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 Poko Snapping sound
Tuamotu Pokopoko Vagina
Tuamotu Poora Mat of dried Pandanus leaf
Tuamotu Pora A shelter placed over the thwarts of a canoe to protect the crew from rain or spray; a shed-like structure erected on the deck ofthe pahi, or on a plantform extending across both hulls of a two-hulled ship Uncertain Semantic Connection
Tuamotu Pore Desire v
Tuamotu Pooreho Variety of sea-shell
Tuamotu Pori Wrinkle, fold, as of skin with fat
Tuamotu Haka/pori/ Fatten by special feeding
Tuamotu Poro/poro Plant sp. (Solanum)
Tuamotu Poro Proclaim, announce
Tuamotu Porutu Repel or check by a sign of the hand, as an unwelcome advance or displeasing remark; to trim down the edge of a strake or plank Problematic
Tuamotu Pona Knot, joint, swelling
Tuamotu Pooniu Dead, decayed coconut or ngatae tree Uncertain Semantic Connection
Tuamotu Pono Direct truly or straight ahead
Tuamotu Popo Decay
Tuamotu Popo Pointed, sharp
Tuamotu Poopoo Ball
Tuamotu Pohe Die
Tuamotu Pota Edible greens
Tuamotu Poo tangotango Intensely dark (of night); Kiho dwelt in the Poo-tangotango-i-Hawaiki (Stimson 1933:12)
Tuamotu Pootaka A kind of top; a ring, circle; an instrument similar to the fire-drill; oval, round; encircled; to fly in circles, to spin around...
Tuamotu Poti Surround
Tuamotu Poti/poti Any small cockroach
Tuamotu Po/poti Small black variety of Cockroach
Tuamotu Pootiki Niece, nephew, beloved child, boy or girl child
Tuamotu Poto Short
Tuamotu Potu Ridge covering
Tuamotu Pou Post
Tuamotu Pouri Dark(ness)
Tuamotu Poouto Wooden float for net or line
Tuamotu Puu Trumpet
Tuamotu Puu Prefix of origination, come out of, issue forth
Tuamotu Pua Blossom out, flower
Tuamotu Puaŋa A star
Tuamotu Puuaka Pig
Tuamotu Puaki Overflow (of river) Problematic
Tuamotu Puuahiohio Whirlwind, column of whirling dust
Tuamotu Puuehu Dust, scattered
Tuamotu Puufenuua Placenta
Tuamotu Puuhenuua Placenta
Tuamotu Puŋa Coral rock
Tuamotu Puŋa Lump, knob, protuberance
Tuamotu Puŋaaverevere Cobweb
Tuamotu Puka (Pisonia umbelifera) ?, (Pisonia grandis) ?. Pisonia grandis (Sct).
Tuamotu Pukatea (Pisonia)
Tuamotu Puke Mound, heap up
Tuamotu Puke Well up
Tuamotu Puku Protuberance, lump, swelling, hill
Tuamotu Pura Glow with unsteady light
Tuamotu Pura Any small foreign substance in the eye