Vaeakau-Taumako entries in Pollex-Online

Protoform Item Description Source
OC.LELE.A Lele Fly, jump (sg) (Hvn)
OC.LELE.A He/lele/kaki, he/lele/kina Fly about (Hvn)
EC.LE-LEA.1 Lele/ina Swear at, talk badly about, judge Problematic (Hvn)
SO.LELEFUA.* Lelehua A kind of moth (Hvn)
NP.LEMO.2 Lemo, lemu Slippery (Hvn)
NP.LEMO.2 Ta/lemo Slip (vi) (Hvn)
NP.LEMO.2 Hua/lemo/lemo-ina Polish; be polished (Hvn)
NP.LEPU Nga/lepu Ripple (vi) (Hvn)
OC.LEQO.1 Leo Language; voice; word; culture, custom; order, command; speak (Hvn)
PN.LEQO.2 Hua/leo, ha/leo, fka/leo Be guarded, feel safe (Hvn)
FJ.LEU Leu Ripe (Hvn)
NP.LEWA.1 Leva Be unstable, on the point of falling, almost losing one's balance, fall (Hvn)
CP.LEWA.2 Leva A small tree, its fruits are not edible (Hvn)
PN.LEWELEWE Leveleve Cobweb (Ray)
PN.LI-AKI Liaki/na Throw, drop, leave (Hvn)
PN.LI-AKI Liaki Stick (to kill fish with, for drumming, etc.) Uncertain Semantic Connection (Hvn)
PN.LI-AKI Lieki/lieki A dance where people walk around within the dancing circle Problematic (Hvn)
XO.LIE.* Lie Nit, egg of louse . Louse egg, nit (Grn)
OC.LIGI Lingi/a Pour, empty (vt) (Hvn)
PN.LIGO-LIGO Lingolingo An insect, a type of grasshopper, similar to lakii singing at sunset (Hvn)
AN.LIHA Lia Louse egg, nit (Trn)
FJ.LII.2 Li/hia, li/sia Tie, bind (Hvn)
FJ.LII.2 Li/hi Be tied, be bound, be attached to (Hvn)
FJ.LII.2 Li/li/nga Hafting of the head of a stone axe (Hvn)
FJ.LII.2 Lii Type of lashing on canoe (Lch)
PN.LILO Lilo Disappear, be out of sight (Hvn)
AN.LIMA.A Lima Five (Hvn)
MP.LIMA.B Lima Arm, hand, finger (Hvn)
MP.LIMU Limu Seaweed, used to make colour for puke-canoe. Type of seaweed rubbed into canoes; produces a white surface as protection against seaworms (Lch). (Hvn)
MP.LIMU Lumu Moss (Ray)
MP.LIMU Limu/a Paint with seaweed (Hvn)
PN.LITO.2 Ha/silo Young fresh leaves at the top of coconut palms (Hvn)
PN.LIU.1 Liu Hull of a canoe; hold (of canoe) (Ebt). Hull of canoe (Hvn) (Hvn)
OC.LOA.1 Loa (plural la/loa) Long (Hvn)
OC.LOA.1 Loa/loa For a long time, always, continuous (Ray)
NP.LOA.2 Loa Really (emphatic postnuclear qualifier) (Hvn)
FJ.LOGO Longo Be silent (about things, not persons) (Hvn)
PN.LOGOAQA Hua/longa Make noise, be noisy (Hvn)
PN.LOHOLOHO Lolo Bunch [e.g. of coconut, breadfruit] (Hvn)
PN.LOHU Lou Hooked, long stick to get down breadfruits or leaves of breadfruit trees. Main strut from crossbeam to end of middle float (of Te Puke canoe) [Taumako Dialect] (Gge). (Hvn)
MP.LOKU Loku Bow (n) (Hvn)
MP.LOKU Ulu/loku Give a compensation (to avoid conflict) [Taumako Dialect] (Hvn)
CP.LOLI Lole Kind of seaweed Problematic (Hvn)
CP.LOLI Loli Black sea slug (Lch)
MP.LOLO.2 Lolo Come, break [e.g. wave] (Hvn)
MP.LOLO.2 Lo/lolo Wave (a special and rare type of wave with several small waves coming together as one big wave) (Hvn)
PN.LOLOGO Longo, lhongo [NUP] (trans. longo/ina) Sing, song (Hvn)
NP.LOMA.1 Loma Wave; break (of waves) Uncertain Semantic Connection (Hvn)
NP.LOMA.1 Tai loma High tide or water (Grn)
OC.LOO Loo Ant (Hvn)

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