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 | Miro | (Thespesia populnea) |
Tuamotu | Miro | Twist (by hand), spin (by rolling thread on hip) |
Tuamotu | Mi | Urinate (Obs.) |
Tuamotu | Mina | Desire |
Tuamotu | Mihi | Grieve for |
Tuamotu | Mita | Make a kissing, clicking sound with the lips Uncertain Semantic Connection |
Tuamotu | Miti | Suck, lick |
Tuamotu | Miti | Salt water |
Tuamotu | Mo(o) | Consecrated to, for (Obs.) |
Tuamotu | Moa | Fowl |
Tuamotu | Moaŋa | A fish (Parupeneus sp.) |
Tuamotu | Mo/mooa/ | Fish sp |
Tuamotu | Moana | The ocean, the high seas, far from land |
Tuamotu | Moemoeaa | A dream |
Tuamotu | Moe nanu | Talk in one's sleep |
Tuamotu | Moe | Sleep |
Tuamotu | Moee?a | A sleeping place, bed, large sleeping mat |
Tuamotu | Moka(moka) | White |
Tuamotu | Moko | Lizard |
Tuamotu | Mokoraa | A wild duck |
Tuamotu | Mokopiro | Dimples in small of back just above rectum |
Tuamotu | Mokopuna | Grandchild |
Tuamotu | Moore | Exterminated, depopulated, to be |
Tuamotu | More(More) | Smooth |
Tuamotu | More | Taproot |
Tuamotu | Moorehu | Dark-grey, dusky = maa(re)rehu |
Tuamotu | Mori | Coconut oil; a lamp made of half of a coconut shell |
Tuamotu | Mori papuua | A candle |
Tuamotu | Mori | Worship |
Tuamotu | Moorire | Woman, wife Problematic |
Tuamotu | Marire | A young woman Problematic |
Tuamotu | Momi | Swallow, suck |
Tuamotu | Momona | Savoury, sweet-tasting |
Tuamotu | Mono | Plugged |
Tuamotu | Mono | Take place of, substitute for |
Tuamotu | Mohemohe | Plant sp |
Tuamotu | Moho | To bud, break out into leaves |
Tuamotu | Mootea | Pale, whitish |
Tuamotu | Moto(moto) | Strike with fist |
Tuamotu | Motoro | Secretly seek out the bed of a woman to win consent to sexual intercourse |
Tuamotu | Motu | Severed |
Tuamotu | Motu | Island |
Tuamotu | Muu | (Monotaxis grandoculis) |
Tuamotu | Muu | To be, or become silent |
Tuamotu | Tuu/muu, tii/muu | Blunt, dull |
Tuamotu | Mua | The front, forepart, of place; the former, past, of time |
Tuamotu | Muaakia | Thoroughly chewed, masticated (as food pre-chewed for feeding to small children) Borrowed |
Tuamotu | Muheke | Squid |
Tuamotu | Muko | Edible core of new growth at base of young pandanus leaves |
Tuamotu | Muko | White heart, pith of the coconut tree; a white variety of pearlshell |