Entries from Hovdhaugen 2006 in Pollex-Online
Hovdhaugen, E. (2006). A Short Dictionary of the Vaeakau-Taumako Language. Oslo, Kon-Tiki Museum, Institute for Pacific Archaeology and Cultural History.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Huatupu-lia | To be heaped up, piled up; collect, heap up, put together |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Huatupu/lia | Fulfill, create |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Huatupu/langa | Heap, collection, host |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Huamda/ka/hia | Sharpen |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Pa/ngoi | Boundary marker of property Phonologically Irregular |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Kee | Different, away, other; additional thing, different thing; emphatic phrase-final qualifier. Different, apart (Ray). |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Le/kee | Get out! Get away! |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Lulu/ia | Shake (vt) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Taohi | Leaves to cover the oven Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Taohi/a | Cover oven with leaves; adopt Problematic |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | A/la | Postnuclear qualifier usually indicating uncertainty or softening of the preceding word... Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Unuki/a | Stick into the ground. Pierce (Hnh). |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Tuki | Small stick for stirring when making pudding |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Tuki/tuki | Pestle (for breadfruit) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Vale-a | Ignorant, not know. |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Oha/a | Scatter, [destroy] |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Uli | Sucker, shoot growing from the base of a tree or other plant |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Ane(e), ine(e) | And now, now, for the moment (clause-linking conjunction) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Taia (plural object), teia (singular object) | Kill, hit |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Heiloaki | Know each other |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Uga/uga | Shell of hermit crab |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Alo/fafa | Mouth |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | A | A-possessive preposition |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | A- | Prefix indicating future time |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Ahe/a | Break a path through, clear the way through, open |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Amuli | Later |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | A/naa, i/naa | Then, and then (clause linking conjunction) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Ano/hia | Repair [ex. net] Phonologically Irregular |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | A/oa | Pair (prenuclear quantifier) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Apulu, s/apulu [NUP, obs.] | Sink, disappear |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | E/naa | Then (fut.), [some day], somewhere |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Fakau/tania | Send (vt) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Fka/vili/kia | Let something (e.g. a wheel) roll along |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Haele/akina, haele/angia | Take care of children when they are small |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Hai hekau | To serve, work for someone |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Haka/lea | Talk to, approach |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Haka/me/mea | Be pregnant |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Ha/silo | Young fresh leaves at the top of coconut palms Phonologically Irregular |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Fau, hau | Rope; fishing line; string |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Ho/hounga | Various kingfisher birds that live in the bush (VAE) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Hua/eva | Depart, be absent for some time |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Hua/eva | Fly for the first time (of bird); fly a kite |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Hua/too | Change shell or skin (of reptiles, crayfish, etc.) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Hua/u/mia | Breastfeed (vt) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Ia | This, that (postnuclear demonstrative pronoun) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Ika laumea | A batfish Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Inu | Glass, bottle Problematic |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Io, io/ko(i) | And (conjoins only clauses with different subjects) Problematic |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Kailoa | Don't (NUP,VAE) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Kaka | Old and strong betelnut |
