Entries from Bruce Biggs in Pollex-Online

Language Item Description
Marquesas ʔAuka Get
Marquesas Maakeekehu (MQN) Dusk
Marquesas Moʔii. Moʔi (Dln) (Atl). Mooʔii (Mtu). Daughter. Fille (Dln). Jeune fille, girl (MQS) (Atl).
Marquesas Muko ʔehi New coconut leaves
Marquesas Nane Knead
Marquesas Haʔa/nenea Husband resources, add something to eke out supply
Marquesas Poto Short. Court, courtaud (Lch).
Marquesas Poito Float
Marquesas Taaia His, her
Marquesas Tokoe Second person singular possessive adjective
Marquesas Uhi Put on (of a garment). Se couvrir (Lch).
Marquesas Veve Destitute. Pauvre, pauvreté (Lch). Borrowed
Moriori Moori/ori Indigenous people of the Chatham Islands
Motu Haahine Women
New Zealand Maori A(a) Proper article before personal and locative class bases standing as subject and before personal class bases following prepositions ki,i,kei,hei
New Zealand Maori -Aa- In the manner of
New Zealand Maori Awhi-tia Embrace
New Zealand Maori Ai Consequential and anaphoric postposed verbal particle
New Zealand Maori Arawhata Bridge, stepped log used as a ladder
New Zealand Maori Aarai-te-tonga A peak on Ruapehu
New Zealand Maori Arawa Shark sp. . Also a name of one of the founding canoes
New Zealand Maori Aro/aro/faki A motion of hands in dance
New Zealand Maori I te /aroaro/ o In the presence of, before
New Zealand Maori Ana If and when (i.e. if, with reference to a point of time)
New Zealand Maori H/ane/ Rotten, as wood
New Zealand Maori Aanewa(newa) Reel, fall; weak, listless; giddy; loaf, linger
New Zealand Maori Anoo Postposed particle, again
New Zealand Maori Aruhe The edible rhizome of Bracken (Pteridium esculentum)
New Zealand Maori Rarauhe Bracken (Pteridium esculentum) (Tuuhoe)
New Zealand Maori Ao The world (as opposed to the underworld)
New Zealand Maori Ao Cloud
New Zealand Maori Apa Serf, minion, worker
New Zealand Maori Aha/aha Saw-like instrument of shark teeth set in a wooden mounting
New Zealand Maori Aata- Carefully, deliberately
New Zealand Maori Atarau Moon, moonlight; a beam of light
New Zealand Maori Taariki A man's name (father of Taonui) Uncertain Semantic Connection
New Zealand Maori Te /Ati/- First part of some tribal names
New Zealand Maori Atu Postposed particle indicating direction away from speaker; a comparative marker
New Zealand Maori Auee Alas; howl
New Zealand Maori A(a)uru Pluck up (of weeds), destroy (as floodwaters destroying vegetation on banks), as scrofula destroying flesh
New Zealand Maori Aauta Toss, as in restless sleep
New Zealand Maori Aute Bark cloth
New Zealand Maori E(e) Preposed verbal particle, non-past tense
New Zealand Maori E...ana Imperfect tense, habitual tense
New Zealand Maori Ea Appear above surface of water, horizon (of heavenly bodies); reappear
New Zealand Maori Eenei The ones near me, these (head noun or qualifier)
New Zealand Maori Whaa- A non-productive causative prefix
New Zealand Maori Waahine Women
New Zealand Maori Whanga Bay, harbour, estuary . Common prefix to placenames
New Zealand Maori Akaroa A harbour in the South Island