Entries from Davletshin 2013 in Pollex-Online

Albert Davletshin, field notes

Language Item Description
Nuguria Masike, mahike (pl. mahhike) Arise, get up, wake up, stand up after sleep
Nuguria Matapuku Big eye trevally
Nuguria Rau-milo-milo Red sea grass, found close to the shore
Nuguria Moko piri Kind of lizard (brown gecko) Borrowed
Nuguria Punaa/nai A kind of shellfish, giant one, edible; it is farmed on the atoll
Nuguria Pu/naakkohu Shell of dead punaanai
Nuguria Ioo Brain Problematic
Nuguria Ni Tense marker (past?)
Nuguria No/o Conjunction: and
Nuguria Huai- Augmentative prefix to nouns: very big
Nuguria Pao (pl. p/pao) Land on shore
Nuguria Paiaha Cheek Phonologically Irregular
Nuguria Pana Get/be accustomed or used to
Nuguria Paoro Turtle bones on the back, turtle backbones; stirring rod for hot food, made of turtle bone
Nuguria Para-para Soft
Nuguria Patiaka Surface root Phonologically Irregular
Nuguria Pee/naa, pee/nei Like that, like this
Nuguria Ha(ka)-ppiri Hang up, place on a high object
Nuguria Manu-manu Smell (v) of the sea
Nuguria Manu-saa Smell (v) of something going bad (fish and meat)
Nuguria Manu-taitai Smell (v) of something which has drifted for a long time in the sea
Nuguria Porapora Basket plaited of coconut leaves (for carrying food, tubers, etc., quickly woven, used and thrown away)
Nuguria Puu-roa Conch or trumpet shell
Nuguria Mataa-raa Branch, twig
Nuguria Rere naa aitu Possessed (prophesying)
Nuguria Rii Young coconut (not yet motomoto) -- children suck its sweet husk and it is given to sick people who cannot eat hard food
Nuguria Punaa/riki/riki (pl. puna/r/riki) Little, small
Nuguria Riki Whip (with rope, long stick); hunt (adult birds, hitting them);
Nuguria Ku hatu taku roto (I am angry)
Nuguria Hai/hai Knot, bundle; tie (up), tie a knot
Nuguria Hara/hara Harvest, reap (swamp taro, with a kipa-kipa digging stick), dig (kanokano)
Nuguria Hau/makariri, sau/makariri Very cold
Nuguria He [indefinite article]
Nuguria Hee/hee Seek, look for (food, fish, firewood)
Nuguria He/hua, se/hua Thousand (counting money and coconuts) [Takuu word?]
Nuguria Sepu-, hepu- (with directional) Descend, go down (e.g. from tree)
Nuguria Au-hiohio Tornado
Nuguria Huu-koro-koro Squids, big ones
Nuguria Huke Open up, uncover an earth oven
Nuguria Taheta Container for kaauna [turmeric powder], with a lid, made of pandanus or kanokano [swamp taro] leaves; kind of small basket, handbag
Nuguria Kaamata Start, begin; beginning
Nuguria Huku(huku) Top (of a tree), extremity, tail (of coconut leaves, paunu etc.)
Nuguria Huku/vae Foot (not leg)
Nuguria Huku(huku)rima Wrist
Nuguria Moi/huku Tail (of fish, whale, dog, rat, etc.)
Nuguria Tanaroa Falling star, meteor
Nuguria Haka/puku Clench a fist
Nuguria Hakatonu Try to reconcile two or more people
Nuguria Hakatipu(tipu) To pile, heap up (clothes), gather
Nuguria Hakamata Sharpen (spear, pencil, husking stick)