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 | Hua/pau/ai | Eat every single bit of food in a meal |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Hu/apo/ina | Threaten |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Hu/apo/apo | Pretend (to do) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Hua/sika/sika-ina | Aim (at); discuss Problematic |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Huataha | Move aside, get out, keep away |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Hua/takalo | Play (mainly of children) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Huatala | Explain Phonologically Irregular |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Hua/tangata | Penis |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Hua/hahine | Vulva, woman's external sexual organs |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Hua/takahuli | Be fat and healthy (usually used of young offspring) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Hua/tangi/a | Make sound; make cry; play (instrument) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Hua/tau/tau. Va/tau/tau. | Argue, quarrel |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Huathu/lia | Make stand |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Hua/un/unu | Burn rubbish |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Huilonga-hia | Birthmark, mark; to mark |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Huluhulu/maki | Feel sick, have fever |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Huohua | Swell of the sea |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Hutu | Well, spring, stream, brook Phonologically Irregular |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | I/mono | Dried snot in the nostrils |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Kahanga | Rope on legs for climbing coconut palms |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Kai/meo | Be envious |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Kano/kaenga | Community, all the people, pigs, houses, plantations, etc. on an island |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Kapi/kapi/nihi | Be full inside, be overcrowded |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Kau | Pneumonia Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Kle/vihi | Conch shell |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Ko | Particle signifying phasal aspect, a change in the world, a command or strong wish or simply a progression of events in a narrative Phonologically Irregular |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Kohi | Be finished |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Ku | 1s prenuclear clitic pronoun |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Kuonga | Trunk...i.e. the body minus arms, legs and head Phonologically Irregular |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Kuo/kuonga | Be fat |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | La | Their (3rd prenuclear possessive pronoun) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Lahalu | A small tree (Its strong wood is used for making bows, traps and house building) [TAU] |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | La/kii | A kind of grasshopper singing loud at sunset Problematic |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Lava/ia | Poison (vt) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | La/vihi | Get stuck, not fit, be too long Problematic |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Lele/ina | Swear at, talk badly about, judge Problematic |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Lha | He, she (3s) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Ma | As Problematic |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Maele | A fish Problematic |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Atiao | Tomorrow morning, tomorrow |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Huaeke/eke | Surf (pl) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Pa/ki/ake | Be washed up, be pushed up |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Paki/a | Hit, kick (with the foot), tap, beat, strike |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Mei/taine | Girl |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Tele | Travel |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Momo/ina | Share pieces |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Maele | (The touch in) a chase-and-touch game Problematic |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Ma/huna/huna, mafunafuna | Be in pieces, be out of order |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Malama/la | Light up (vi) Problematic |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Maliki | Be cold (of things, not persons) Problematic |
