Entries from Stimson 1964 in Pollex-Online
Stimson, J. F. (1964). A Dictionary of Some Tuamotuan Dialects of the Polynesian Language. The Hague, Martinus Nijhoff.
Language | Item | Description |
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Tuamotu | Raŋahau | Pursue, seek, search out |
Tuamotu | Raŋatira | Chief of lesser rank than ariki |
Tuamotu | Raŋi | Sky, heavens, abode of the gods; the head |
Tuamotu | Raŋo | Fly (insect) |
Tuamotu | Raŋo | Place rollers (under canoe), place supports (under structure) |
Tuamotu | Rai | Cavally sp. Carangue leurre (Scomberoides lysan) (Bct). |
Tuamotu | Raka | A sacred one, sacredness; holu, sacred; fearsome, grisly etc. |
Tuamotu | Raakau | In several nights of the lunar cycle (9-10, 20-22). Nights of waning moon (18-20 or 19-21; 22-24 (Napuka) (Aud). |
Tuamotu | Raakau | Tree, bush, plant |
Tuamotu | Raakei | Decorated, to be, string together |
Tuamotu | Raki | Wind from south-westerly quadrant |
Tuamotu | Rako | Be illumined with the clear white light of day; white, pale, light-coloured |
Tuamotu | Raku | Scratch, scrape |
Tuamotu | Ra/raku/ | Scratch with fingernails |
Tuamotu | Rara | Cook over fire, grill, smoke |
Tuamotu | Rara | To turn off to one side, as a path |
Tuamotu | Rari | Wet |
Tuamotu | Rari | A kind of fish, of variegated colours |
Tuamotu | Raro | Below, under |
Tuamotu | Raro | West, south |
Tuamotu | Raaua | Third person dual independent pronoun |
Tuamotu | Rama | Torch, fishing with torches |
Tuamotu | Rano | Great flood |
Tuamotu | Ranu | Amniotic fluid |
Tuamotu | Rapa | To be spread, flattened out |
Tuamotu | Rapa | Flash of lightning |
Tuamotu | Rapu | Knead, mix to a pulp |
Tuamotu | Rahi | Numerous |
Tuamotu | Raho | Scrotum, testicle |
Tuamotu | Rahu | Bring forth, bring into being Problematic |
Tuamotu | Rata | Tame, docile |
Tuamotu | Raatuu | Set out on night voyage |
Tuamotu | Rau | Leaf |
Tuamotu | Rau | Countless, indefinite number, innumerable |
Tuamotu | Rau | Catch in net |
Tuamotu | Rau | Hundred |
Tuamotu | Raufara | The young leaves of the pandanus when used for matting or hat-making (TAK, ANA, NAP) a mature pandanus tree; of some eight or more feet in height (NAP) |
Tuamotu | Roouru | Hair (Obs.) |
Tuamotu | Raupaa | Dry fronds hanging down from coconut palm Problematic |
Tuamotu | Rautao | The leaves covering an earth-oven |
Tuamotu | Raatou, raatau | Third person plural independent pronoun |
Tuamotu | Rave | Take, take hold of, grasp, snatch |
Tuamotu | Rea | Murmur, speak |
Tuamotu | Ka/rehe/ | Labia majora when they have been manipulated ...until lengthened into heavy folds |
Tuamotu | Rehe/ŋa | Cunnus |
Tuamotu | Rehe | Creased, folded |
Tuamotu | Rehe | Creased, folded |
Tuamotu | Rehu | Ashes |
Tuamotu | Rehu | Dim, obscure |
Tuamotu | Rehua | A star, ? Antares |