Language: Marquesan
Source/Author: | POLLEX 2000 (Bruce Biggs & Ross Clark), David Addison | |
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Identifiers: | ISO-639-3:mrq Glottocode: nort2845 | |
Notes: | This is an amalgamation of North (MRQ) and South Marquesan (QMS) Pollex supplemented from Dordillon 1931-1932 | |
Problems: | This is an amalgamation of North (MRQ) and South Marquesan (QMS) | |
Data Entry: | Typed By: Simon Greenhill and Russell Gray Checked By: Simon Greenhill | |
Statistics: |
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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:Marquesic | |
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Resources:
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Marquesan (Nukuhiva dialect)
Ethnologue Information for mrq
OLAC Information for mrq
World Atlas of Language Structures Information for mrq
Language Texts on PolliNet
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Change History:
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- Changed #105190 from "pee", "rotten (Tahitian borrowing?", "16", "" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-16 21:40:34)
- Changed "source" from "@article{POLLEX, journal = {Oceanic Linguistics}, number = {2}, pages = {551--559}, title = {{POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online}}, volume = {50}, year = {2011}, author = {Greenhill, Simon J. and Clark, Ross} }" - Mary Walworth (2020-04-16 21:39:57)
- Changed #23957 from "nina", "", "", "L" (Word 23957) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-16 21:39:57)
Entries:
ID: | Word: | Item: | Annotation: | Cognacy: | Loan: |
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208 | Fifty
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210 | One Thousand
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37 | to eat | 'ai | Food | 1, 47 | |
187 | they | 'atou | 1, 72 | ||
209 | One Hundred
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'au | Originally two hundred or four hundred but now one hundred (Bgs).(Source: Pollex) | 2 | |
146 | ash | 'ehu/ahi | Ashes | 67 | |
164 | good | 'eka | Enjoy | 14 | |
53 | person/human being | 'enana | Homme, en general (Dln) | 1, 66, 97 | |
53 | person/human being | 'enata | Homme, en general (Dln) | 1, 66, 97 | |
11 | dust | 'epo | reflex of PEP *repo 'dirt' MW | x | |
119 | earth/soil | 'epo | Boue, fange, terre, poussiere (Dln) | 11 | |
78 | to cut, hack
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'ihi | to peel / Peler (Dln) | 10 | |
201 | Five
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'ima | Five, hand.(Source: Pollex) | 1 | |
2 | left | 'ima a'ea'e | left hand | ||
3 | right | 'ima oko | right hand | 33 | |
78 | to cut, hack
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'o'oti | Cut, clip | 9 | |
155 | long
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'oa | Long | 12, 105 | |
183 | thou | 'oe | thou | 1 | |
183 | thou | 'oe | 1 | ||
44 | to hear | 'oko | To hear, news (mqn) | 1 | |
206 | Ten
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'okohu'u | Ten.(Source: Pollex) | 5, 32, 52 | |
88 | to squeeze
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'omi | Squeeze, press upon | 10 | |
42 | to suck | 'omo | Suck (Bgs) | 7 | |
44 | to hear | 'ono | To hear, news (mqs) | 1 | |
206 | Ten
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'onohu'u | Ten.(Source: Pollex) | 5, 32, 52 | |
14 | belly | 'opu | Belly, stomach | 2 | |
174 | in, inside | 'oto | Inside | 5 | |
186 | you | 'otou | 2PP pronoun | 16 | |
26 | hair
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'ouoho | 40, 36 | ||
35 | to vomit | 'ua | Vomit | 8 | |
198 | Two
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'ua | Two (I) | 1 | |
175 | above | 'uka | Above (NKH) (I) | 9 | |
175 | above | 'una | Above | 9 | |
108 | louse
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'utu | Louse | 1 | |
55 | woman/female | -hine | Female (I don't understand why this is treated as a suffix - MW) | 1, 41 | |
182 | I | ='u | First person singular | x | |
32 | tongue | a'èo | Tongue | 15 | |
170 | when?
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aahea | When (future interrogative) | 5 | |
188 | what?
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aha | What? | 1 | |
143 | fire | ahi | Fire | 1 | |
189 | who?
