Entries from Henry 1928 in Pollex-Online
Henry, T. (1928). Ancient Tahiti. Honolulu, Bishop Museum Press.
Language | Item | Description |
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Tahitian | Hiro/hiti | Second night after first appearance of the moon |
Tahitian | Hutu-reva | A tree (Cerbera forsteri) |
Tahitian | Ofai | (Sesbania grandiflora) ; (Agati tomentosa) |
Tahitian | ʔOheʔohe | A grass (Centotheca lappacea) ; like miniature bamboo. Plante (Centothea lappacea) (Lmt). |
Tahitian | Rata | (Metrosideros polymorpha) |
Tahitian | Moʔuu /raupo/ | A flexible grass that makes fine mats and other braids |
Tahitian | Mahuiʔe | The discoverer of fire |
Tahitian | Paroro-mua | April-May |
Tahitian | Havaiʔi | An old name for Porapora |
Tahitian | Taʔaroa-tahi | Twenty-fourth night of the moon |
Tahitian | Tamatea | Ninth night of the moon . Nom de trois nuits du calendrier lunaire |
Tahitian | Tefa/tefa | Spreading bunches of cock tail feathers attached to the tops of masts, this being the special rigging of the `arioi canoe |
Tahitian | Tutui | Candlenut (Aleurites moluccana) |
Tahitian | Turu | Seventeenth night of the moon |
Tahitian | Paroro-muri | May-June |
Tahitian | Rehu | A month name, between December and January |