Entries from Davies 1851 in Pollex-Online
Davies, J. (1851). A Tahitian and English dictionary with Introductory remarks on the Polynesian language and a short grammar of the Tahitian dialect. Tahiti, London Missionary Society's Press.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tahitian | Pa | Barren, as a woman that had ceased to bear children |
| Tahitian | Pae | To drift, go to leeward, as a boat, ship, &c. |
| Tahitian | Paea | A division set apart |
| Tahitian | Pafata | A cage, a box |
| Tahitian | Pahoa | To prepare the bark for the making of the native cloth |
| Tahitian | Rau/paa | An old withered leaf; the oldest leaves on a plant; the first, or lowest on the stem |
| Tahitian | Paare | Sickness at stomach, sea sickness |
| Tahitian | Paiaa | The roots, long and small of a tree or plant |
| Tahitian | Paio | To arrange, adjust a matter or affair |
| Tahitian | Paoo | The bark of the aute or china mulberry tree when in a state of preparation for being pasted together Problematic |
| Tahitian | Paora | To be dried up as land through want of rain; dry, hard by reason of drought |
| Tahitian | Para | Rotten vegetables |
| Tahitian | Para | Manure, dung, dirt; the white slime of a new born infant |
| Tahitian | Para | A species of root eaten in times of scarcity |
| Tahitian | Para | Come to a head, as an abscess |
| Tahitian | Paraha | The name of a broad flat fish |
| Tahitian | Parai | A species of yam |
| Tahitian | Parare | Broken, stammering (as speech) |
| Tahitian | Pari/pari | The spray breaking on the shore, or a canoe, &c. |
| Tahitian | Pari | To square or shape a piece of timber |
| Tahitian | Paru | The name of a fish |
| Tahitian | Pana | The name of an amusement of children; to search or feel for a thing by means of some instrument; to raise up a thing with a lever or bar; to more or turn over with a hand spike; to toss or kick a football Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tahitian | Pani | To close, or shut up a breach |
| Tahitian | Panu | To go adrift |
| Tahitian | Pao | To seize or snatch suddenly, as a dog does a piece of meat Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tahitian | Papa | A board, a seat |
| Tahitian | Papa/a | A series of facts or occurrences; a certain range or class of things, such as islands, countries &c. |
| Tahitian | Papatua/honu | The shell on the back of the turtle |
| Tahitian | Papi | To sprinkle or splash the water at each other, as boys sometimes do in bathing |
| Tahitian | Paheru | To scratch, as a hen; to dig and search for a thing; to make a thorough search |
| Tahitian | Pâhi | To splash the water that it may wet a person; a spray of the sea |
| Tahitian | Pahoro | A comb; to comb the head, to rake ground |
| Tahitian | Patito | A small fresh water fish |
| Tahitian | Patô | To propel, or shoot forward |
| Tahitian | Patu | A little wooden mallet |
| Tahitian | Pe | Decayed, rotten, worn out; ripe, applied to plantains and other fruit |
| Tahitian | Pehâ | A piece of anything, such as the half of a breadfruit |
| Tahitian | Pea | A stick laid crosswise; to be perplexed |
| Tahitian | A/pere | The reed thrown or darted in the game called aperea; the person that throws the reed; to play the game of apere |
| Tahitian | Peru/peru | To fold up in a good condition |
| Tahitian | Pena | To bring up the rear, or weak part of an army, when in danger |
| Tahitian | Pena/pena | To bring up, and shelter repeatedly, those that are behind in an army when retreating; also to cover and protect the helpless |
| Tahitian | Pehau | The fin of fish |
| Tahitian | Pi/pi | To sprinkle with water, or other liquid |
| Tahitian | Pio | Crooked or bent |
| Tahitian | Pihi | The name of a shell fish |
| Tahitian | Pivai | The smallest pig in a litter |
| Tahitian | Pohutu | To be fed to satiety; to be worked to weariness Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tahitian | Poa | A dent, or mark, in the surface of any thing; dented |
| Tahitian | Poea | The dirty scum of stagnant water Uncertain Semantic Connection |
