Entries from Stimson n.d. in Pollex-Online
Stimson, Frank (n.d.) Ra'ivavaean Dictionary. Typescript.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ra'ivavae | Hava | Slime; slimy |
| Ra'ivavae | Havaʔe | A variety of black sea urchin having short, thick blunt spines |
| Ra'ivavae | Havaiʔi | The name of the ancient homeland in the Netherworld |
| Ra'ivavae | Haʔa | To make violent physical motions...; to struggle, fight;...to dance; a war-dance... |
| Ra'ivavae | Haʔa | Low, not high; a variety of low plant or shrub |
| Ra'ivavae | Haʔaea | To cease, stop, desist; to pause; to remain |
| Ra'ivavae | Haʔamaa | To feel a sense of shame or humiliation; (int.) shame on you! |
| Ra'ivavae | Haʔapaʔo | Take care of, look out for; pay attention to...obey...act with care... Phonologically Irregular |
| Ra'ivavae | Haʔari | The coconut tree (Cocos nucifera) and its fruit |
| Ra'ivavae | Haʔarua | The name of a light wind from the northwest |
| Ra'ivavae | Haʔa/taha | To wheel, soar (as a bird) |
| Ra'ivavae | Haʔatee | To blow the nose; to squeeze or press out fluid |
| Ra'ivavae | Haʔatemu | To cause oneself to draw back; (int.) Withdraw! retire! (the command used by a dance-leader to stop a formal dance-figure) Problematic |
| Ra'ivavae | Haʔa/uta | To transport (usually on a canoe or boat); to transport or carry a corpse |
| Ra'ivavae | Haʔa/ʔoromaʔi | To bear up under suffering, anguish or disaster; patient, enduring, long-suffering, brave under adversity |
| Ra'ivavae | Haʔi | To hurl a stone or missile; to loose, let go |
| Ra'ivavae | Mahaʔi | To fall, as ripe fruit; to collapse, crumble in ruins, as a mountain |
| Ra'ivavae | ʔOohaʔi | Stone, rock Phonologically Irregular |
| Ra'ivavae | Haʔi | To strip a leaf from a stalk or branch |
| Ra'ivavae | Haaʔi | Display, demonstrate, show; reveal, disclose; (mod.) confess |
| Ra'ivavae | Haaʔiri/ʔiri | To detest, abhor; detestable, abhorrent; slovenly, disorderly Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Ra'ivavae | Haʔiʔa | A variety of tree, the mountain- or rose-apple (Eugenia malaccensis)... Phonologically Irregular |
| Ra'ivavae | Haʔu | To expel, as smoke from the nose Phonologically Irregular |
| Ra'ivavae | Haʔuraa | Swordfish, black marlin |
| Ra'ivavae | Hee | Wrong, mistaken; to make a mistake; stray, go astray, miss or lose the way |
| Ra'ivavae | Heŋu | To blow sharply through the hose; to snort, as a pig or horse; to ejaculate semen |
| Ra'ivavae | Hei | To be encircled, caught, enmeshed (as in a net); hooked, as a fish; to encircle; to catch fish |
| Ra'ivavae | Heiva | A figure dance in which concentric circles of dancers move in opposite directions... |
| Ra'ivavae | Heiva | The delivery of a child; the labor of childbirth... Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Ra'ivavae | Hemo | To be out-distanced, overcome, surpassed (as in a contest or sport); to be vanquished, subdued, overcome |
| Ra'ivavae | Henua | Land, country; soil, earth |
| Ra'ivavae | Henua (mod. puu-henua) | The placenta |
| Ra'ivavae | Heo | A variety of coral rock; it is hard, slightly rough on the surface but close-garined and heavy, whitish or light gray in color... |
| Ra'ivavae | Hera | Twisted to one side (as the navel); wry (as an eye) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Ra'ivavae | Tuuhera | To lie down on the back, spreading the legs apart, as in readiness for coitus (used principally in erotic chants and religious discourse) |
| Ra'ivavae | Here | Beloved, dear; to love with tenderness and deep affection, as a parent; sweetheart, loved one, darling |
| Ra'ivavae | Here | A slip-noose, running knot; to ensnare, surround; tie up, fasten with cords... |
| Ra'ivavae | Heru | To scratch up earth or surface rubbish from here and there |
| Ra'ivavae | Paheru | To poke about, rummage; to dash about catching up fish, as in a net... |
| Ra'ivavae | Hetuu | A star |
| Ra'ivavae | Hetu/ave | A comet |
| Ra'ivavae | Heu | To lift off, remove (as a cover of a native oven); (obs.) to turn over (as a page, edge of a mat) |
| Ra'ivavae | Heva | To weep, lament, wail;to mourn; to howl (of dogs); a dirge, death-chant |
| Ra'ivavae | Heʔe | To fall, descend; slip down, plunge |
| Ra'ivavae | Heʔe | To drip, seep, percolate; to evacuate, defecate; to purge; to ebb (of the tide) |
| Ra'ivavae | Haʔaheʔe | To slide down, as on a slope of dry grass or a wave; to cause oneself to slide down |
| Ra'ivavae | Paheʔe | To slip down, fall; to slide, as on anything slippery, or from a height |
| Ra'ivavae | Heʔeheʔe | Elephantiasis; the extreme stage of filariasis |
| Ra'ivavae | Heʔiʔi | To envy, begrudge, be jealous of |
| Ra'ivavae | Hii | To spurt, gush forth; the phallus |
