Entries from Aitken 1930 in Pollex-Online
Aitken, R. T. (1930). Ethnology of Tubuai. Honolulu, Bishop Museum Press.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tupuaki | Iita | Carica papaya Borrowed |
| Tupuaki | Aurii | Broussonetia papyrifera Problematic |
| Tupuaki | A/varo | Premna tahitensis |
| Tupuaki | ʔOfai | A plant (Agati tomentosa) |
| Tupuaki | Meia | Musa var. |
| Tupuaki | Mu | (Monotaxis grandioculus) |
| Tupuaki | Pirita | A yam (Dioscorea sp.) |
| Tupuaki | Taraire | (Terminalia glabra) |
| Tupuaki | Tuahine | Man's sister |
| Tupuaki | Aaia | Gygis alba |
| Tupuaki | Iivi | Heteroscelus incanus |
| Tupuaki | Moho | Porzana sp. probably P.astra |
| Tupuaki | Moʔora | Anas superciliosa |
| Tupuaki | Oio | Anous stolidus |
| Tupuaki | Otaha | Fregata aquila |
| Tupuaki | Otuu | Demigretta sacra |
| Tupuaki | Tavaʔe | Phaethon rubricauda |
| Tupuaki | A/ahi | Albicore, Germo germo |
| Tupuaki | Anae | Mugil sp. |
| Tupuaki | Ature | Trachurops crumenophthalmus |
| Tupuaki | Haamea | Etelis carbunculus |
| Tupuaki | Hapuu | Epinephelus querus |
| Tupuaki | Hui/hui | Diodon sp. Phonologically Irregular |
| Tupuaki | Ihe | Hemiramphus brasiliensis |
| Tupuaki | Maito | Fish sp., like parai, but small and black |
| Tupuaki | Manini | Hepatus sp. |
| Tupuaki | Moi | Fish sp., perhaps variety of nanue |
| Tupuaki | Nanue | Lutianus sp. (large) |
| Tupuaki | Nohu | Synanceija verrucosa |
| Tupuaki | Oʔio | Albula vulpes Phonologically Irregular |
| Tupuaki | Ono | Sphyraena sp. |
| Tupuaki | Patii | Platophrys pantherinus |
| Tupuaki | Taiva/iva | Lutianus sp. (2 ft. max, yellow back, white belly) |
| Tupuaki | Tamuri | Fish sp., like nanue [Lutianus] but white, flat, 1 ft. max. Phonologically Irregular |
| Tupuaki | Tarau | Fish sp., like hapuu [Epinephelus], 6 in. long Phonologically Irregular |
| Tupuaki | Tiatao | Fish sp. (Acanthocybium solandri), like ono [barracuda] but with teeth set close Problematic |
| Tupuaki | Tonu | Fish sp. (Epinephelus sp.) similar to hapuu but larger, said to be man-eating |
| Tupuaki | Totara | Fish sp. with long spines (Diodon hystrix) |
| Tupuaki | Ume | Fish sp. (Acanthurus unicornus) |
| Tupuaki | U/ravena | Ruvettus pretiosus |
| Tupuaki | Vaʔu | Fish sp. (large, blue, round) ?bonito |
| Tupuaki | Vete | Fish sp. (Mullidae) |
| Tupuaki | Huhu | Lithurgus sp. |
| Tupuaki | Pepe | (Hypolimnas bolina) |
| Tupuaki | Po/poti | Perliplaneta americana |
| Tupuaki | Purehua | Chaerocampa erotus and other moths |
| Tupuaki | Rao | Various species of Diptera |
| Tupuaki | Vava | Euconocephalus australis [bush-cricket sp.] |
| Tupuaki | Vivi | Pantala flavescens [dragonfly sp.], Agrion sp., Rhyhchium rubipes [potter-wasp sp.] |
| Tupuaki | Ahia | Jambosa spp. |
