Entries from Davletshin 2013 in Pollex-Online
Albert Davletshin, field notes
Language | Item | Description |
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Nuguria | Tuna | Sea eel |
Nuguria | Tuni/tuni | Burnt on one side, then on the other (of fish) |
Nuguria | Tupe | Seed of the tauraura tree, used to make spinning tops; spinning top |
Nuguria | Turi | Shore bird sp. |
Nuguria | Turi | Knee |
Nuguria | Turuturu | Posts of house |
Nuguria | Uhi | Lid; wear, put on (clothes); cover (a boat from waves) |
Nuguria | Uhi | New green shoots on a planted cutting |
Nuguria | Uhi/uhi | Cloudy (sky); dress (oneself) |
Nuguria | Uho | Navel, umbilical cord |
Nuguria | Uhu (pl. uhu/uhu) | Take off, undress; gather, pluck (nuts, breadfruit); hunt (young birds, taking out of nests) |
Nuguria | Uhu | Parrotfish |
Nuguria | Uka | Rope (small), string, cord |
Nuguria | Uka | Sinew, vein |
Nuguria | Uma | Meat of chest |
Nuguria | Umi | Smoke (tobacco) |
Nuguria | Umi/umi | Suck (a lolly, one's fingers) |
Nuguria | Una | Turtle shell; ring (on finger) |
Nuguria | Una/mea | Turtle (generic), also green sea-turtle... |
Nuguria | Unahi | Fish scales; scale (fish) (vt) |
Nuguria | Unu-hia | Uproot, pull out/up |
Nuguria | Ura (pl. urra) | Burn (vi), be alight (of fire) |
Nuguria | Ura | Crayfish (generic) |
Nuguria | Ure | Penis (including testicles) |
Nuguria | Uru | Enter, go/come in(side) |
Nuguria | Uru | Take out still burning firewood from the earth oven |
Nuguria | Uta-ina | Load (cargo onto a vessel) |
Nuguria | Uto | Sprouting coconut |
Nuguria | Utua | A long strip of shallows in the sea |
Nuguria | Uu | Breast; milk; suck (milk from breast) |
Nuguria | Uu | Coconut crab (edible) |
Nuguria | Vaa | (Period of) time |
Nuguria | Vaanana | Spiritual power (of chiefs and prophets) |
Nuguria | Vaevae | Separated, apart |
Nuguria | (V)vaha | Shout (and make a lot of noise) Problematic |
Nuguria | Vai-h/aaria | Swampy area Problematic |
Nuguria | Vaka | Canoe, boat |
Nuguria | Vana | Sea urchin (inedible) |
Nuguria | Vare/vare | Going bad (solid food, such as taro, rice, etc., and coconut oil) |
Nuguria | Varo | Mantis shrimp (edible) |
Nuguria | Varovaro | Tree sp. (its wood is good for fire-plough) |
Nuguria | Vela | Angry |
Nuguria | V/vere, v/vele, vere/vere | Weed or clean a garden |
Nuguria | Vii | Bad taste (of kareve, soup or any liquid going bad; also taro) |
Nuguria | Viri aku vae | Move fast |
Nuguria | Voro/voro | Harpoon (fish) |
Nuguria | V/vaa | Noisy, loud |
Nuguria | V/vae (pass. vae/a) | Separate, divide, share something with somebody |
Nuguria | V/vare | Crazy; drunk, intoxicated |
Nuguria | V/varu (mult. varu/varu) | Scrape (coconut, frying pan) |