Entries from Meyer & Claridge (2014) in Pollex-Online
Meyer, Jean-Yves & Claridge, Elin M. (eds) (2014). Terrestrial Biodiversity of the Austral Islands, French Polynesia
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rapa | Aʔa/poʔi | To cover an oven with plant material |
| Rapa | Maʔu | Fermented, soured |
| Rapa | ʔAka/rapu | To mix |
| Rapa | ʔAka/tika | To level ground in roki by using water |
| Rapa | ʔAka/ʔui | Sheaf of plants |
| Rapa | E/aka | Roots of taro plant |
| Rapa | Faa | Stem of taro plant |
| Rapa | Fio | Young taro spathe used by children as noisemaker; to whistle |
| Rapa | Kao | Unfurled young taro leaf |
| Rapa | Kumu | Base of taro stem, up to about first 2 cm. Phonologically Irregular |
| Rapa | Mai | Overripe taro |
| Rapa | Maʔi | Ancient way of using taro, by fermenting in a pit... |
| Rapa | ʔOni | To peel cooked taro |
| Rapa | Paka | Skin of young taro; to skin young taro |
| Rapa | Pee | Soft rot of taro |
| Rapa | Penu | Teardrop-shaped old-style pounding stone; anything teardrop-shaped... |
| Rapa | Po/poi | A stiff paste of pounded cooked taro... |
| Rapa | Pua | Flower. Flowers (Grn). |
| Rapa | Tanu | To plant |
| Rapa | Tao | To place food in oven, Cook (in umu) (Grn). |
| Rapa | Tapiri | To glue; stage in pounding popoi; paste of taro |
| Rapa | Taviri | To vigorously aerate popoi with a resounding "whump"... Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Rapa | Tea/tea | White, whitish, light-coloured. White (Grn). |
| Rapa | Uru | To clean |
| Rapa | ʔUvai | Ditch that directs water to the roki [taro bed] Phonologically Irregular |
| Rapa | Varu/varu | To peel, to scrape |