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ai | Who? | 1 | |
61 | house | aika | Terre, propriete, domicile, richesses, manoir, foyer domestique | 6 | |
115 | root | aka | Racine (Dln) | 2 | |
2 | left | akeake | |||
139 | cold
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anu | Froid, coup de sang, avoir froid (Dln) | 8 | |
168 | day | ao | Jour oppose a nuit (Dln) | 1, 54 | |
131 | cloud
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ao (i) | Nuage (Dln) | 12 | |
3 | right | atamai | Droit, a droit (Dln) | 7 | |
17 | liver | ate | Foie (Dln) | 1 | |
62 | thatch/roof | ato | Frame to which thatch is tied | 1 | |
182 | I | au | First person singular pronoun (Bgs) | 1, 21 | |
145 | smoke
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au/ahi | Fumee, vapeur (Dln) | 2 | |
145 | smoke
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auahi | Fumee, vapeur (Dln) | 2 | |
128 | sky | de ahgy | Heaven or sky (Rbt) | 1 | |
61 | house | fa'e | House | 14 | |
200 | Four
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faa | Four | 1, 66 | |
30 | mouth | fafa | Mouth (Crk) B. [<] | 1 | |
158 | narrow | faiti | 84 | ||
159 | wide | fatea | 21 | ||
130 | star | fettoe | Star | 1 | |
130 | star | fetuu | Star | 1 | |
66 | to tie up, fasten | fitiì | Lier, attacher, nouer (Dln) | 148 | |
203 | Seven
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fitu | Seven.(Source: Pollex) | 1 | |
28 | to breathe | ha | Extenue de fatigue (Dln) | 11 | |
138 | warm
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ha'amaahanahana | to warm | 1, 72 | |
22 | to fear | ha'ameta'u | to fear | 1 | |
61 | house | ha'e | House | 14 | |
30 | mouth | haha | Bouche, geule, ouverture (Dln) B. [<] | 1 | |
57 | husband | hahana | The male of mankind and of all birds. A husband (Crk) | 13 | |
161 | shy, ashamed | hakaika | |||
171 | to hide
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hakanaa | |||
144 | to burn
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hakau'a | to light a fire (or lamp); by extension turn on an electric light | 3 | |
83 | to work
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hana | Action, acte, travailler, oeuvre (Dln) | 10 | |
20 | to know, be knowledgeable | hani | Accoutume, habituee, fait a, avour l'habitude de, etre accoutume (Dln) | ||
62 | thatch/roof | hatu | Pieces of thatch are called hatu, but the only reference I've heard for this is in relation to the hame of (F)Hatu 'Iva (the southernmost MRQ island). Thatch is extremely rare on NH today. | 1 | |
120 | stone | hatu-keàa | Boulder | 1, 38 | |
134 | thunder | hatutiì | Tonnere (Dln) | 14 | |
165 | bad, evil | hauhau | bad/evil | 32 | |
10 | dirty | hava | Souille, sali, tache (Dln) | 8 | |
74 | to kill | haámate | 2 | ||
7 | to come | he'e mai | 1, 42 | ||
181 | where?
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hea | 3, 35 | ||
54 | man/male | heko | male | 17? | |
87 | to swell
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hete | Gonfle, fermente, engle (Dln) | 5 | |
130 | star | hetuu | Star | 1 | |
48 | to sleep | hiamoe | 10, 109 | ||
95 | to fall
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hika (m'n) | 44 | ||
105 | tail | hiku | Tail, rear portion (of fish) | 13 | |
95 | to fall
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hina | 44 | ||
104 | fat/grease | hinu àma | Huile noiratre qui decoule de lama (Dln) | 12 | |
172 | to climb
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hiti | 6 | ||
66 | to tie up, fasten | hitiki | Lier, attacher, nouer (Dln) | 148 | |
147 | black | hivahiva | Gray, silver-gray | 6 | |
91 | to buy | ho'o | Echanger, acheter, payer, vendre (Dln) | 7 | |
29 | to sniff, smell | hoki | Baiser, faire toucher nez contre nez (Dln) | 9 | |
91 | to buy | hoko | Echanger, acheter, payer, vendre (Dln) | 7 | |
29 | to sniff, smell | hone | honi? Touch noses together (Crk) | 9 | |
88 | to squeeze
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hota | Clarifier le kava | 8, 2, 93 | |
163 | new | hou | New | 1 | |
26 | hair
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hu'u | Plume, poil (Dln) (Archaic) | 31 | |
117 | fruit | hua | To fruit | 1 | |
169 | year | hua'a | 28 | ||
87 | to swell
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huhu'a | Swollen | 7 | |
71 | to stab, pierce | huki | Morceau de bois pointu pour percer les poulpes (Dln) | 1, 8 | |
95 | to fall
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huu te henua | to fall in the sense of an avalanche or rock slide | ||
99 | feather | huú manu | 1 | ||
