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 | Tuetue | Thick, stout, as cloth or boards |
| Tahitian | Areare | Sickness, qualmishness of the stomach, as in sea-sickness; perturbation of mind |
| Tahitian | Tafati | Having the form of a pocket knife when opened, as an elbow |
| Tahitian | Eu/eu | To move or stir, as an infant under its sleeping-cloth |
| Tahitian | Muhu | Noise, the din of talking; to make a noise or din Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tahitian | Mu | A buzz or confused noise |
| Tahitian | Mû/mû | To make a confused noise, as of a number of persons talking together |
| Tahitian | Puu/puu | Rough, uneven, irregular |
| Tahitian | Tapena. Taapena (Aca). | A thing devoted to the gods, such as a pig, when a piece of sinnet was tied inthe ear; to prepare ominous hogs, in order to tell the end of an approaching war Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tahitian | Tu/tui | To kindle fire; to set fire to a thing |
| Tahitian | Pehi | To cast a stone or some other substance |
| Tahitian | Pe/pehi | To bruise; but in some of the dialects to kill |
| Tahitian | Tarere | A swing used by children and others |
| Tahitian | Tau/hani | To fondle, caress, as different sexes; applied to both man and beast. Caresser (s'applique aux humains et aux animaux; il s'agit de caresses érotiques) (Aca). |
