Entries from Stimson n.d. in Pollex-Online
Stimson, Frank (n.d.) Ra'ivavaean Dictionary. Typescript.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ra'ivavae | Ariʔi | King, prince...high or predominant chief... |
| Ra'ivavae | Aro | Front, forepart; face, upper surface; appearance, semblance |
| Ra'ivavae | Arooha | To feel love...grieve for...to show sympathy...feel kindness, to be generous... |
| Ra'ivavae | Arooha | To salute at meeting or parting |
| Ra'ivavae | Aru | (obs) To pursue |
| Ra'ivavae | Ata | Cloud; shadow, reflection; semblance, form, appearance; to appear momentarily, as the moon from behind clouds |
| Ra'ivavae | Ate | The liver of fish, pigs, or fowl |
| Ra'ivavae | Ate/vaevae | The calf of the leg |
| Ra'ivavae | Atea | Clear, open, unobstructed; far off, distant, removed in place |
| Ra'ivavae | Ati | To tear, bite, strip with the teeth, as coconut husk or sugarcane Phonologically Irregular |
| Ra'ivavae | *Ati | ? A sub-tribe, gens, family (now only in proper names) |
| Ra'ivavae | Ato | To thatch |
| Ra'ivavae | Atu | Particle of removal from the speaker: thither.... |
| Ra'ivavae | Atu | The bonito fish |
| Ra'ivavae | Atua | A god, divinity, deity.... |
| Ra'ivavae | Atua | The fourteenth night of the lunar cycle |
| Ra'ivavae | Ature | A variety of fish (similar to, but smaller than, the goggler) |
| Ra'ivavae | Au | A thatching needle; to pierce with a needle-like implement; to sew |
| Ra'ivavae | Aaufaŋa | An archery bow Phonologically Irregular |
| Ra'ivavae | Au | I, the first personative |
| Ra'ivavae | Au | Bile, gall; the gall bladder of a fish |
| Ra'ivavae | Au | War-like essence or spirit; an emanation (steam, vapor, smoke); a shade, ghost, apparition |
| Ra'ivavae | Taua (pl. aua) | That, those |
| Ra'ivavae | Aua | A variety of small whitish fish |
| Ra'ivavae | Auaŋa | The mouth of the vagina... |
| Ra'ivavae | Auahi | (mod.) Fire |
| Ra'ivavae | Au/auahi | (mod.) Smoke |
| Ra'ivavae | Aute | A variety of paper-mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)...with reddish inner bark... |
| Ra'ivavae | Ava | A pass, entrance, channel through the reef |
| Ra'ivavae | Ava | A variety of fish |
| Ra'ivavae | Avatea | Midday; the period from about ten o'clock a.m. to two o'clock p.m. |
| Ra'ivavae | Aʔa | The root of trees or plants |
| Ra'ivavae | Aʔe | Go up upon, onto; rise, mount, ascend; flow (of tide) |
| Ra'ivavae | Aʔe | Particle indicating a slight removal in space or time, a movement upwards from below, or somewhat more in the comparative degree |
| Ra'ivavae | Aʔo | Decide, intend, make up one's mind to do; (mod.) counsel, advise, instruct |
| Ra'ivavae | Aʔu | A variety of billfish |
| Ra'ivavae | E | Expletive particle which personalizes or personifies the substantive affected |
| Ra'ivavae | Ehu, ihu | Roiled, disturbed, agitated (as the sea) |
| Ra'ivavae | Ei | Particle of purpose: that, in order to, for |
| Ra'ivavae | Eie | These (demonstrative plural) |
| Ra'ivavae | Ero | Pus, semen |
| Ra'ivavae | Haaeru | To wipe the rectum |
| Ra'ivavae | Faito | (mod.) To be equal, the same in quantity or degree; a measure, quantity, amount; a likeness |
| Ra'ivavae | Faanaʔo | To be lucky, have good fortune Borrowed |
| Ra'ivavae | Farero | A variety of branching coral (the pointed tips vary in thickness...hard...may be used to drill holes) |
| Ra'ivavae | Faʔo | Having a snuffling nasal impediment to thespeech, as when the soft palate is damaged Borrowed |
| Ra'ivavae | ŋaa | To breathe, take breath...draw in a deep breath...suck...assuage passion or desire by sucking |
| Ra'ivavae | Gaaehe/ehe | To make a soft rustling or rattling sound |
| Ra'ivavae | ŋaŋahi/ata | Dawn; the period including (and just prior to as well as following) the dawn |
| Ra'ivavae | ŋaaŋaia | The fairy tern Phonologically Irregular |
