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
Statistics:	Total Data: 250 Number of Retentions: Proto Malayo-Polynesian:66 Proto-Oceanic:97 Number of Loans: 9
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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Source: Academie tahitienne, Fare vāna'a: http://www.farevanaa.pf/dictionnaire.php (Word 93) - Mary Walworth (2020-03-02 16:26:51)
Source: (Word 197) - Mary Walworth (2015-09-12 02:01:08)
Source: Gaston Pichon (Word 71) - Simon Greenhill (2010-04-12 04:25:13)
Source: POLLEX 2006 (Word 6) - Simon Greenhill (2010-01-11 00:13:14)
Source: Andrew Pawley (Word 40) - Simon Greenhill (2009-11-12 09:01:48)
Changed from "'afulu", source: Stephane JOURDAN (Word 206) - Simon Greenhill (2007-03-02 11:52:47)
Changed from "mona", source: Stephane JOURDAN (Word 124) - Simon Greenhill (2007-03-02 11:51:43)
Adding Resource - Simon Greenhill (2007-02-02 12:39:13)
Changed from "ata", source: Stephane JOURDAN (Word 33) - Simon Greenhill (2007-01-25 01:55:06)
Adding Resource - Simon Greenhill (2006-08-11 12:40:49)
Source: Niklas Jonsson (Word 210) - Simon Greenhill (2006-06-06 16:57:43)
Source: Niklas Jonsson (Word 209) - Simon Greenhill (2006-06-06 16:57:24)
Source: Niklas Jonsson (Word 207) - Simon Greenhill (2006-06-06 16:56:56)
Source: Niklas Jonsson (Word 204) - Simon Greenhill (2006-06-06 16:56:23)
Source: Niklas Jonsson (Word 202) - Simon Greenhill (2006-06-06 16:55:37)
Source: Niklas Jonsson (Word 201) - Simon Greenhill (2006-06-06 16:54:58)
Changed from "waha", Niklas Jonsson (Word 200) - Simon Greenhill (2006-06-06 16:54:17)
Source: Niklas Jonsson (Word 206) - Simon Greenhill (2006-05-09 12:11:45)
Source: (Word 204) - (2006-05-01 18:19:35)

Entries:

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

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