5 | to walk | hèe | Go (I) | 6, 9 | |
173 | at | i | Preposition indicating location | 1 | |
174 | in, inside | i | Preposition indicating location | x | |
184 | he/she | ia | Il, elle, lui (Dln) | 1 | |
178 | that | ia'a | over there | ||
195 | no, not | ie(hh)ai | A negative, not, cannot (Crk) | 10, 84 | |
27 | nose | ihu | Nose | 1 | |
111 | fish | ika | Fish (Mqn) | 1 | |
63 | name | ikoa | Name | 6 | |
105 | tail | iku | Lime de peau de certains poissons (Dln) [<] | 1 | |
63 | name | inoa | Name | 6 | |
40 | to drink | inu | To drink | 1 | |
174 | in, inside | ioo | Location in space; to, in, into, on. beside, near, at, or to the home of (Mtu) | 5 | |
152 | small | iti | Petit, peau (Dln) | 1 | |
158 | narrow | iti | |||
205 | Nine
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iva | Nine.(Source: Pollex) | 5, 44 | |
15 | bone | ivi | Bone (Bgs) | 52, 5 | |
111 | fish | ià | Fish (Mqs) | 1 | |
25 | neck | kaakii | Neck, throat (Bgs) | 20 | |
156 | thin
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kahikahi | |||
37 | to eat | kai | Food | 1, 47 | |
73 | to steal | kai hue | (Mot etranger) voleur (Dln) | 5 | |
152 | small | kaiu | small (metaphorically from "eat breast"?) | 37 | |
38 | to chew
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kakahu | Bite [<] | 8, 73 | |
41 | to bite | kakahu | Bite | 7 | |
162 | old
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kakiu | (ancient) | ||
139 | cold
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kamariri | in 'Ua Pou ((metathesis?)) | 1, 52 | |
139 | cold
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kamaìì | Cold, chilly (metathesis?) | 1, 52 | |
73 | to steal | kamo | Voler, voleur (Dln) | 6 | |
164 | good | kanahau | good | 62 | |
125 | salt | kanatai | 20 | ||
104 | fat/grease | kao | Huile, graisse, sauce, jus (Dln) | ||
33 | to laugh | kata | Laugh | 7 | |
9 | to swim | kau | Nager, aller a la nage (Dln) | 5 | |
8 | to turn
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kavií | 90 | ||
146 | ash | kaàhu | charcoal; wood ashes | 67 | |
190 | other | ke | 8? | ||
120 | stone | ke'a | (or ke'aa) = rock | 38 | |
146 | ash | ke/'ehu/ | Ashes; irregular | 67 | |
146 | ash | kehu/ahi | Ashes; irregular | 67 | |
53 | person/human being | kenana | Homme, en general (Dln) | 1, 66, 97 | |
72 | to hit
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kere | to hit (punch with the fist) | ||
104 | fat/grease | kerehi | L from English | L | |
90 | to dig | keì (i) | Dig | 1 | |
151 | green | ki óu ti teé | |||
18 | breast | ki'i nene | |||
103 | meat/flesh | kiko | Flesh | 10 | |
165 | bad, evil | kino | Mechant, mauvais, chiche (Dln) | 9 | |
102 | rat | kio'e | Rat | 12 | |
12 | skin | kiì | Skin | 1 | |
162 | old
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ko'oua | Aged, decrepit (Dln) | 9 | |
183 | thou | ko'ua | thou | x | |
80 | to split
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koava | |||
183 | thou | koe | Second person singular | 1 | |
183 | thou | koe | 2PS | 1 | |
16 | intestines | koekoe | 31 | ||
132 | fog | kohu | Cloud, fog | 1, 47 | |
81 | sharp | koi | Sharp, Sharp | 14, 66 | |
88 | to squeeze
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koko | Squeeze, press | 9 | |
78 | to cut, hack
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kokoti | Cut, clip | 9 | |
45 | eye | konohi | Eye | 4 | |
186 | you | kootou | 2P dual pronoun (Dln) | 16 | |
14 | belly | kopu | Belly, stomach | 2 | |
45 | eye | korohi | Eye | 4 | |
186 | you | kotou | Vous (Dln) | 16 | |
162 | old
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koua | Old man (Crk) | 9 | |
96 | dog | ku'i | Probable arch. form - as dogs were lost in the Marquesas by the time the Europeans arrived. | 7 | |
59 | mother | kui | 15 | ||
74 | to kill | kukumi | 28 | ||
102 | rat | kumakuma | Rat (Dln) | 13 | |
141 | wet | kutai | 10 | ||
141 | wet | kutaú | 10 | ||
108 | louse
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kutu | Louse (in NH) | 1 | |
108 | louse
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kutu papa | Crab lice | 1, 6 | |
149 | red | kuwa | Red, applied to feathers, cloth etc. imported to the islands,also to the scarlet berries or peas used in their ornaments (Crk) | 13 | |
149 | red | kuà | Red | 13 | |
147 | black | kèe/kèe | Black | 5 | |
75 | to die, be dead | kèo | Die (of a person), go out (of a light) (Dln) | ||
192 | and | maa | And (with numerals) | 2 | |
153 | big | maaka | 31 | ||
138 | warm
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mahana | Lukewarm | 1, 72 | |
129 | moon | mahina | Moon | 37, 5 | |
