Entries from Davletshin 2013 in Pollex-Online

Albert Davletshin, field notes

Language Item Description
Nuguria Tiinai Put out, extinguish (a fire)
Nuguria Tiinai ki mate Kill
Nuguria Tika Javelin used in war (both ends sharp); pitching game throwing a piece of wood with a rope wrapped around it
Nuguria Tilo Immature central leaves of coconut palm (used to fabricate fans, ritual necklaces and headbands, and to cook rice)
Nuguria Tilo/tilo Shoot of a coconut
Nuguria Timu Crown of head Phonologically Irregular
Nuguria Tino-henua Main part, main island
Nuguria Tipu Units of ten (counting)
Nuguria Tipuna Grandparent, great-grandparent
Nuguria Titi Grass skirts (for men and women)
Nuguria Toa Tree sp.
Nuguria Toa Giants, people of long ago (mythological)
Nuguria Toki Axe (for chopping trees)
Nuguria Toki/toki Axe (similar to takuu, but smaller)
Nuguria To/ki Plant, sow (vt)
Nuguria Toko Stick used in boat to punt; pole, punt a boat (paddle)
Nuguria Tokotoko Staff, walking-stick
Nuguria Tono Mangrove tree (generic)
Nuguria Tonu Correct, right (vi)
Nuguria Too Strong (of rain)
Nuguria Too Get, obtain, take; borrow
Nuguria Tootoka Door, gate
Nuguria Toru Three
Nuguria Ttaa Bailer of a canoe; to scoop water out of canoe
Nuguria T(a)/tahi Wipe, mop (vt)
Nuguria T/tani Snore
Nuguria T/tao Sit on eggs
Nuguria T/tapa (sg.obj.), tapa/tapa (pl.obj.) Name (give a name); call; mention
Nuguria Ttara Coarse (of sandpaper); furious
Nuguria Tʔtari Wait (for), expect
Nuguria Ttau Squeeze out (coconut oil, wet clothes)
Nuguria T/tiri (pass. t(i)ri/a) Throw, cast (away)
Nuguria T/toha Spread out (vi)
Nuguria T/tohi, tohi/tohi Split, break (a piece of bread, coconut spround, because it is soft); share between people
Nuguria T/tui, tui/tui Sew; sewing pattern
Nuguria T/tuki Hit (with fist)
Nuguria T/tuni Burn, singe (hair) (vt)
Nuguria T/tuu (sg.obj.), tuu/tuu (pl.obj.) (pass. tuu/tia) Cut (off), sever, amputate; chop, cut down (a tree, a coconut); harvest, reap (banana, sugarcane)
Nuguria Tua Back of the island, oceanward side (direction)
Nuguria Tuaakau Ocean side of reef
Nuguria Tuahivi Keel (of canoe)
Nuguria Tua/huu Pubis, mons veneris
Nuguria Tuai Coconut grater
Nuguria Tuai Old (things, not people)
Nuguria Tua-poo Midnight Phonologically Irregular
Nuguria Tua/tarierie Mangrove crab, mud crab
Nuguria Tua/vae Front of the foot
Nuguria Tui Awl, needle; string game, cat's cradle
Nuguria Tui/tui String (on a stick) (vt)
Nuguria Tuki Pound (swamp taro)