Entries from Davletshin 2013 in Pollex-Online

Albert Davletshin, field notes

Language Item Description
Nuguria Rotoniu Widow Phonologically Irregular
Nuguria Rou A pole with a hook used to pluck coconuts
Nuguria R/rahi Thin (as leaf, material)
Nuguria R/raku Scratch with a nail
Nuguria R/rana (sg.obj.), rana/rana (pl.obj.) Plait, weave baskets
Nuguria R/rao Take out, put out (fish from a basket) Phonologically Irregular
Nuguria R/rini (sg.obj.), rin/rini (pl.obj.) Pour out (liquids)
Nuguria R/rohi (pass. roohi/a) Flood, inundate
Nuguria R/roi (younger), ro/roi (older) Prepare food with coconut cream
Nuguria Rruhe Straw grass
Nuguria Rua Two (counting)
Nuguria Ruu/luu Inside canoe Phonologically Irregular
Nuguria Ruu/ruu Shake (vi), rock (large movements); shake (vt)
Nuguria Soa Companion, mate; boyfriend, girlfriend
Nuguria S/seu Hollow out (tree trunk, carving a canoe)
Nuguria Sunu Oil (fish oil, coconut oil)
Nuguria Taa (pass. ta/ia) Beat
Nuguria Taaiki Trap to catch birds, snare; to catch (birds)
Nuguria Taakai Stir (a sugar) Uncertain Semantic Connection
Nuguria Taakaro Play (vi); game, festivity
Nuguria Taamaki Many; abound, be abundant
Nuguria Taaohi (sg.obj.), taa/taohi (pl.obj.) (pass. taohi/a) Grab (grasp), seize, catch, hold; hold (a canoe while paddling)
Nuguria Taarahu Fireplace, hearth
Nuguria Taaruma Cemetery Phonologically Irregular
Nuguria Taa/taa (pass. taa/taa/ina) Tattoo (n); write, draw; writing (n)
Nuguria Taa/taa Carve canoe; peel swamp taro; track (of creeping animals such as turtle or crocodile; also of a canoe on the shore)
Nuguria Taau/mi Put food inside of the earth oven Problematic
Nuguria Taauvi (sg.obj.), taa/tauvi (pl.obj.) Buy, purchase, pay
Nuguria Taavi Price
Nuguria Tae Shit, excrements (plurale tantum)
Nuguria Tae Arrive (at), reach (of people) [go as far as]
Nuguria Taea Snapper sp.
Nuguria Taenaha (pl. taennaha) Heavy Phonologically Irregular
Nuguria Taha Side (of body, house)
Nuguria Tahaa Coconut shell container for water; dipper, drinking gourd
Nuguria Tahea Drift
Nuguria Tahi One (counting)
Nuguria Tahi Shave (vt)
Nuguria Tahito Trunk, base of a tree
Nuguria Tahoraa Whale (generic)
Nuguria Tahu Light a fire, burn (vt)
Nuguria Tahua Sea shore, sea line Uncertain Semantic Connection
Nuguria Tahua/hua Beach (top of the beach) Uncertain Semantic Connection
Nuguria Tai Sea water; shore, shallow sea near shore; tide; (n.loc.) lagoonward, front of the island (direction)
Nuguria Taiava Snapper sp., coral trout Phonologically Irregular
Nuguria Taka Modern shoes; sandals for going to fish on reefs
Nuguria Taka/hara Bad
Nuguria Taka/puri/puri Round (circular, like a coin; or spherical, like a ball)
Nuguria Takaro/a Mock, deride Uncertain Semantic Connection
Nuguria Takoto (pl. taakoto, takkoto) Lie (of things or human beings), rest (of human beings)