139 | cold
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makaìì | Cold, chilly | 1, 52 | |
139 | cold
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makkarede | Cold, or the cold (Crk) | 1, 52 | |
95 | to fall
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maku'u | 11 | ||
47 | to yawn | mama | Ouvrir la bouche (Dln) | 19, 28 | |
98 | egg | mama'i | 6 | ||
160 | painful, sick | mamae | Souffrir | 10 | |
180 | far | mamao | 13 | ||
97 | bird | manu | Bird | 1 | |
45 | eye | mata | Eye,face | 1 | |
75 | to die, be dead | mate | Mort, la mort, mourir, souffrir, malade, malaise, maladie, mal (Dln) | 1 | |
185 | we
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matou | 2, 39 | ||
89 | to hold
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mau | 54 | ||
185 | we
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maua | 2, 29 | ||
21 | to think | maákau | 7 | ||
193 | if | me | If | 5 | |
129 | moon | me'ama | 7 | ||
166 | correct, true | mea hei | |||
164 | good | meitaì | Bon, agreable | 15 | |
95 | to fall
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mekèe | 10 | ||
180 | far | mema'o | ? | 13 | |
160 | painful, sick | memae | souffrance | 10 | |
28 | to breathe | menava | Breath, anterior fontanelle | 1 | |
22 | to fear | meta'u | (MQN) To fear, be afraid | 1 | |
136 | wind | metaki | Wind (in NH) | 1, 66 | |
136 | wind | metani | Wind | 1, 66 | |
140 | dry
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mo'o | 13 | ||
124 | sea | moana | deep ocean, La haute mer (Dln) | 10 | |
49 | to lie down
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moe | Lie down | 6 | |
50 | to dream | moemoea | 7, 27 | ||
95 | to fall
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moku'u | 11 | ||
157 | thick
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moto'u | Thick | 3 | |
60 | father | motua | 9 | ||
118 | grass | mutie | Herbe, gazon, foin (Dln) | 13 | |
82 | dull, blunt | mué | 10 | ||
178 | that | na | 1 | ||
41 | to bite | nahu | Mordre (Dln) | 7 | |
66 | to tie up, fasten | nani | Tie, fasten | 13 | |
84 | to plant | nanu | 2 | ||
66 | to tie up, fasten | nati | Tie, fasten (NKH) | 13 | |
38 | to chew
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nennahhu | To bite (Crk) [<] | 8, 73 | |
41 | to bite | nennahhu | To bite (Crk) | 7 | |
31 | tooth | niho | Dent (Dln) | 1 | |
68 | needle | nina | L from English | L | |
154 | short
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nohinohi | Short stature (Tgr) | ||
51 | to sit | noho | Sit, dwell, stay | 16 | |
107 | worm (earthworm) | noke | Worm | 7 | |
109 | mosquito | nono | the endemic Marquesan biting black fly | 1, 74 | |
109 | mosquito | nono kia | mosquito; | 1, 74 | |
109 | mosquito | nono purutia | (German nono) the sand fly purportedly introducted by a freighter unloading ballast with sand (and eggs) from PGN (then a German colony? or just "German" because of its ferociousness?) | 1, 74 | |
96 | dog | nuhe | Southern MRQ, problematic? | ||
153 | big | nui | Beaucoup, plusieurs, gros, grand (Dln) | 11 | |
39 | to cook
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nunu | cook in general e.g. nunu te kaikai = cook the food | 9 | |
30 | mouth | nutu | Snout, head of animal | 2 | |
168 | day | oatea | daylight | 27 | |
42 | to suck | omo | Suck | 7 | |
101 | to fly | ona | insect? | ||
121 | sand | one | Sable | 1 | |
202 | Six
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ono | Pollex 06: Ono. :Six (Dln). | 1 | |
125 | salt | pa'atai | (ripe saltwater?) | 20, 19 | |
140 | dry
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pa/paka/ | Dry | 12 | |
140 | dry
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paka | Scab | x | |
140 | dry
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pakaka | Dur, coriace, non flexible (Dln) | 12 | |
72 | to hit
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paki/paki | Donner des petits coups avec la main (Dln) | 6 | |
72 | to hit
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patu | Strike (in flaying skin or bark), strike, nudge with elbow (I) | 7 | |
19 | shoulder | paufifi | 8 | ||
19 | shoulder | pauhihi | 8 | ||
112 | rotten
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paà | Ripe (I) | 13 | |
10 | dirty | paàpaà | Tres mur, gate, pourri (Dln) | 7 | |
72 | to hit
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paì/paì | Donner des petits coups avec la main (Dln) | 6 | |
92 | to open, uncover | pe'ua | to open | ||
112 | rotten
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pee | rotten | 16 | |
194 | how?
