Entries from Buck 1932b in Pollex-Online

Buck, P. H. (1932b). Ethnology of Manihiki and Rakahanga. Honolulu, Bishop Museum Press.

Language Item Description
Manihiki-Rakahanga Hapai Longitudinal beams Phonologically Irregular
Manihiki-Rakahanga Tui/au Thatching needle, roof sheet needle
Manihiki-Rakahanga Katirehe The throat
Manihiki-Rakahanga Kaurima Stick of fireplough
Manihiki-Rakahanga Kaunati, kauneti Bed for fire-plough
Manihiki-Rakahanga Kaviti Attached point on a bonito lure
Manihiki-Rakahanga Kuaha Thigh Phonologically Irregular
Manihiki-Rakahanga Reru Food pounder
Manihiki-Rakahanga Roro Flower stalk of coconut
Manihiki-Rakahanga Ota Coconut flesh after cream has been extracted
Manihiki-Rakahanga Paru Fish sp., Ruvettus
Manihiki-Rakahanga Pingohi Tongs
Manihiki-Rakahanga Pipiri Name of a month in the traditional calendar (May-June)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Pukatea A large softwood tree (Pisonia grandis)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Puoro To grate coconut to obtain oil
Manihiki-Rakahanga Puiha Wooden box (said to have been imported)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Hakari Coconut when flesh is maximally thick
Manihiki-Rakahanga Hika Female genitals; female child
Manihiki-Rakahanga To/mi Press down (as on a fire-plough)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Tapairu Sister of Huku, discoverer of Manihiki; senior daughter of chiefly family
Manihiki-Rakahanga Taume Dry flower sheathe of coconut
Manihiki-Rakahanga Tautara Spars to which mast stays were tied
Manihiki-Rakahanga Tenga Thigh
Manihiki-Rakahanga Tua Ocean side. The sea side of an atoll (Sve).
Manihiki-Rakahanga Urua Fish sp.
Manihiki-Rakahanga Aitu God
Manihiki-Rakahanga Ama Outrigger float
Manihiki-Rakahanga Anga honu Finger span
Manihiki-Rakahanga Anga/anga Work (n) Borrowed
Manihiki-Rakahanga Ao/a Dry, immature young coconut
Manihiki-Rakahanga Ara Ladder Problematic
Manihiki-Rakahanga Ara Arise
Manihiki-Rakahanga Arai To prohibit; something prohibited
Manihiki-Rakahanga Ariki King; chiefly title
Manihiki-Rakahanga Aro Upper surface
Manihiki-Rakahanga Aroha Take pity on; affection
Manihiki-Rakahanga Ato Thatching
Manihiki-Rakahanga Atua God; anything malign or disagreeable
Manihiki-Rakahanga Ava Channel
Manihiki-Rakahanga Ava Separate top side or gunwale of canoe Phonologically Irregular
Manihiki-Rakahanga Fa/fau Lashing of booms and pegs in canoe; of bonito hook
Manihiki-Rakahanga Fai. Whai. Perform religious ritual, call up (god). A sacred ceremony; to offer up prayers, or incantations; ceremony of removing tapu (Sve).
Manihiki-Rakahanga Fai Ray fish
Manihiki-Rakahanga Fai String figures
Manihiki-Rakahanga Fakahani Strip of husk connecting a pair of coconuts
Manihiki-Rakahanga Fakairo Mark (n)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Faka/kaho Rafter
Manihiki-Rakahanga Faka/maru To give shade or shelter
Manihiki-Rakahanga Faka/oma (Dip into) infant-feeding fluid Uncertain Semantic Connection
Manihiki-Rakahanga Uto fakapapa A way of cooking uto Uncertain Semantic Connection