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 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