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Language: Tuamotu

Source/Author:  POLLEX 2000 (Bruce Biggs & Ross Clark) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:pmt  Glottocode: tuam1242 
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Data Entry:  Typed By: Simon Greenhill  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:
106 snake      
161 shy, ashamed      
170 when? word info      
187 they      
190 other      
192 and      
193 if      
194 how? word info      
196 to count      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
54 man/male haakoi Mature, well-built man    
58 wife moorire Pollex 06: <Moorire. :Woman, wife>.    
65 rope patoko      
80 to split word info maataataa Split, crack, partially but in many places    
81 sharp popo Pointed, sharp    
85 to choose koikoi      
88 to squeeze word info ŋiŋiti Pollex 06: 9i9iti. :Squeeze, compress, grip tightly; pinch, pinch off (Stn).    
94 to throw word info toro Cast, hurl    
111 fish paru      
142 heavy tuʔatuʔa Pollex 06: Tu?atu?a. :Thick, bulging, heavy (Stn)    
6 road/path ara Road 1  
12 skin kiri Skin 1  
14 belly tia Lower part of belly (Stn) 1  
17 liver ate Heart 1  
20 to know, be knowledgeable maatau Understand 1  
22 to fear mataku Fear v, afraid, to be 1  
24 head uru Head, hair 1  
27 nose ihu Nose 1  
28 to breathe manava Breath (Poetic) 1  
31 tooth niho Tooth 1  
34 to cry taŋi Weep, cry, groan, make characteristic sound (Stn) 1  
40 to drink inu Drink 1  
43 ear tariŋa Ear (Stn) 1  
44 to hear roŋo Hear, news 1  
45 eye mata Eye, face 1  
46 to see kite   1  
62 thatch/roof ato Thatch 1  
68 needle au Needle 1  
68 needle /hau/ato Barbed thatching needle; ato = thatch 1  
70 to shoot word info fana Shoot with bow 1  
70 to shoot word info hana Shoot with bow 1  
75 to die, be dead mate Die 1  
86 to grow word info tupu Grow 1  
90 to dig keri Dig v 1  
97 bird manu Animal, bird 1  
99 feather huru Pollex 06: Huru. :Hair, feather. 1  
108 louse word info kutu Louse 1  
109 mosquito namu Insect (freely mosquito) 1  
114 leaf rau Leaf 1  
116 flower pua Blossom out, flower 1  
117 fruit hua Fruit; roe 1  
120 stone fatu Hard lump, stone (Poetic) 1  
120 stone hatu Hard lump, stone (Poetic) 1  
121 sand one Sand 1  
124 sea tai Sea, lagoon water, the tide, the side of the lagoon (Stn) 1  
126 lake rano Great flood 1  
128 sky raŋi Sky, heavens, abode of the gods; the head (Stn) 1  
130 star fetuu Star 1  
130 star hetuu Star 1  
133 rain ua Rain 1  
143 fire ahi Fire 1  
149 red mea Reddish 1  
152 small iti Small 1  
163 new hoou Young, new 1  
167 night poo Night 1  
169 year tau Season, year (Stn) 1  
173 at i At (preposed particle) 1  
183 thou koe Second person singular, thou 1  
183 thou koe Second person singular, thou 1  
184 he/she ia He, she 1  
188 what? word info aha What 1  
189 who? word info ai Who? 1  
198 Two word info rua Two 1  
199 Three word info toru Three (Stn) 1  
201 Five word info rima Five, hand.(Source: Pollex) 1  
203 Seven word info hitu Seven.(Source: Pollex) 1  
4 leg/foot vae Leg 1, 100  
185 we word info tatou 1 pl. incl. 1, 39  
