Entries from Hovdhaugen 2006 in Pollex-Online
Hovdhaugen, E. (2006). A Short Dictionary of the Vaeakau-Taumako Language. Oslo, Kon-Tiki Museum, Institute for Pacific Archaeology and Cultural History.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Thea | White |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Tea/tea/nga | Shallow and clear sea close to shore |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Teki, (pl. theki) | Run Problematic |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Tele | Sail (v) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Tenee, tenei | This, this one, this here |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Etai [NUP], tai [VAE, TAU] | People, person Problematic |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Teve | A plant with a large edible root, similar to taro |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Sii | A plant or shrub with long leaves |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Sii | Shine (of sun) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Siaki, siakina (obs.) | Leave, throw away, split |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Hipihipi | Various kinds of butterfly fish Phonologically Irregular |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Sika | Straight, go straight, real, normal, right |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Siko | Defecate |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Kotala | Various types of kingfisher birds Problematic |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Sili-a | Throw; shoot (through). Fish with casting net ; throw with a twist (Grn). |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Sil/ekina | Throw [down] |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Nana- [TAU] | Mother (mainly used by children) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Sini/a | Prophetize, promise, announce |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Hino | Body (outside); change body |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Hino | Person (in counting) [but cf. hinolua 'twenty persons'etc.] |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Hipa | Deflect, go in a wrong direction (VAE) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Thoo (trans. to/kia) | Plant, make holes with a digging stick for planting |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Too (trans. tongia) | Fall (on), rain (on); dive to get fish (used about heron and other birds) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Too | Your (2s prenuclear O-possessive pronoun) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | To/a | Take, marry, take and (initiating the action signified by the following verb), gather, get |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Toa | Ironwood tree |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Tole | Remain, be left Phonologically Irregular |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Tohe | A bivalve mollusc shell used as a knife to cut things |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Thohu | All, complete; share (according to established patterns for distribution) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Tonga | Wind from east |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Tongo | Mangrove |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Toka/a | Stay behind |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Ma/thoka | Door, doorway |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Api/thoka | Closure for door |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Tokelau | Wind from north |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Toko (trans. toko/akina, toko/ina [NUP,VAE], toko/na) | Pole (a canoe) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Toko- | Prefix attached to numerals and words indicating quantity referring to human beings |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Tokotoko | Walking stick for old people |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Tukutuli | Kneel Problematic |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Tolo | Sugarcane |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Tolu | Three |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Tona | Wound after infection or mosquito bite, difficult to heal. Ulcer, sore (Ray). |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Kili/tona | Scar (after a small sore) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Tono/a | Push away Problematic |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Thonu | True, really |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Tonu/ia | Be on time for, be timely at |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Lo/thonu/thonu | Middle, halfway |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Tau/thonu | Meet, happen to, chance |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Tonu | A fish, sea bass, coral trout |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Toto/kanga | A big tree, beach heliotrope... |
