Entries from Stimson n.d. in Pollex-Online
Stimson, Frank (n.d.) Ra'ivavaean Dictionary. Typescript.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ra'ivavae | Paahii | A spill, rillway; single element of cascades |
| Ra'ivavae | Paahii/hii | The shallow part of the surface of the reef that is washed over by the sea |
| Ra'ivavae | ʔOohii | To gush, spurt out, spout up |
| Ra'ivavae | Hii | To raise, pull, draw up; to rise, emerge, ascend from the abyss |
| Ra'ivavae | Hiaʔai | To hanker for food and drink |
| Ra'ivavae | Hiŋa | To fall (prone or supine), collapse; topple, crash to the ground (as a tree); (frly) to be overcome; to die |
| Ra'ivavae | Hihi | To be entangled, caught (as in a net); to tie or tangle up, as with a net; to be wrapped around; difficult, involved in difficulties |
| Ra'ivavae | Hihi | The crumpled lips of the Tridacna clam Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Ra'ivavae | Hihi | The lashes of the eye; rays of the sun or moon, when above the horizon |
| Ra'ivavae | Hihimata | Eyelashes |
| Ra'ivavae | Hihi | A variety of small univalve mollusk... |
| Ra'ivavae | Himu | A variety of fish Problematic |
| Ra'ivavae | Hina | A great-grandchild... |
| Ra'ivavae | Hinarere | A great-great-grandchild |
| Ra'ivavae | Hiŋa, hina, hiʔa | The vulva Phonologically Irregular |
| Ra'ivavae | Hiina/hiina | Grey hair; grey, white (of the hair) |
| Ra'ivavae | Hinaŋaro | To desire, long for, wish |
| Ra'ivavae | Hinano | The flower of the pandanus Phonologically Irregular |
| Ra'ivavae | Hiinaʔi | A kind of wicker-work basket-trap used to catch small fish, octopus, eels, and to keep shrimp alive |
| Ra'ivavae | Hinu | Oil, fat, grease |
| Ra'ivavae | Hinuhinu | Oily, greasy; shiny; bright, lustrous; splendid, magnificent |
| Ra'ivavae | Hinu | To blow the nose free of snot; to extract snot by blowing or squeezing the nose Phonologically Irregular |
| Ra'ivavae | Hio | To whistle, make a thin, high, penetrating sound |
| Ra'ivavae | Hipa | Awry, off-centre, not straight or perpendicular, askew |
| Ra'ivavae | Hiirara | To lean, lean over, overhang Phonologically Irregular |
| Ra'ivavae | Hiri | To ply or move briskly, energetically |
| Ra'ivavae | Taahiri | To blow, of the wind |
| Ra'ivavae | Taahiri/hiri | To fan; a fan; to blow strongly, of the wind |
| Ra'ivavae | Hiri | To braid; braided |
| Ra'ivavae | Hiri | A bright purplish red dye, made from a mixture of the juices of the innter bark of the candlenut (parai) and of the casuarina tree |
| Ra'ivavae | Hiriiŋa | The month of September |
| Ra'ivavae | Hiro | To make or lay cord by affixing strands end to end and twisting; to twist strands together with the fingers... |
| Ra'ivavae | Hiro | The first or second night of the lunar month, according to varying calendars |
| Ra'ivavae | Hiti | To start, make a sudden movement |
| Ra'ivavae | Hiti | To rise, as the sun, moon, stars; to shine upon, as the light off the sun, moon, stars |
| Ra'ivavae | Hitirere | To be dumbfounded, taken completely by surprise; as by unexpected ill-news |
| Ra'ivavae | Taahiti | To go or leap across, over to a side, border |
| Ra'ivavae | Hitu | Seven |
| Ra'ivavae | Hiu | Bored, wearied, fed-up |
| Ra'ivavae | Hiʔa | To kindle fire by friction, using the fire plough; to rub vigorously |
| Ra'ivavae | Hiʔi | To lift up, raise; to lift up in the arms, as a child; to dandle, jounce, bounce; to carry on the hip |
| Ra'ivavae | Hoo/mai | To give; to suggest a course of action |
| Ra'ivavae | Hoo/atu | To run; to drift Phonologically Irregular |
| Ra'ivavae | Hooa | Friend, comrade, chum; spouse, mistress, lover |
| Ra'ivavae | Haʔahooa | To make friends with, become a comrade of |
| Ra'ivavae | Hooata | To project light-rays above the horizon when below it; said of the moon; to become visible (as after being hidden or covered over)... Problematic |
| Ra'ivavae | Hooata | The second or third night of the lunar month, according to one or another calendar |
| Ra'ivavae | Hoe | A paddle, oar; to paddle a canoe, (frly) to row a boat |
| Ra'ivavae | Hoŋi | To sniff, rub the nose upon the face of another in affection or love |
| Ra'ivavae | Hoŋo | To have the odor of urine |