132 fog kohu Envelop (said of cloud or mist) 1, 47  
168 day ao Day (not night) 1, 54  
1 hand rima Five, hand 1, 64  
138 warm word info mahana Warm 1, 72  
11 dust puuehu Dust, scattered 1, 74  
71 to stab, pierce huki Pierce, spit 1, 8  
55 woman/female vahiine Woman 1, 106, 116  
54 man/male taane Male human being, husband (Stn) 1, 11  
151 green matie   1, 11  
160 painful, sick maauiui To suffer pain (Stn) 1, 12  
171 to hide word info taahuna Pollex 06: Taahuna. :To hide, conceal. 1, 16  
120 stone poofatu Stone 1, 19  
182 I au First person singular pronoun (Focus) 1, 21  
79 stick/wood raakau Wood, tree, bush, plant, stick, twig, log 1, 26  
113 branch word info raakau Wood, tree, bush, plant, stick, twig, log 1, 4  
55 woman/female hiine Female 1, 41  
7 to come (haere) mai   1, 42  
37 to eat kai Food, eat 1, 47  
139 cold word info makariri Cold, chilly 1, 52  
41 to bite kati Bite, nip v 1, 55  
136 wind ma-taŋi Wind n 1, 66  
136 wind mataŋi Refreshing gentle breeze 1, 66  
200 Four word info faa Four 1, 66  
200 Four word info haa Four 1, 66  
53 person/human being taŋata Man, mankind (Stn) 1, 66, 97  
144 to burn word info tuŋi Light, kindle, set fire to (Stn) 1, 7  
30 mouth vaha Mouth 1, 8  
24 head upoko Head of a man 10  
28 to breathe ŋaa Breathe, take deep breath 10  
39 to cook word info tao Cook in earth oven 10  
72 to hit word info taa Strike 10  
74 to kill taparahi   10  
78 to cut, hack word info ihi Split, divide, cleave (Stn) 10  
82 dull, blunt tuu/muu Pollex 06: Tuu/muu, tii/muu. :Blunt, dull (Stn). 10  
82 dull, blunt tii/muu Pollex 06: Tuu/muu, tii/muu. :Blunt, dull (Stn). 10  
83 to work word info haŋa Work, make, etc 10  
95 to fall word info makiri Fall down, out 10  
103 meat/flesh kiko Flesh 10  
123 to flow tahe Flow, exude, melt, run (Sve) 10  
124 sea moana Sea 10  
132 fog maahu Steam, water vapour, mist 10  
150 yellow reŋareŋa Yellow 10  
157 thick word info tuʔatuʔa Pollex 06: Tu?atu?a. :Thick, bulging, heavy (Stn) 10  
158 narrow koma/koma Narrow (Stn) 10  
160 painful, sick mamae Pain 10  
48 to sleep moe Sleep 10, 109  
105 tail vaero Tail and adjacent parts of four-footed animal (Stn) 10, 23  
2 left hema Left (Hand) 11  
13 back word info papatua Small of back 11  
28 to breathe haa Breathe 11  
28 to breathe haa/haa Breathe, gasp 11  
66 to tie up, fasten fau Tie 11  
66 to tie up, fasten hau   11  
94 to throw word info maka Throw, cast, sling; a sling (Stn) 11  
101 to fly rere Fly, jump, run v 11  
119 earth/soil repo Dirt 11  
153 big nui Big 11  
16 intestines ŋaakau Intestines 12  
20 to know, be knowledgeable kite Know 12  
64 to say parau   12  
95 to fall word info marere Fall, as ripe fruit, leaves (Stn) 12  
102 rat kiore Rat 12  
104 fat/grease hinu Oil, grease, fat 12  
131 cloud word info ao Gleaming cloud (Obs.) 12  
195 no, not kauraka Do not (Stn) 12  
155 long word info roa Long a 12, 105  
36 to spit tuha Spit, expectorate (Stn) 120  
36 to spit tufa Spit, expectorate (Stn) 120  
95 to fall word info topa To fall 124  
105 tail hiku Hind part of a fish; stern of a canoe (Stn) 13  
112 rotten word info para Ripe 13  
131 cloud word info titi Long, streaky white clouds (Stn) 13  
