Entries from Davletshin 2013 in Pollex-Online
Albert Davletshin, field notes
Language | Item | Description |
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Nuguria | Maamaa | Chew, masticate for an infant Phonologically Irregular |
Nuguria | A/ahi-a | Check; hunt, look for (turtles) |
Nuguria | Aahua | Shoal, rocks near reef exposed at low tide, place where the sea breaks and waves slow down (part of tuaakau); long straight stripes of rock on the outer side of some islands |
Nuguria | Aarana | Rib |
Nuguria | Aavana | Spouse |
Nuguria | Ahe | Turn back (vi), go back |
Nuguria | Ahu | Fetch, draw (water), fill |
Nuguria | Ahu/mai | Bring, fetch, get (water); bail (water out of canoe); scoop small fish with a net |
Nuguria | Aitu | Nine ancestor spirits, who came in a canoe to Nukeria and then became people (mythological) |
Nuguria | Akiaki | White sea bird sp. |
Nuguria | Aku | Needlefish |
Nuguria | Ami | Crab roe |
Nuguria | A/naake | East, east wind |
Nuguria | Anaana | Ghosts, spirits of dead and living people; devil |
Nuguria | Ana/ana | Take care, look after |
Nuguria | Anei | Today, now |
Nuguria | Ani | (wind) Blow gently |
Nuguria | Ano | Turmeric (Curcuma longa) |
Nuguria | Anu-mia | Dance (v.) |
Nuguria | (A)puru | Sink (of a canoe full of animals in a tale) |
Nuguria | Ara/ara | Scratch at, scratch an itch |
Nuguria | Arapoou | First-born child of a woman |
Nuguria | Areare puu | Axe (of oval shape, to dig out the inside of canoe) |
Nuguria | Arero | Tongue |
Nuguria | Ari/ari | Lick (v) |
Nuguria | Ariri | Shellfish sp. (used to eat raw) |
Nuguria | Aroha (pl. arroha) | Be sad, feel sorry |
Nuguria | Aronaa | Tree used in making cord, for nets and fishing lines (stronger than hau) |
Nuguria | Aru/aru | Chase (animals) |
Nuguria | Aruna | Pillow (made of wood) |
Nuguria | Aruna | On, upon, on top; above, over, up |
Nuguria | Ata | Dawn, daybreak |
Nuguria | Ata(mai) | Pretty (of a girl); tame (of an animal) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
Nuguria | Atariki | Title for men of several lineages in every clan, those who can become a paramount chief... |
Nuguria | Atea | Plains, open spaces; clear (of sky, place); pure (of water) |
Nuguria | Atu | A kind of tuna fish, locally called yellowfin |
Nuguria | Ature | Fish sp. (Tok Pisin malambur) |
Nuguria | Au | Come (from) |
Nuguria | Au | Bile, gall bladder |
Nuguria | Aukau | Pus |
Nuguria | Ava | Channel through reef, main passage (small passage is called muri ava) |
Nuguria | Epa | Container for kaauna, made of kie (pandanus leaves) |
Nuguria | Haa | Leaf of banana and coconut palm (branch of coconut leaf) |
Nuguria | Haa | Split (open); operate |
Nuguria | Haaeo | War |
Nuguria | Haahaa | Touch, feel (in darkness) |
Nuguria | Haahana | Beam, rafter that runs the length of a house |
Nuguria | Haahi | Half, a piece |
Nuguria | Haainu | Give a medicine Problematic |
Nuguria | Haaite | Equalise Problematic |