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 | 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 |