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Language: Tahitian (Modern)

Source/Author:  Ross Clark 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:tah  Glottocode: tahi1242 
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Data Entry:  Typed By: Peng Du  Checked By: Simon Greenhill 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Remote Oceanic:Central Pacific:East Fijian-Polynesian:Polynesian:Nuclear:East:Central:Tahitic 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
208 Fifty word info      
5 to walk ori take a walk (dance?-MW)    
8 to turn word info tiipu'u      
18 breast tiitii L from French   L
19 shoulder tapono      
48 to sleep ta'oto      
52 to stand ti'a      
59 mother maamaa borrowing?-MW   L?
60 father paapaa borrowing from French-MW   L
67 to sew word info nira     L
68 needle nira Loan?   L
71 to stab, pierce perforer French?-MW    
105 tail 'itere (fish)    
106 snake 'oofii Greek Loan   L
117 fruit maa'a 'food'?-MW    
151 green niinamu (blue-green)    
152 small na'ina'i      
193 if 'ia      
195 no, not 'aita Tahitian innovation    
6 road/path ara   1  
12 skin 'iri   1  
27 nose ihu   1  
31 tooth niho   1  
34 to cry ta'i   1  
40 to drink inu   1  
43 ear tari'a   1  
44 to hear fa'aro'o   1  
45 eye mata   1  
46 to see 'ite   1  
86 to grow word info tupu   1  
97 bird manu   1  
99 feather huruhuru   1  
108 louse word info 'utu   1  
111 fish i'a   1  
114 leaf rao'ere   1  
114 leaf rau'ere   1  
121 sand one   1  
128 sky ra'i   1  
133 rain ua   1  
143 fire auahi   1  
160 painful, sick ma'i sick 1  
161 shy, ashamed ha'amaa ha'amaa (avoir honte, etre confus) 1  
161 shy, ashamed maamahu maamahu (timide, doux, gentil) 1  
167 night poo   1  
171 to hide word info taapuni   1  
173 at i   1  
183 thou 'oe   1  
188 what? word info e aha   1  
199 Three word info toru   1  
201 Five word info rima Five, hand.(Source: Pollex) 1  
202 Six word info ono   1  
203 Seven word info hitu Seven.(Source: Pollex) 1  
4 leg/foot 'aavae   1, 100  
151 green matie (grass) 1, 11  
182 I vau   1, 21, 18  
185 we word info taaua 1 dual incl. 1, 29  
185 we word info taatou 1 pl. incl. 1, 39  
168 day ao   1, 54  
1 hand rima   1, 64  
90 to dig 'eru   1, 69  
138 warm word info maahanahana   1, 72  
187 they raatou   1, 72  
11 dust repo puehu repo puehu (scattered dirt) 1, 74  
55 woman/female vahine   1, 106, 116  
54 man/male taane   1, 11  
189 who? word info 'o v|ai   1, 19  
182 I au   1, 21  
79 stick/wood raa'au   1, 26  
120 stone 'oofa'i   1, 39, 3  
2 left 'aui   1, 42  
7 to come haere mai   1, 42  
37 to eat 'amu Tahitian borrowing during pi'i - perhaps borrowed-MW 1, 43 L?
136 wind mata'i   1, 66  
200 Four word info maha   1, 66, 4  
53 person/human being ta'ata   1, 66, 97  
144 to burn word info tutu'i   1, 7  
109 mosquito naonao   1, 74  
30 mouth vaha   1, 8  
24 head upo'o   10  
29 to sniff, smell hau'a hau? (sentir, percevoir une deur ou emettre une odeur) 10  
39 to cook word info 'eu (specifically in oven) 10  
62 thatch/roof taapo'i fare   10  
74 to kill taparahi   10  
94 to throw word info taaora   10  
103 meat/flesh 'i'o flesh of man or animal 10  
105 tail 'aero (animal/bird/ray) 10  
123 to flow tahe   10  
124 sea moana ocean mer, le bleu 10  
150 yellow re'are'a   10  
160 painful, sick mamae mamae (painful) 10  
148 white 'uo'uo   108  
13 back word info tua   11  
82 dull, blunt mania   11  
89 to hold word info taape'a   11  
101 to fly rere   11  
119 earth/soil repo   11  
162 old word info ruu'au   11  
209 One Hundred word info haanere English loan 11 L
210 One Thousand word info tauatini English Loan 11 L
194 how? word info naafea   11, 51  
131 cloud word info ata   118  
16 intestines 'aa'au   12  
20 to know, be knowledgeable 'ite   12  
64 to say parau   12  
78 to cut, hack word info taapuu   12  
102 rat 'iore   12  
153 big rahi   12  
158 narrow ['aa]oaoa   12  
155 long word info roa   12, 105  
36 to spit tutuha   120  
95 to fall word info topa   124  
104 fat/grease mi'i   13  
105 tail hi'u (fish) 13  
118 grass matie   13  
140 dry word info maroo   13  
191 all ato'a   13  
41 to bite hohoni   14  
57 husband taane   14  
61 house fare   14  
67 to sew word info au   14  
