mat, a finished mat . Mat for sleeping, formerly also used as clothing by women
Vaeakau-Taumako Hala Pandanus
Vaeakau-Taumako A/holau/, holau, a/holai/ Single men's house, men's house, clubhouse
Vaeakau-Taumako Halelo Branch coral (porites) ; coral
Vaeakau-Taumako Fana Bow, shoot with a bow
Vaeakau-Taumako Hanaa Mast ; mast, stick
Vaeakau-Taumako Vahigaleo Adam’s apple
Vaeakau-Taumako Heke Octopus
Vaeakau-Taumako Hitu Seven
Vaeakau-Taumako Foe/ia Pound nuts
Vaeakau-Taumako Hoaga Sharpening stone
Vaeakau-Taumako Hele/na Peel or scrape breadfruit Phonologically Irregular
Vaeakau-Taumako Hele/hele Peeling or scratching Phonologically Irregular
Vaeakau-Taumako Honu Turtle
Vaeakau-Taumako Hua Seed, fruit, ball, egg, flower ; flower, fruit, egg; to bear fruit
Vaeakau-Taumako Te /uuhu/ Big conus for making bracelets
Vaeakau-Taumako Hu/hui/a Wash (clothes)
Vaeakau-Taumako Hula To swell, full up ; full of food, swollen
Vaeakau-Taumako Ga/mouku The bush
Vaeakau-Taumako Ga/haupe Seaward
Vaeakau-Taumako Gau Chew sugarcane
Vaeakau-Taumako Oko mai Come
Vaeakau-Taumako Kava Piper methysticum
Vaeakau-Taumako Kete Type of basket . Big basket to carry food in from the bush
Vaeakau-Taumako Kie Small pandanus
Vaeakau-Taumako Kiva, kive Former old word for adze
Vaeakau-Taumako Kohe Bamboo
Vaeakau-Taumako Lago Stick or roller for canoe
Vaeakau-Taumako Laakau Tree
Vaeakau-Taumako Laku/hia Scratch the body
Vaeakau-Taumako Lano Lake
Vaeakau-Taumako Lie Nit, egg of louse . Louse egg, nit
Vaeakau-Taumako Tai loma High tide or water
Vaeakau-Taumako Makona Full, had enough
Vaeakau-Taumako Malo Dry. Crispy (Hvn).
Vaeakau-Taumako Matikuku Nails of toes and fingers
Vaeakau-Taumako Mau Broad, strong
Vaeakau-Taumako Moana Ocean ; sea, open sea ; deep sea ; ocean, deep sea
Vaeakau-Taumako Nauu Term of address for mother
Vaeakau-Taumako Te e/noa String
Vaeakau-Taumako Nono Fly . A small fly
Vaeakau-Taumako Palapala Clay, slippery mud. Weak, loose (Hvn).
Vaeakau-Taumako Paa/papa Base volcanic rock
Vaeakau-Taumako Pahua Giant clam (Squamosa maxima)
Vaeakau-Taumako Fugu Blunt, dull Phonologically Irregular
Vaeakau-Taumako Pekapeka Swiftlet . Small flying fox
Vaeakau-Taumako Penu Shell trash. Things; remains, left-overs (Hvn).