Entries from Stimson n.d. in Pollex-Online
Stimson, Frank (n.d.) Ra'ivavaean Dictionary. Typescript.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ra'ivavae | Ao | Light, as distinguished from darkness; daylight, open day...to become light, as at dawn; the upper world, world-of-light, the visible world; the universe |
| Ra'ivavae | Eve | Womb (of animals or men) |
| Ra'ivavae | A | Particle of personification, occurring before the names of persons, of personalized or of named objects... |
| Ra'ivavae | A | Particle of equation, denoting resemblance or similarity: like, after the manner of... |
| Ra'ivavae | A | Particle of possession: of |
| Ra'ivavae | Aa | Particle of specific location, used before locatives, as aa muri = te muri |
| Ra'ivavae | Aŋi | To be refreshing, assuaging passion |
| Ra'ivavae | Aha | Questive: to be/do what? |
| Ra'ivavae | Ahi | To brood over, protect with the wings, as a mother bird; hence to gather into the arms, shelter |
| Ra'ivavae | Ahi | (obs) The sandalwood tree |
| Ra'ivavae | Ahiahi | Evening; the period of time commencing about an hour before sunset and lasting for an hour afterwards |
| Ra'ivavae | Aho | Breath; the breath of life |
| Ra'ivavae | Ahoo | Fish line |
| Ra'ivavae | Ahu | Warm, feverish, hot (as the body) |
| Ra'ivavae | Ahu | Mound, heap, eminence; temple mound or platform |
| Ra'ivavae | A/ahu | Steam, vapor |
| Ra'ivavae | Ai | To copulate |
| Ra'ivavae | Ai | Particle of reference |
| Ra'ivavae | A/ai | To have, hold in one's mind, recall, keep in mind; to collect, preserve for communication or transference Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Ra'ivavae | Aaiha | Rubbish, debris, flotsam |
| Ra'ivavae | Aitu | God, demon, supernatural being; ogre, ogress |
| Ra'ivavae | Ama | The float of the canoe outrigger |
| Ra'ivavae | A/amio | To contract and expand gently; said of the vaginal muscles |
| Ra'ivavae | A/amio/mio | To move gently back and forth; as the strands of the cat's cradle in the figure called 'Utaami |
| Ra'ivavae | Amo | To carry on the shoulder; to lift and set upon the shoulder |
| Ra'ivavae | Amu/amu | To grumble; (?mod.) to reproach or abuse behind one's back |
| Ra'ivavae | Anaʔe | Only, without exception; (lit.) by himself (etc), hence singularly, alone; plurally, together |
| Ra'ivavae | Anei | Particle of interrogation |
| Ra'ivavae | Ania/nia | Dizzy; (freq.) unconsciously Phonologically Irregular |
| Ra'ivavae | Ano | To feel awe; desolate, lonely |
| Ra'ivavae | Ano/ano | Sacred, hallowed; very high, remote or deep |
| Ra'ivavae | A/anu | (obs.) Slime, semen |
| Ra'ivavae | Anuanua | The complete arch of the rainbow |
| Ra'ivavae | Api | A variety of fish |
| Ra'ivavae | Api/i | Confined, constricted; (?) crowded, dense |
| Ra'ivavae | Apu | To seize and hold in the mouth, as a fish holds bait |
| Ra'ivavae | Apu/apu | To dash hither and thither after bait |
| Ra'ivavae | Ara | To wake up, be awake; to be watchful on one's guard against untoward events |
| Ra'ivavae | Ara | A way, road, path, route; a travelled way; sea-ways; a line of objects |
| Ra'ivavae | Arataʔi | To lead, guide,conduct; a leader, guide |
| Ra'ivavae | Aarai | To ward off, keep or push back from, prevent the approach of; to screen off, interpose and obstruction...protect, shield; to mediate |
| Ra'ivavae | Aramihi | A variety of crab, very flat with reddish shell |
| Ra'ivavae | Are | To be open, as a flower, orifice; an orifice |
| Ra'ivavae | Area | An open space, interval |
| Ra'ivavae | Arero | The tongue |
| Ra'ivavae | Arero/rero | The clitoris |
| Ra'ivavae | Ari | To undermine, scoop, wash out underneath, as waves undermine the shore |
| Ra'ivavae | Ari/ari | Bare, exposed |
| Ra'ivavae | Ari | A variety of fish; it somewhat resembles a spineless hedgehog fish Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Ra'ivavae | Ariŋa | The head and neck of a fish |
