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 | Ano | Lonely, desolate |
Tuamotu | Anu | Cold |
Tuamotu | Anu | To spit, spittle, saliva |
Tuamotu | Anuanua | Rainbow |
Tuamotu | Anuhe | Mountain fern variety |
Tuamotu | Anuhe | Caterpillar |
Tuamotu | Ao | Gleaming cloud (Obs.) |
Tuamotu | Aoa | To emit a single howl |
Tuamotu | ʔAo | An onomatopoetic imitation of the bark of a dog (borrowed from TAH) |
Tuamotu | Aoraŋi | The house of Tane-atua |
Tuamotu | Apiapi | Crowded |
Tuamotu | Api | Close together Problematic |
Tuamotu | Apu | To grip, grasp |
Tuamotu | Ahi | Sandalwood (Santalum spp.) |
Tuamotu | Ata | Dawn |
Tuamotu | Ata | Shadow, reflection |
Tuamotu | Atarau | A cloud-cap |
Tuamotu | Taariki | Set apart for-, acted upon by- the nobles; hence noble, chiefly, princely Uncertain Semantic Connection |
Tuamotu | Ate | Heart |
Tuamotu | Atea | Clear, open, unobstructed |
Tuamotu | Kau/ati | Lower frictioning stick of fire-plough |
Tuamotu | Aati | A knot in a braid of hair Uncertain Semantic Connection |
Tuamotu | Tuu/ati/ | To be joined end to end |
Tuamotu | Ato | Ascend (as cloud rising into view) |
Tuamotu | Ato | Thatch |
Tuamotu | Atu | Away from speaker |
Tuamotu | Atu | Bonito (Obs.) |
Tuamotu | Atua | Deity |
Tuamotu | Ature | Fish sp |
Tuamotu | (V)au | First person singular pronoun (Focus) |
Tuamotu | Auahi | Fire |
Tuamotu | Aue | Bewail, lament |
Tuamotu | Ava | Pass, channel in a reef, port, harbour |
Tuamotu | Ava | Fish sp. (also called patii) |
Tuamotu | Avatea | Late morning to early afternoon |
Tuamotu | Ave | The tail of a kite; a feeler of a certain variety of jellyfish; long hairs, as on a dog's tail; long streamers of cloud... |
Tuamotu | Ave | The tail of a comet |
Tuamotu | E | Verbal particle, incipient action/condition |
Tuamotu | E | Preposed agent marker |
Tuamotu | ʔEe | Yes indeed |
Tuamotu | Ea | Emerge, appear, rise |
Tuamotu | Ehu | Covered with ripples |
Tuamotu | E(e)ie | These, these ones |
Tuamotu | Rehi | Coconut in its fifth growth stage |
Tuamotu | Emi | Show fear, quail, shrink from danger |
Tuamotu | Ene | Poke (e.g. fish in hole) w. finger etc |
Tuamotu | Veoveo | To have the odour of urine Phonologically Irregular |
Tuamotu | Ehi | Pursue, drive away (Obs.) |
Tuamotu | Eve | Womb |
Tuamotu | Faa | Four |