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 | Aupuru | Cherish, treat kindly |
Tuamotu | Eke | Mount (v.) |
Tuamotu | Iho | Downwards |
Tuamotu | Ira | A splitting headache; meningitis; a disease of the foot |
Tuamotu | Ira/koohure | An extruding womb after childbirth |
Tuamotu | Iri | To run aground (on beach but not rock); rise, mount up (as canoe on wave); ...rest upon anything with one end elevated |
Tuamotu | Iŋoa | Name |
Tuamotu | Hiva | Remote |
Tuamotu | Iva | Nine |
Tuamotu | Oŋaoŋa | (Fleurya ruderalis), (Adenostema viscosum) |
Tuamotu | Oŋe | Famine |
Tuamotu | Oro | Grate, grind |
Tuamotu | Hoopara | Sit, sit on face of another, squat, fall on top of; clinging, adhering; throw away Borrowed |
Tuamotu | Huŋa | A state or condition of mourning, lamentation for the dead Problematic |
Tuamotu | Ui | Detach, disentangle, unloosen |
Tuamotu | Uri/uri | Pilot Fish (Scomber japonicus) (?) |
Tuamotu | Uru | Enter |
Tuamotu | Ka | Verb aspect marker (Inceptive). Particle of inception... |
Tuamotu | Ka | When (relative)... |
Tuamotu | Ka/hini, ka/hiri | If...had |
Tuamotu | Kaa | Screech (of birds) |
Tuamotu | Kaha | Sennit |
Tuamotu | Kaahaki | Carry, transport, deliver |
Tuamotu | Kahu | Dress, robe, garment; to robe, cloak, to put on clothing... |
Tuamotu | Kaahui | A bunch (e.g. of coconuts, pandanus, bananas) |
Tuamotu | Kahukahu | Foetal membrane; hymen |
Tuamotu | Kaŋa | Injure, illtreat |
Tuamotu | Kaa | Burn, burning |
Tuamotu | Kai | Food, eat |
Tuamotu | Kai | Body, group of blood relatives |
Tuamotu | Kai/ina | "Underworld dwellers" |
Tuamotu | Kaaiŋa | Homeland, inherited land |
Tuamotu | Kai/kaiaa/ | Eat forbidden fruit |
Tuamotu | Keiaa | Steal |
Tuamotu | Keina?a | A group-, band-, body of -followers, -servants, -people who are united by the same -service, -duties; the division of an army; the female attendants of a chiefess |
Tuamotu | Kaiore | Eat half-cooked, nearly raw food Problematic |
Tuamotu | Kaiu | Baby (one who drinks milk) |
Tuamotu | Kaka | Fibre |
Tuamotu | Kaakaa | Chatter loudly, screech, as birds |
Tuamotu | Kaakahu | Clothes, garments; to dress, put on clothes |
Tuamotu | Kakaa | Very hot |
Tuamotu | Kakai | Story, tale, fable, narrative |
Tuamotu | Kakara, kara (Poetic) | Fragrant |
Tuamotu | Ka(ka)raruu | Cockroach sp |
Tuamotu | Kakano | The small fry of a certain variety of fish |
Tuamotu | Kaakaho | Variety of reed or rush |
Tuamotu | Kake | Climb |
Tuamotu | Kaakii | Neck, neck of phallus |
Tuamotu | Paa/kaku/ | Scrape, scratch, scrape off, remove |
Tuamotu | Karaa | Hard round stone |