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 | Hiŋo | To look, regard, observe (FAG) |
| Tuamotu | Kooaa | To split apart, open out; to thin out, as trees; an area, space between objects; the mesh of a net (VHI,ANA) |
| Tuamotu | Pukaa | ? Eagerness, impatience, breathlessness |
| Tuamotu | A/pukaa | Eagerly, breathlessly, head-over-heels, frantically |
| Tuamotu | Makuroa | A variety of tropic bird: it has two long filamentous tail feathers of pure white, instead of red) |
| Tuamotu | Tuetue | Sturdy (as a strongly built ship); stubby, having rounded rather than sharp/narrow ends (of canoe); broad, thick, solid, dumpy (of persons) |
| Tuamotu | Tue | A fold, lump of flesh; protuberance, excrescence |
| Tuamotu | Heka | Pale, light, faded (of colour) Phonologically Irregular |
| Tuamotu | Heka/heka | Light gray, blond, or straw-coloured (said of the hair); faded, washed-out, discolored, pale, light (of colour) Phonologically Irregular |
| Tuamotu | V/aki/v/aki | White; as a turtle egg |
| Tuamotu | Veka | The sun (obs.) |
| Tuamotu | Veka/veka | Hot, burning, as the rays of the sun |
| Tuamotu | Hoo/karekare | To be qualmish, feel sick to the stomach, slightly nauseated... |
| Tuamotu | Keŋa | ? Red, red-hot, flushed red Problematic |
| Tuamotu | Keu | To commence to move (said of a child in the womb, just as labor commences). |
| Tuamotu | ŋaareu | To move, ply vigorously (as the cunnus, thighs in sexual intercourse) Phonologically Irregular |
| Tuamotu | Maari(ari) | To gleam, sparkle |
| Tuamotu | Puku | Hill |
| Tuamotu | Hunooŋa | A child-in-law |
| Tuamotu | Taapena | A sacrificial offering or victim (animal or human)... Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tuamotu | Uakao (TKU, FAG) | A variety of bird; the booby, Sula. |
| Tuamotu | A/kahi (ANA) | One Problematic |
| Tuamotu | Maa/kui | The parents... |
| Tuamotu | Pehi/ia | Beaten down, crushed, pelted (as with blows or stones) |
| Tuamotu | Pehi | Pelt with stones, throw a missile at |
| Tuamotu | Pehi/ia | Beaten down, crushed, pelted (as with blows or stones) |
| Tuamotu | Taarere | To swing a person off his feet; to swing freely, off the ground...to float unsupported, as a cloud...a swing. |
| Tuamotu | Tau/hani | To fondle, caress, nuzzle; as man or beast when moved by the mating instinct |
| Tuamotu | Kapa(kapa) | The side |
| Tuamotu | Kapa/pa | A long line, rank, file (of persons, animals); to stand in a line |
