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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tuamotu | Matara | Untied, undone |
| Tuamotu | Matariki | The Pleiades; the star Capella in the Pleiades, believed to be the king of the stars; the name of a god |
| Tuamotu | Mataamua | Ancient times; earliest times; commencement |
| Tuamotu | Maataataa | Split, crack, partially but in many places |
| Tuamotu | Matau | Fishhook |
| Tuamotu | Maatau | Understand |
| Tuamotu | Mate | Die |
| Tuamotu | Mate | Unconscious |
| Tuamotu | Mate | Extinguished |
| Tuamotu | Mati | Shrub with red berry |
| Tuamotu | Matikao | The claw, nail, talon of birds and beasts |
| Tuamotu | Matikuku | Fingernail or toenail |
| Tuamotu | Maatiro | Crave food; beg for food |
| Tuamotu | Mato | Steep, precipitous; a cliff |
| Tuamotu | Maatohi | An arc of a circle |
| Tuamotu | Maatou | We (exc.) |
| Tuamotu | Matua | Mature, ripe |
| Tuamotu | Matuua | Old person |
| Tuamotu | Metua | Parent |
| Tuamotu | Maatuku | White Heron |
| Tuamotu | Mau | Fixed, constant, permanent, continuing, lasting |
| Tuamotu | Mau | Hold firmly |
| Tuamotu | Maaua | We two (exc) |
| Tuamotu | Maua/tea | Brown Booby Problematic |
| Tuamotu | Maauŋa | Mountain |
| Tuamotu | Moouŋa | Mountain |
| Tuamotu | Maaui/ui | To suffer pain |
| Tuamotu | Maaui | Left (not right) |
| Tuamotu | Maaui | Legendary hero |
| Tuamotu | Mou | Annihilated, exterminated, utterly destroyed Problematic |
| Tuamotu | Maauri | Darkish, gloomy Problematic |
| Tuamotu | Mauri/kero | The name of a star Problematic |
| Tuamotu | Maunu | Withdraw, slip out (e.g. crustacean shedding skin); take off clothes |
| Tuamotu | Mautini | Gourd, pumpkin (Chl) |
| Tuamotu | Maavae | Divide, separate, part (partially, a little way) |
| Tuamotu | Me | Conjunctive particle; with; a connective |
| Tuamotu | Mea | Reddish |
| Tuamotu | Mea | Thing |
| Tuamotu | Meŋe | Shrivelled, deformed, undeveloped |
| Tuamotu | Mere | Discard, reject (of unwanted/defective object) |
| Tuamotu | Mere | The name of a star; said to change color from red to yellow and white; ? Antares |
| Tuamotu | Mero/mero | Fish with light, bright reddish skin |
| Tuamotu | Mene/mene | Round Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tuamotu | Mehameha | Fear, dread, be frightened, terrified at anything imminent but invisible |
| Tuamotu | Meto | Destroy, extinguish (as life) |
| Tuamotu | Meto/meto | Destructive of life; destroying |
| Tuamotu | Miŋo/miŋo | Wrinkled, shrivelled up |
| Tuamotu | Mira | Viscous matter; semen |
| Tuamotu | Miri | Rub, stroke with fingers, smooth out; smear, anoint with oil |
| Tuamotu | Miri | Embalm a corpse. Basil (Ocimum sp.) (Sct). |