88 to squeeze word info 'u'umu   14  
134 thunder paatiri   14  
149 red 'ute'ute   14  
180 far aatea   14  
81 sharp 'oi   14, 66  
66 to tie up, fasten ta'amu   149  
32 tongue arero   15  
164 good maita'i   15  
197 One word info hoo'ee   15  
197 One word info ho'e Tahitian innovation 15  
127 woods/forest ururaa'au   15, 13  
112 rotten word info 'oopee   16  
186 you 'outou   16  
51 to sit paarahi   17  
47 to yawn haamama   19, 28  
14 belly 'oopuu   2  
84 to plant tanu   2  
93 to pound, beat word info tu'i   2  
115 root a'a   2  
135 lightning uira   2  
145 smoke word info auauahi   2  
209 One Hundred word info rau One hundred.(Source: Pollex) 2  
210 One Thousand word info mano A thousand or a thousand brace.(Source: Pollex) 2  
185 we word info maaua excl 2, 29  
185 we word info maatou excl 2, 39  
113 branch word info 'aama'a   2, 35  
25 neck 'a'ii   20  
207 Twenty word info piti 'ahuru   28, 6  
6 road/path poroomu poroomu 3  
6 road/path puruumu puruumu (road) 3  
70 to shoot word info te'a   3  
75 to die, be dead pohe   3  
204 Eight word info varu Pollex 06: VARU. :Eight. 3  
204 Eight word info va'u   3  
181 where? word info hea   3, 35  
35 to vomit piha'e   30  
130 star feti'a   32  
157 thick word info me'ume'u   39  
166 correct, true 'aafaro   39  
23 blood toto   4  
59 mother metua vahine   4  
80 to split word info vaahi   4  
198 Two word info piti Tahitian innovation 4  
207 Twenty word info ta'au Vingt, (dix couples).(Source: Pollex) 4  
26 hair word info rouru   40  
197 One word info tahi   41  
172 to climb word info pa'uma   44  
172 to climb word info ta'uma   44  
142 heavy teiaha   46, 66  
142 heavy toiaha   46, 66  
122 water word info pape   47  
9 to swim 'au   5  
147 black 'ere'ere   5  
156 thin word info rairai   5  
170 when? word info aafea (future) 5  
170 when? word info inaafea (past) 5  
174 in, inside i roto   5  
184 he/she 'oona   5  
3 right 'atau   5, 40  
206 Ten word info 'afulu Ten, Ten[>](Source: Pollex), probably not a tahitian form? 5, 32  
206 Ten word info 'ahuru Ten, Ten[>](Source: Pollex) 5, 32  
206 Ten word info 'ahuru   5, 32  
110 spider tuutuurahonui   5, 39  
205 Nine word info iva Nine.(Source: Pollex) 5, 44  
58 wife vahine   5, 68  
6 road/path 'ee'a 'ee'a (path/track) 52  
15 bone ivi   52, 5  
5 to walk haere go 6  
17 liver 'upa'a   6  
63 name i'oa   6  
76 to live, be alive ora   6  
85 to choose ma'iti   6  
87 to swell word info 'oru   6  
126 lake roto   6  
129 moon 'aava'e   6  
137 to blow word info puhi puhi (with mouth) 6  
56 child tamari'i   6, 63  
178 that teeraa   65  
146 ash rehu   67  
21 to think mana'o   7  
33 to laugh 'ata   7  
69 to hunt word info a'ua'u   7  
91 to buy ho'o mai   7  
96 dog 'urii   7  
107 worm (earthworm) to'e   7  
116 flower taire tiare 7  
125 salt miti   7  
159 wide 'a'ano   7  
163 new 'aapii   7  
169 year matahiti   7  
190 other vetahi['ee]   7  
49 to lie down word info ta'oto   7, 10  
50 to dream moemoeaa   7, 27  
177 this teie   7, 45  
73 to steal 'eiaa   7, 65  
93 to pound, beat word info paapaahia   72  
50 to dream ta'oto'otoaa   78  
22 to fear ri'ari'a   8  
38 to chew word info 'au'au   8  
92 to open, uncover hua'i oven 8  
166 correct, true tano   8  
176 below raro   8  
192 and 'ee   8  
132 fog ruupehu   88  
10 dirty repo   9  
28 to breathe huti i te aho   9  
29 to sniff, smell ho'i ho'i (flairer, toucher avec le nez) 9  
39 to cook word info tunu (general) 9  
42 to suck 'ote   9  
60 father metua taane   9  
65 rope taura   9  
71 to stab, pierce paatia piquer, perferer 9  
72 to hit word info taa'iri   9  
77 to scratch word info ra'ura'u (<M) 9  
100 wing pererau   9  
137 to blow word info farara farara (of wind) 9  
139 cold word info to'eto'e   9  
141 wet rari   9  
154 short word info poto   9  
165 bad, evil 'ino   9  
175 above ni'a   9  
179 near faatata   9  
196 to count tai'o   9  
201 Five word info pae Tahitian Innovation 9  
11 dust hu'ahuaa hu'ahuaa (little bits of anything) 90  
83 to work word info 'ohipa tahitian innovation 92  
98 egg huero   94  
98 egg hooro   94  
124 sea miti sel eau, sale mer x  
186 you 'oorua   x  
187 they raaua dual x  

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