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peehea | Comment? pourquoi? (Dln) | 11 | |
100 | wing | peheu | Aile (Dln) | 1, 81 | |
72 | to hit
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pehi | hit generally | ||
74 | to kill | pehi | 43 | ||
100 | wing | pekeu | 1, 59 | ||
92 | to open, uncover | pepeu | |||
96 | dog | peto | L from English | L | |
64 | to say | peáu | 12 | ||
134 | thunder | pha too tee | Thunder (Rbt) | 14 | |
156 | thin
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piáhiáhi | 5 | ||
76 | to live, be alive | pohué | 36 | ||
167 | night | poo | Nuit, tenebres, jour de vingt-quatre heures (Dln) | 1 | |
152 | small | poto | Short (Bgs) | 10 | |
154 | short
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poto | Short (Bgs) | 9 | |
171 | to hide
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pu/puni/ | Se cacher (Dln) | 1 | |
116 | flower | pua | Flower (I) | 1 | |
43 | ear | pua/ìka/ | 19 | ||
43 | ear | pua/ìna/ | 19 | ||
70 | to shoot
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puhi | to shoot(also NH word for firearm and to blow [breath out]) | 17 | |
137 | to blow
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puhi | Souffler (Dln) | 6 | |
106 | snake | puhi henua | 'land eel'-MW | ||
125 | salt | puhinaú | |||
110 | spider | puka/vèevèe/ | 1, 57, 99 | ||
110 | spider | pukavèevèe | 1, 57, 99 | ||
149 | red | pukiki | 43 | ||
110 | spider | puna/vèevèe/ | 1, 57, 99 | ||
110 | spider | punavèevèe | 1, 57, 99 | ||
82 | dull, blunt | puriki | dull in modern NH, most likely derived from the word for donkey (after French burique), and hence metaphorically stupid, dull | 18 | |
150 | yellow | putokatoha | |||
68 | needle | rira | L from English | L | |
72 | to hit
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ta | "to strike" (perhaps taa) | 10 | |
196 | to count | ta/tau/ | Compter, conter, reciter (Dln) | 8, 80 | |
123 | to flow | tahe | Couler, ruisseler, se repandre (Dln) | 10 | |
197 | One
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tahi | One | 41 | |
124 | sea | tai | saltwater or the nearshore | 1 | |
34 | to cry | taki | Son, sonner, chanter (Dln) | 1 | |
56 | child | tama | 6 | ||
54 | man/male | tama 'oa | male child | ||
54 | man/male | tane | Fortement (Dln) | 1, 11 | |
34 | to cry | tani | Son, sonner, chanter (Dln) | 1 | |
39 | to cook
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tao | =baked (either in an umu or a modern oven). | 10 | |
179 | near | tata | Proche, pres (Dln) | 9 | |
69 | to hunt
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tatai | |||
185 | we
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tatou | 1 pl. incl. | 1, 39 | |
169 | year | tau | Year consisting of ten moons | 1 | |
185 | we
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taua | 1 dual incl. | 1, 29 | |
148 | white | tavai'e | 47 | ||
78 | to cut, hack
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taài | Tailler, ciseler, travailler le bois ou la pierre (Dln) | 1 | |
178 | that | te'aa | that (far) | 65 | |
148 | white | tea | Clear, white | 8 | |
195 | no, not | tee | Negativiser (Mtu) | 111 | |
162 | old
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tehito | Ancient | 10 | |
64 | to say | tekao | 128 | ||
207 | Twenty
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tekau | Twenty.(Source: Pollex) | 4 | |
148 | white | teko | Blanc (Dln) | 9 | |
178 | that | tena | 1 | ||
177 | this | tenei | 7, 1 | ||
64 | to say | teáo | 128 | ||
191 | all | tiatohu | |||
7 | to come | tihe | to arrive | ||
94 | to throw
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tio'a | to throw | 10 | |
94 | to throw
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tiì | Throw | 9 | |
