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 | Toko/ia | Watch, observe, look, look after Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Top/lala | A small tree |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Tu/vihi | Bound, return, ricochet (TAU) Problematic |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Ulu/loku | Give a compensation (to avoid conflict) (TAU) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Ung/ahi | Burning wood |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Heinga (pl. vaheinga) | Thing (NUP, TAU) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Va/kapi | Be fastened [e.g. axe head to handle] |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Vake/a | Put away, put up, put someone/something into something, untie, remove Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | V/oo | Many Problematic |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Fkaosi | Be last, be final |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Huaohi | Consume |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Huaohi/kia | Sack someone from a job; finish off uncompleted work |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Huahula/ina | Inflate |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Vela | Sun |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Huatonu | Serve |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Huatonu/ia | Celebrate |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Huatupu-lia | To be heaped up, piled up; collect, heap up, put together |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Huatupu/lia | Fulfill, create |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Huatupu/langa | Heap, collection, host |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Huamda/ka/hia | Sharpen |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Pa/ngoi | Boundary marker of property Phonologically Irregular |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Kee | Different, away, other; additional thing, different thing; emphatic phrase-final qualifier. Different, apart (Ray). |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Le/kee | Get out! Get away! |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Ol/olo/ia, l/olo/ia | Wipe, rub |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Lulu/ia | Shake (vt) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Taohi | Leaves to cover the oven Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Taohi/a | Cover oven with leaves; adopt Problematic |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Unuki/a | Stick into the ground. Pierce (Hnh). |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Tuki | Small stick for stirring when making pudding |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Tuki/tuki | Pestle (for breadfruit) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Vale-a | Ignorant, not know. |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Lu/maki | Be sheltered from wind |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Lumaki/na | Put aside or behind something |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Uli | Sucker, shoot growing from the base of a tree or other plant |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Ane(e), ine(e) | And now, now, for the moment (clause-linking conjunction) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | A/la | Postnuclear qualifier usually indicating uncertainty or softening of the preceding word... Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | La | That (demonstrative pronoun, that away from speaker or listener) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Taia (plural object), teia (singular object) | Kill, hit |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Heiloaki | Know each other |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Uga/uga | Shell of hermit crab |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Alo/fafa | Mouth |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | A | A-possessive preposition |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | A- | Prefix indicating future time |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Ahe/a | Break a path through, clear the way through, open |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | A/la | Postnuclear qualifier, usually indicating uncertainty, or softening of the preceding word; if Problematic |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Alohi/manava | Womb; deepest feeling, whole heart, heart |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Amo/amo | Perfume, turmeric powder, custom powder |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Amo/mo/ia | Apply custom powder to |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Amuli | Later |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | A/naa, i/naa | Then, and then (clause linking conjunction) |