140 dry word info maroo Dry, hard, solid (Stn) 13  
149 red kura Red 13  
180 far mamao Distant 13  
180 far taumamao Distant 13  
191 all katoŋa   13  
67 to sew word info tui Thread pierced objects, sew 13, 16  
57 husband taane Male human being, husband (Stn) 14  
61 house fare House 14  
61 house hare House 14  
66 to tie up, fasten rii Tied around, bound round to be 14  
89 to hold word info taŋo Seize, grasp. take hold of (Stn) 14  
112 rotten word info popo Decay 14  
127 woods/forest vao Forest 14  
134 thunder fatutiri Thunder (Stn) 14  
164 good reka Pleasant 14  
81 sharp koi Sharp 14, 66  
36 to spit anu To spit, spittle, saliva 14, 84, 121  
66 to tie up, fasten hiitiki Tie, bind 148  
8 to turn word info huri   15  
32 tongue arero Tongue, clitoris (Stn) 15  
164 good maitaki Good, pleasant, excellent 15  
164 good meitaki Good, pleasant, excellent 15  
127 woods/forest uru/raakau Grove, clump 15, 13  
51 to sit noho Sit, dwell 16  
127 woods/forest ŋahere Forest 16  
186 you koutou Second person plural pronoun in nucleus of the phrase (Ply) 16  
25 neck ua Neck (poetic) 18  
47 to yawn haamama Yawn, gape, be open 19, 28  
14 belly koopuu Belly, stomach 2  
30 mouth ŋutu Beak, lips, rim, snout 2  
52 to stand tuu Stand, upright, to be 2  
84 to plant tanu   2  
93 to pound, beat word info tuki Strike 2  
115 root aka Small root 2  
122 water word info vai Water 2  
135 lightning uira Lightning 2  
145 smoke word info au Smoke 2  
145 smoke word info auahi Fire (Stn) 2  
209 One Hundred word info rau Hundred.(Source: Pollex) 2  
210 One Thousand word info mano A thousand, two thousand or twenty thousand.(Source: Pollex) 2  
25 neck kaakii Neck, neck of phallus 20  
202 Six word info fene   25  
75 to die, be dead pohe Die 3  
204 Eight word info varu Pollex 06: Varu. :Eight. 3  
181 where? word info fea Where? 3, 35  
181 where? word info hea Where? 3, 35  
26 hair word info huru Hair, feather 31  
172 to climb word info kake Climb 32  
92 to open, uncover heheu   36  
129 moon hina Moon 37  
23 blood toto Blood (Stn) 4  
59 mother metua vahine   4  
80 to split word info tapahi Cleave apart, sunder, cut (Stn) 4  
26 hair word info roouru Hair (Obs.) 40  
197 One word info tahi One, (to be) (Obs.)(Stn) 41  
95 to fall word info hiŋa Fall v 44  
159 wide raha(raha) Wide, extended 48  
9 to swim kau Swim 5  
110 spider tukutuku A variety of harmless spider (Stn) 5  
147 black kere Dark, black 5  
156 thin word info rahi Pollex 06: Rahi. :Thin (Stn). 5  
173 at tei Locative particle, at, in, on 5  
174 in, inside roto Inside, pool, depression in reef 5  
3 right katau Right (not left) 5, 40  
80 to split word info ŋa/faa Burst open, split apart, crack (Stn) 5, 97  
206 Ten word info ŋahuru Ten.(Source: Pollex) 5, 32  
205 Nine word info iva Nine.(Source: Pollex) 5, 44  
15 bone ivi Bone 52, 5  
118 grass maauku Sword-grass sp. (Xiphagrostis floridula?) 58  
118 grass moouku (Xiphagrostis floridula) sword-grass 58  
5 to walk haere Go 6  
56 child tama Child; term of address to man 6  
63 name iŋoa Name 6  
72 to hit word info paki Tap, pat, rap, clap, knock, strike (Stn) 6  
