Entries from Stokes 1955 in Pollex-Online
Stokes, J. F. G. (1955). "Language in Rapa." Journal of the Polynesian Society 64: 315-340.
Language | Item | Description |
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Rapa | Tau/tau | Bananas (generic term) |
Rapa | Taura | Rope, thread |
Rapa | Tauraki | To dry in the sun |
Rapa | Taurekareka | Young, adolescent |
Rapa | Ta(k)urua | Double canoe Problematic |
Rapa | Tavake | The tropic bird |
Rapa | Tavare | Falsehood |
Rapa | Ka/tea/tea | White |
Rapa | Teina | Younger sibling, same sex |
Rapa | Teʔa | Bow (from TAH) Borrowed |
Rapa | Ti | Root of karo karo (Cordyline sp.), which was eaten |
Rapa | Tiaki | To watch |
Rapa | Tiare/paa | Bush |
Rapa | Tira | To throw Problematic |
Rapa | Kere/tumu | Falling tide |
Rapa | Tio | Tahitian name for bivalve -- probably young pa`ua Problematic |
Rapa | Toʔora | Whale |
Rapa | To | To drag (a canoe) |
Rapa | Toka | Coral, coral reef rock |
Rapa | Tokorua | Two mates of one individual (doubtful, may be usual punarua) |
Rapa | Tokerau | North wind. West wind (Grn). |
Rapa | Toki | Stone adze (almost universally called konii 'stone'). Axe (Grn). |
Rapa | Torea | A bird, snipe |
Rapa | Toru | Three |
Rapa | Toto | Blood |
Rapa | Toto | Hand net for fishing |
Rapa | Kaa/tuu | True, excellent Problematic |
Rapa | Tuaʔine | Sister of a brother |
Rapa | Tuakana | Elder sibling, same sex |
Rapa | Tungane | Brother of a sister |
Rapa | Tui paua | Upper bonnet of thatch of a house, old style |
Rapa | Tui rauoro | Awl for rauoro clapboard; a clapboard |
Rapa | Tuitui | Candlenut tree (Aleurites moluccana) |
Rapa | Tekerima | Shoulder Problematic |
Rapa | Tuki | To pound food. |
Rapa | Ka/turi/turi | Loud |
Rapa | Turi | Elbow braces for house. Knee (Grn). |
Rapa | A/turu | Studs for side-wall of house |
Rapa | Tumu | Base, beginning, trunk. Trunk of tree (Grn). |
Rapa | Tuʔi/tuʔi | To curse (?) |
Rapa | Tutaki | To meet; to touch |
Rapa | Tutu parira | To beat tapa |
Rapa | Ike tutu | Tapa mallet for finishing |
Rapa | Uʔu | Parrot fish |
Rapa | Uri/uri | Black |
Rapa | Eʔ/uru | South-west wind |
Rapa | Urua (?) | Fish, Carangidae, perhaps matu |
Rapa | Umu | Oven (Sks) |
Rapa | Upoko | Human head |
Rapa | A/utu/utu | A fish, the large mullet Problematic |