Entries from Shibata 2003 in Pollex-Online
Shibata, N. (2003). Penrhyn-English Dictionary. Kyoto, ELPR.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Penrhyn | Taumaha | Curse |
| Penrhyn | Taumata | Eyebrow ridge |
| Penrhyn | Taume | Dry flower sheath; flower sheath of coconut tree, spathe enclosing flowers |
| Penrhyn | Tautai | Fishing |
| Penrhyn | Tauturu | Help, assist |
| Penrhyn | Tavake | Tropic Bird (Phaeton sp.) |
| Penrhyn | Tavatava | Scaleless tuna, smooth tuna (Gymnosarda unicolor) |
| Penrhyn | Takaviri | Roll, twist; sprain, dislocate; come off (flesh of cooked fish) Problematic |
| Penrhyn | Taaviri | Wring, squeeze and strain Problematic |
| Penrhyn | Te | Definite article |
| Penrhyn | Tee | Particle marking continuity of action in progress |
| Penrhyn | Tea | White |
| Penrhyn | Tehe | Superincise; castrate |
| Penrhyn | Tei | Preposed particle marking present position: at |
| Penrhyn | Teeia | This (this one with me, this one by me) |
| Penrhyn | Tekau | Classifier for Coconuts; twenty (10 pairs), score (used for counting fish, pearl shells, coconuts and pandanus leaves) |
| Penrhyn | Teki | To hop |
| Penrhyn | Pere/teki | Hopscotch |
| Penrhyn | Tere | Peel, cut with a knife |
| Penrhyn | Tere | Sail; swim (of fish) |
| Penrhyn | Tere | Tour group from other islands; tour in group |
| Penrhyn | Tii | Ti plant (Cordyline terminalis) |
| Penrhyn | Rau/tii | Introduced shrub sp. (Cordyline terminalis) |
| Penrhyn | Tia | Stake; wedge, stuff, filling; used coral stones |
| Penrhyn | Tiaki | To guard; wait for, attend |
| Penrhyn | Tiare | Gardenia; flower |
| Penrhyn | Tiiha/i | To patch |
| Penrhyn | Tihitihi | (Alectus ciliaris), (Zebrasoma veliferum); butterflyfishes (Chaetodon spp.) |
| Penrhyn | Tiikeikei | Squat Phonologically Irregular |
| Penrhyn | Tiki | Image, carving |
| Penrhyn | Tiko | To shit |
| Penrhyn | Tira | Mast |
| Penrhyn | Tiiroe | The first night of the lunar month, the new moon, moonless night |
| Penrhyn | Timo | (Play with) knucklebones, jumble stones, beanbags |
| Penrhyn | Tumu/tumu | Muscles |
| Penrhyn | Tinana | Dam (of animals) |
| Penrhyn | Tini | Very many |
| Penrhyn | Tino | Body; ground (of texture or cloth) |
| Penrhyn | Taapaapaa | To lie with the face downward Problematic |
| Penrhyn | Tipi | Knife (in general) |
| Penrhyn | Tiipuu-hia | Cut, sever; cutting blow with edge of *korare* spear |
| Penrhyn | Tiha | Sneeze Problematic |
| Penrhyn | Ma/tihe/ | Sneeze Problematic |
| Penrhyn | Titi | Skirt made of coconut leaves; kind of loincloth for women; dancing costume for both sexes, made from puurau, rito, etc. decorated with akeake |
| Penrhyn | Too | Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) |
| Penrhyn | Too, toou | 2nd person singular definite subordinate possessive: you, yours. /toou/ used when no noun afterwards, or when emphasized contrastively |
| Penrhyn | Too | Possessive particle |
| Penrhyn | Toa | Ironwood tree (Casuarina equisetifolia) |
| Penrhyn | Toa | Brave |
| Penrhyn | Toe | Remain |