72 to hit word info papaki Freq. paki (Stn) 6  
76 to live, be alive ora Health, alive, recover from illness 6  
126 lake roto Lagoon 6  
137 to blow word info puhi Blow 6  
147 black hiva Black 6  
87 to swell word info koropuupuu Swell out, puff up, blisters 6, 30  
56 child tamaariki Children (Stn) 6, 63  
152 small riki Small 66  
71 to stab, pierce hoka Stab, pierce 67  
146 ash rehu Ashes 67  
33 to laugh kata Laugh 7  
42 to suck omo Sip, suck (Stn) 7  
42 to suck ŋoŋo Suck, as a baby at the breast (Stn) 7  
69 to hunt word info akuaku   7  
72 to hit word info patu Strike 7  
91 to buy hoko Exchange, barter 7  
96 dog kuri Dog 7  
96 dog kuri/o Dog 7  
96 dog kurio Dog (Stn) 7  
98 egg toouo Eggs of any kind (Stn) 7  
107 worm (earthworm) toke Worm (Stn) 7  
125 salt miti Salt water 7  
137 to blow word info paa Blow (of wind) 7  
147 black uri Dark coloured 7  
49 to lie down word info takoto   7, 10  
50 to dream moemoeaa A dream (Stn) 7, 27  
177 this te/ia Pollex 06: Te/ia. :This, this one (Stn). 7, 45  
18 breast koouma Chest, breast, bosom (Stn) 7, 50  
73 to steal keiaa Steal (Stn) 7, 65  
167 night ruki Dark, night 70  
42 to suck momi Swallow, suck 71  
10 dirty hava Filthy 8  
14 belly kona Lower abdomen 8  
19 shoulder pakihivi Shoulder-blade (Stn) 8  
21 to think mahara Remember, recall, bear in mind, consider (Stn) 8  
38 to chew word info ŋau Gnaw 8  
42 to suck miti Suck, lick 8  
72 to hit word info tuki Strike 8  
137 to blow word info aŋi Breeze 8  
139 cold word info anu Cold 8  
144 to burn word info tahu Prepare or light fire, prepare oven (Stn) 8  
148 white tea White, clear (Stn) 8  
176 below raro Below, under 8  
35 to vomit ruua/ki Vomit 8, 31  
14 belly manava Belly 9  
29 to sniff, smell hoŋi Touch noses, smell 9  
60 father metua taane   9  
65 rope taura   9  
74 to kill patu   9  
77 to scratch word info raku Scratch, scrape 9  
77 to scratch word info ra/raku/ Scratch with fingernails 9  
78 to cut, hack word info kokoti Cut, clip 9  
94 to throw word info tiri Throw 9  
100 wing pererau Wing, flipper, fin, collarbone 9  
135 lightning rapa Flash of lightning 9  
137 to blow word info farara Blow (of wind) 9  
137 to blow word info harara Blow (of wind) 9  
139 cold word info toketoke Cold 9  
141 wet rari Wet 9  
154 short word info poto Short 9  
162 old word info korooua An old man (Stn) 9  
162 old word info korou To be aged (Stn) 9  
165 bad, evil kino Bad, wicked, harmful; disaster, trouble (Stn) 9  
165 bad, evil kiro Bad, harmful, unfortunate, evil; ruined etc., etc. (Stn) 9  
166 correct, true tika Just, right 9  
175 above ruŋa Above 9  
179 near fatata Near (Stn) 9  
179 near hatata Near (Stn) 9  
179 near tata To be near (Stn) 9  
1 hand kapu Sole of the foot, palm of the hand (Stn) x  
19 shoulder pakihui Collarbone, part of shoulder on which, carrying pole rests (Stn) [<] x  
178 that taua That, the aforesaid (Stn) x  
178 that aua Those (several) aforementioned (Stn) x  
182 I -ku First person singular (Possessive) x  
186 you koorua Second person dual pronoun, you (Ply) x  

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