Entries from Shibata 1999 in Pollex-Online

Shibata, N. (1999). Mangaian-English Dictionary. Rarotonga, Cook Islands Library and Museum Society.

Language Item Description
Mangaia Na/nave Delight, pleasurable, enjoy, have orgasm
Mangaia Nono Indian mulberry (Morinda citrifera)
Mangaia Koorare Javelin (a weapon in premissionary times)
Penrhyn Pi/piro Pus
Penrhyn Piro To be old and smell bad
Mangaia Patu A wooden sword
Mangaia Poito Float-fishing in which hooks on short lines are attached to floats (Cek)
Mangaia ʔAaroo Peep out; stretch one's head (to see something distant; stretch one's hand (to take something)
Mangaia ʔOra Poisonous, poison; catch fish using a fish poison
Mangaia ʔOopii Gonorrhea
Mangaia ʔUu Break wind, fart
Mangaia Uaavare Saliva
Mangaia Taa Term of address to males (Mka)
Mangaia Tangaroa 'Long chin'. A deity, elder brother of Rongo, son of Vaatea. Son of Vaatea and Papa, younger twin brother of Rongo (Tgr).
Mangaia Taane The 26th night of the lunar month
Mangaia Taatou We (inc.)
Mangaia Taaua We two (inc)
Mangaia Taiʔinu, tauʔinu Tree sp. (Tournefortia argentea)
Mangaia Tinirau A legendary personage, the Lord of Fishes...
Mangaia Toorea Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis dominica)
Mangaia Tuaʔine Man's sister
Mangaia Tua âtea Rough sea, foaming sea, white-crested waves
Mangaia Tungane Woman's brother
Mangaia Vinivini Grieve; terrified, afraid; terrible, horrible
Mangaia Utunga Fine, penalty, forfeit
Mangaia Vaaenga Fragment, piece, half; middle, in the middle
Mangaia ʔAkairo Givea mark to, put a mark on (e.g. pigs, coconut trees); mark, sign, omen
Mangaia ʔAaniva/niva Shimmer (of heat waves)
Penrhyn Aasanga To be far away (vaguely); distant land
Mangaia Taarii Suspend, hang
Mangaia Rava(a)kai Fisherman, expert in fishing
Mangaia Kaunuunu The month of September
Mangaia Muriaʔa The month of April to May (obs)
Mangaia Aaiti Narrow
Mangaia Ito Excellently, to a very high extent
Mangaia ʔAkaata Mirror
Mangaia Matie Green; hard-stalked grasses and sedges in general (those having softer stalks called mauku)
Mangaia Mauku Soft-stalked grasses and sedges in general (mostly introduced as fodder grasses); water-grass (purple flower, good for feeding pigs)
Mangaia Orongaa Nettle tree (Urtica argentea) (Bark used for cordage in former days.)
Mangaia Pooʔutu-aa-kava, puu-ʔutu-oo-kava, pooʔatu kava Silver bush (Sophora tomentosa)
Mangaia Mootiʔa Open place ["a vast place with nothing in"]
Mangaia Puu ʔeke Octopus head
Mangaia Kautaa Stiff Uncertain Semantic Connection
Penrhyn Kakano Width
Mangaia ʔAna Come, go Phonologically Irregular
Penrhyn Iho Slip
Mangaia Puupuu Heap, pile, congregation
Mangaia ʔApa-rangi Half fine and half cloudy
Mangaia Kakenga Stone steps in the cliff
Mangaia Mei, mee Like, resembling, approximately, nearly Problematic