107 | worm (earthworm) | to'e | Worm | 7 | |
199 | Three
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to'u | Three | 1 | |
54 | man/male | toa | male (of animals) | x | |
70 | to shoot
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toi | |||
166 | correct, true | toitoi | 41 | ||
150 | yellow | tokatoka | |||
107 | worm (earthworm) | toke | Worm | 7 | |
142 | heavy | toko | 38 | ||
141 | wet | toku | 10 | ||
142 | heavy | tono | |||
95 | to fall
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topa | 124 | ||
23 | blood | toto | Sang, saigner (Dln) | 4 | |
65 | rope | touà | Corde, grosse corde (Dln) | 9 | |
13 | back
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tua | Dos, echine, se mettre dos a dos (Dln) | 11 | |
36 | to spit | tufa | 120 | ||
67 | to sew
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tui | Coudre, percer, enfiler (Dln) | 13, 16 | |
72 | to hit
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tuki | Battre, ecrasser, piler (Dln) | 8 | |
93 | to pound, beat
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tuki | Battre, ecrasser, piler (Dln) | 2 | |
82 | dull, blunt | tumué | 10 | ||
86 | to grow
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tupu | Pousser, croitre, germer | 1 | |
69 | to hunt
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tute | |||
144 | to burn
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tutu | Incendier, bruler, mettre le feu a quelque chose (Dln) | 1, 6 | |
52 | to stand | tuu | Etre debout, se tenir debout, droit (Dln) | 2 | |
77 | to scratch
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tuveé | 33 | ||
72 | to hit
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tuì | Battre, ecrasser, piler (Dln) | 8 | |
93 | to pound, beat
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tuì | Battre, ecrasser, piler (Dln) | 2 | |
148 | white | tèo | Blanc (Dln) | 9 | |
18 | breast | u | Sein, mamelle, gorge (Dln) | 1 | |
24 | head | u'u | Head | 1 | |
133 | rain | ua | Pluie (Dln) | 1 | |
34 | to cry | ue | 38 | ||
135 | lightning | uià | Eclair, eclairer (Dln) | 2 | |
24 | head | upoko | Head (Dln) | 10 | |
204 | Eight
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va'u | used on Nuku Hiva currently | 3 | |
4 | leg/foot | vae | Leg (I) | 1, 100 | |
85 | to choose | vae | 10 | ||
122 | water
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vai | Water (I) | 2 | |
126 | lake | vai óto | 6 | ||
127 | woods/forest | vao | Forest (I) | 14 | |
6 | road/path | vaà/nui | Road | 22 | |
55 | woman/female | vehine | Woman (Dln) | 1, 106, 116 | |
58 | wife | vehine | 5, 68 | ||
95 | to fall
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vi'i | to fall (in the sense of becoming unbalanced, slipping) | 86 | |
105 | tail | vèo | Queue d'un animal (Dln) | 10, 23 | |
176 | below | à'o | Under, below | 8 | |
79 | stick/wood | àkau | Bois (Dln) | 1, 26 | |
128 | sky | àki | Sky | 1 | |
146 | ash | ànahu | Ashes (metathesis?) | 67, 60 | |
128 | sky | àni | Sky | 1 | |
33 | to laugh | àta | Laugh | 7 | |
114 | leaf | àu | Leaf | 1 | |
113 | branch
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àà | Petites branches (Dln) | 1 | |
156 | thin
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áhiáhi | 5 | ||
156 | thin
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ákiaki | 18 | ||
141 | wet | áutau | |||
152 | small | ìki | Petit, etroit (Dln) | 66 | |
1 | hand | ìma | Five, hand | 1, 64 | |
165 | bad, evil | ìno | Mechant, mauvais, chiche (Dln) | 9 | |
46 | to see | íte | 1 | ||
89 | to hold
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ííma | |||
141 | wet | útau | 10 | ||
151 | green | ʔoutite'e |