Entries from Stimson n.d. in Pollex-Online
Stimson, Frank (n.d.) Ra'ivavaean Dictionary. Typescript.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ra'ivavae | ŋaŋie | A variety of small tree, Pemphis acidulata |
| Ra'ivavae | ŋahaa | To split apart, split open...a crack, fissure |
| Ra'ivavae | ŋaho/ŋahoa | An ear-splitting noise; (frly) a headache |
| Ra'ivavae | ŋa/horo | To fall down, collapse |
| Ra'ivavae | ŋahuru | Ten |
| Ra'ivavae | ŋaihere | Growing bush or shrubs; (frly) sticks or branches broken and lying on the ground Phonologically Irregular |
| Ra'ivavae | ŋaarahu | Charcoal |
| Ra'ivavae | ŋare | To float on the surface; to flood over, overflow the surface of Problematic |
| Ra'ivavae | ŋaa/rea/rea | To have a gay, noisy time; a good time, enjoyable racket |
| Ra'ivavae | ŋaro | To vanish, disappear, be lost; (frly) to die; to be hidden, unnoticed, forgotten; secret |
| Ra'ivavae | ŋaru | A comber, breaking wave |
| Ra'ivavae | ŋatae | The coral-tree, Erythrina indica |
| Ra'ivavae | ŋatete | To jingle, rattle |
| Ra'ivavae | ŋati | To tie with a noosed rope, tie tightly; constrict, grip tightly; noose... |
| Ra'ivavae | ŋau | To chew |
| Ra'ivavae | ŋaaʔau | The bowels, entrails, vitals, viscera |
| Ra'ivavae | ŋaʔi | To occupy oneself with, apply oneself devotedly or intently to, strive for...; to fulfill, carry out Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Ra'ivavae | ŋaʔi | To avenge, as an unprovoked asssassination or slaughter |
| Ra'ivavae | ŋaʔo | The fat of certain animals, birds, fish, crustacea |
| Ra'ivavae | ŋere | To be deprived; to be not, not to be; to sequestrate ceremonially (as young maidens of the hare-nunu); to take prisoner, imprison, shut into |
| Ra'ivavae | ŋio | Wrinkled, shriveled; contracted, as the mouth of an orifice; the anus |
| Ra'ivavae | ŋohie | Easy, facile, yielding; without difficulty; pleasant, agreeable; (frly) sure, infallible |
| Ra'ivavae | ŋoio | The noddy tern, Anous stolidus |
| Ra'ivavae | ŋo/ŋoro | To snore |
| Ra'ivavae | ŋoro | To make a gurgling sound Phonologically Irregular |
| Ra'ivavae | ŋoru | Soft, as the body; fat |
| Ra'ivavae | ŋoru | To swell, expand, become hard or tumid Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Ra'ivavae | ŋote | To suck |
| Ra'ivavae | ŋootu | The cunnus (a vulgar form) Phonologically Irregular |
| Ra'ivavae | ŋuŋu/ŋuŋu | Chronic rheumatism |
| Ra'ivavae | ŋuru | To groan, sigh; rumble; murmur, mutter, growl |
| Ra'ivavae | ŋutu, nutu | The lip; beak, bill; (frly) the tip of a spear |
| Ra'ivavae | Haa | To breathe; breath |
| Ra'ivavae | Haa/haa | Gasp, pant, breathe with difficulty |
| Ra'ivavae | Haa | Four |
| Ra'ivavae | Haa | Sacred |
| Ra'ivavae | Haa | The leaf of a monocotyledonous plant which has a sheath-formed base (e.g. taro, coconut); the sheathe-formed end of the petiole; (frly) a leaf-stalk, petiole... |
| Ra'ivavae | Hae | To be beside oneself with anger...to be in a towering passion; enraged, as a beast |
| Ra'ivavae | Hae | To be torn, lacerated, streaked |
| Ra'ivavae | Haa/hae | To tear, strip off, as leaves |
| Ra'ivavae | Mahae | Torn, lacerated |
| Ra'ivavae | Piihae | To tear, separate a leaf into strips by running the fingernail through it longitudinally; to split bamboo into strips; to split or strip off by means of anything sharp |
| Ra'ivavae | Haere | To go, proceed, walk; to go away; (M) here and there; everywhere |
| Ra'ivavae | Haŋa | To make, build; to create; (mod.) to prepare, get ready |
| Ra'ivavae | Haaŋai | To feed, nourish |
| Ra'ivavae | Haŋamea | The grouper, Epinephelus sp. |
| Ra'ivavae | Haŋo, (mod.) hano | To go, proceed; (Es) to penetrate deeply into Phonologically Irregular |
| Ra'ivavae | Haŋo | Having a nasal impediment; snuffling, obstructed (as the voice)... |
| Ra'ivavae | Haahaa | To feel, grope about |
| Ra'ivavae | Haharua | A variety of giant ray: the manta |
