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 | Tipi/tipi | The hip; the side, just over the hip bone (NAP,FAG); the leg (ROI) |
| Tuamotu | Puukao | To rise up, emerge out of; to come into view, as a ship above the horizon or smoke above trees |
| Tuamotu | Raakau | A medicine, remedy; to administer medicine, to dress wounds |
| Tuamotu | Raakau | A stick, twig; any piece of wood; wood in general, a log; (coll.) a spear, weapon; the phallus |
| Tuamotu | Toro | To extend, extrude (outwards, endwise); to stretch out, to protrude; to thrust, propel... |
| Tuamotu | E(e) | Connective particle |
| Tuamotu | Ee | All the way to, as far as (VHI) Phonologically Irregular |
| Tuamotu | Raumanu | A flock, countless number, of circling, hovering birds |
| Tuamotu | Raumanu/hia | Accompanied by aflock of hovering birds; said when birds follow and feed upon a school of fish |
| Tuamotu | Raukava | Some part of the sacred regalia of a chief or high priest |
| Tuamotu | Tiipuu | To split in the middle with a sharp blow |
| Tuamotu | Tuukau | A social overlord, predominant chief...; a steward, mate; the housekeeper of an *ariki* |
| Tuamotu | Hakamahara | To consider/ponder the words of another...to call to memory... |
| Tuamotu | Fakaturi | To fornicate, commit adultery (ANA) |
| Tuamotu | Huri/popoo | A hurricane, cyclone |
| Tuamotu | Maaoro (VTU, ANA) | To fondle, caress with the hand |
| Tuamotu | ŋutu/aa/fare | A family, home, home circle (ANA, VHI) |
| Tuamotu | Vai | To be, exist; to be permanent, in position; to remain, continue |
| Tuamotu | Vai/haŋa | A location, resting place; a place where anything is |
| Tuamotu | Vai/raŋa | A depository, repository; a place where anything is put or deposited |
| Tuamotu | Tuku | To descend |
| Tuamotu | Tuku | To loose, let go; give, deliver up; allow |
| Tuamotu | Vini | To smart, sting, as from the blow of a switch; to shudder, wriggle, be convulsed |
| Tuamotu | Vareeŋa | Forgetfulness; unconscious |
| Tuamotu | Vareeŋa i te piko | To fall asleep |
| Tuamotu | Vae | The rib of a boat (VTU, ANA) |
| Tuamotu | Taavai | To wet, moisten |
| Tuamotu | Taaparu | To beg, ask for (as food, a favor), to solicit |
| Tuamotu | Rorooa | Fish sp. (Acanthocybium solandri) |
| Tuamotu | Roro | Fish sp. (has deep blue back, white belly, and roundish body) |
| Tuamotu | Roeroe | A variety of large, long, roundish fish Phonologically Irregular |
| Tuamotu | Taamore/more | To make smooth, to level, equalize |
| Tuamotu | A/pae | A side; the whole region on one side; the outside, space around |
| Tuamotu | Riire | To be perfect, unblemished, splendid...bright, shining... |
| Tuamotu | Tau/toru, tai/toru | Orion's belt (a star cluster) |
| Tuamotu | Fata | To lay out in rows, as of fish (ANA) |
| Tuamotu | Huki | To suffer the prenatal pains of child-birth; to have a cramp; to feel a pricking sensation... |
| Tuamotu | Uki | To strike, rub on a rough surface (as a match) |
| Tuamotu | Hiki | Set out, move, go from one place to another, migrate |
| Tuamotu | Nanu | To mumble, murmur indistinctly; indistinct, inarticulate (of voice) |
| Tuamotu | Hakapiri | To cling, keep close to |
| Tuamotu | Tuupere | To eat to repletion, until surfeited Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tuamotu | Tuupere | To pry, prick, break out the meat of a coconut |
| Tuamotu | Kia | Until, when |
| Tuamotu | Kakau | A shaft, handle, helve |
| Tuamotu | Reka | Perfectly, beautifully, admirably; completely (in the intensive sense) |
| Tuamotu | Makeke | To be incensed with a person for an act of aggression against one's own children |
| Tuamotu | Mateeŋa | Death, decease; the act of dying |
| Tuamotu | Teka | Strut, crossing-piece used on the *hopai* [scoop-net] |
