POLLEX-Online

Greenhill SJ & Clark R (2011). POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online. Oceanic Linguistics, 50(2), 551-559

https://pollex.shh.mpg.de/

Realizations (201)

Shift Language Lexeme Source Target Page
#2702 Niuean alili univalve mollusc, cat's eye (Turbo sp.) → Turban shells as used for spoons
#1343 Niuean tapakau, kapakau wing (of any flying thing) — fin of a fish
#1343 Nuguria kapakau wing — front flippers (of turtle)
#1343 Takuu kapakau wing of a bird — pectoral fin of a fish, flipper of a turtle
#1343 Tikopia kapakau wing — fin
#1343 Tuvaluan kapakau wing — lateral fin
#1529 West Futuna (Futuna-Aniwa) faŋa bed; pig's bed — birdnest
#4138 Pukapukan kooanga nest (n.) — family
#4139 Samoan oofaga nest (n.) — quiver for arrows
#4381 Emae fua fruit — egg
#4381 Luangiua (Ontong Java) hua fruit — egg
#4381 Nuguria hua fruit (of tree) — egg
#4381 Penrhyn hua fruit — egg
#4381 Rennellese hua fruit — egg
#4381 Takuu hua piece of fruit — egg (of bird, fish, turtle, lizard, spider)
#4381 Tuvaluan fua fruit — egg
#4381 Vaeakau-Taumako (Pileni) hua fruit — egg
#856 West Futuna (Futuna-Aniwa) mrama moon → month
#856 Tuamotu marama moon — month
#856 Tikopia marama moon — lunar month
#856 Takuu marama moon — month
#856 Sikaiana malama moon — month
#856 Cook Islands Maori (Rarotongan) marama moon — month
#856 Rapa marama moon — month
#856 Penrhyn marama moon — month
#856 Nukuoro malama moon — month
#856 Maori marama moon → month
#856 Marquesan meʔama moon — month
#856 Rakahanga-Manihiki marama moon — lunar month
#856 Mangareva marama moon — month
#856 Kapingamarangi malama moon — month
#856 Hawaiian malama moon — month
#4405 Samoan segi wild, not tame — shy
#4405 Tokelau hegi wild, untamed — shy
#4434 Niuean piu fan palm (Pritchardia pacifica) → umbrella
#4431 Niuean piu umbrella → parachute
#2778 Niuean lima hand, arm → power, authority
#4031 Rapanui ibi bone → needle
#4435 Raivavae ivi bone → thin, wasted by disease
#2046 Tuvaluan ivi bone → energy, strong (of people)
#4436 Tuamotu ivi bone → skeleton
#4505 Marquesan puaka pig (Sus scrofa) → animal
#4510 Tikopia toto blood — sap (of a plant)
#4511 Maori toohua, tooua yolk of egg — roe of fish
#4758 Nukumanu hekau clothing — possessions
#4773 Fijian ivi Tahitian chestnut (Inocarpus fagifer) → kidney
#4773 Rakahanga-Manihiki mape Tahitian chestnut (Inocarpus fagifer) — kidney
#4774 Hawaiian ake liver → spleen (anat.)
#4774 Niuean ate liver → spleen (anat.)
#4774 Fijian ate liver → spleen (anat.)
#2764 Rennellese mea red, reddish → very angry
#4775 Ifira-Mele mea red — gills
#4937 Sikaiana tele to sail or ride in a boat → to ride in an automobile
#4937 Takuu tere to sail → to drive (the car)
#4937 Tahitian tere to sail → to drive (the car)
#4938 Maori tuaiwi back, backbone — keel (of canoe)
#5229 Nukuoro koromatua old (vs. young) → priest
#4031 Tongan hui bone → needle, pin
#5287 Nuguria vae foot/leg → wheel (of vehicle)
#5287 Kapingamarangi wae foot/leg → wheel (of vehicle)
#5289 Sikaiana vae foot/leg → hand (of a clock)
#5290 Tikopia vae leg, foot → boot, shoe
#5318 Marquesan veo copper, brass → zinc
#5319 Mangareva veo copper → tin (n.)
#4146 Hawaiian veo red, redness — copper
#2107 Mangareva uira lightning → electricity
#2107 Niuean uhila lightning → electricity
#2107 Tahitian uira lightning → electricity
#5334 Tahitian ʔootare orphan — poor
#5335 Tahitian ʔootare orphan — one bereft of husband or wife
#5335 Maori pani orphan — widow
#5334 Tongan pya orphan — destitute
#5334 Wallisian (East Uvea) paʔea orphan — to be poor, who lacks the necessary
#5339 Tongan (ʔ)ukamea iron or steel — metal of any sort
#5365 Marquesan niho tooth → tentacle (of animals)
#5366 Marquesan niho tooth → horn
#5367 Niuean nifo tooth → scissors
#5366 Takuu niho tooth → horn (of goat, cow)
#2691 Nuguria kimoa mouse — rat (Rattus)
#2691 Nukuoro gimoo mouse — rat (Rattus)
#2691 West Uvea kimoa mouse — rat (Rattus)
#633 Marquesan veo copper — brass
#633 Cook Islands Maori (Rarotongan) veo copper — brass
#633 Tahitian veo copper — brass
#633 Tuamotu veo copper — brass
#5758 Tahitian au smoke — steam
#5758 Takuu au smoke — steam
#5760 Mangareva aʔu mist, fog — cloud
#5758 Raivavae au smoke — steam, vapour
#991 Maori koro to want — to intend
#991 Niuean kolo to want — to intend
#991 Pukapukan wakakolo to want → to intend
#991 Tuamotu koro to want — to intend
#4378 Rennellese sopo to go in or out, appear → to be born
#6288 Mangareva vero tail of dog → comet
#6288 Marquesan veʔo queue d'un animal. d'un poisson, d'une comète → comète
#1007 Rapanui raʔā sun — day
#1007 Rakahanga-Manihiki raa sun — day
#1007 Tuamotu rā sun — day
#1007 Marquesan ʔa, ʔaa sun — day
#1007 Nuguria raa, laa sun — day
#8127 Rapanui ū female breast — udder
#8127 Maori ū female breast — udder
#8127 Hawaiian ū female breast — udder
#8127 Mangareva ū female breast — udder
#8127 Marquesan ū female breast — udder
#8127 Nuguria teu female breast — udder
#8127 Rotuman susu female breast — udder
#8127 Tahitian ū female breast — udder
#8127 Tongan huhu female breast — udder
#860 Tikopia maatua aged; elder, elders — husband
#860 Vaeakau-Taumako (Pileni) matua old man → husband
#563 Anuta tangata man (male) — human, person
#563 Futunan tagata man (male) — human, person
#563 Rapanui taŋata man (male) — human, person
#563 Hawaiian kanaka man (male) — human, person
#563 Mangareva tagata man (male) — human, person
#563 Rakahanga-Manihiki tangata man (male) — human, person
#563 Marquesan kànáta, ànáta man (male) — human, person
#563 Penrhyn tangata man (male) — human, person
#563 Rennellese tangata man (male) — human, person
#563 Samoan tagata man (male) — human, person
#563 Tahitian taata man (male) — human, person
#563 Tikopia tangata man (male) — human, person
#563 Tokelau tagata man (male) — human, person
#563 Tongan tangata man (male) — human, person
#563 West Futuna (Futuna-Aniwa) tagata, táŋata man (male) — human, person
#563 West Uvea tangata man (male) — human, person
#933 Hawaiian kaane man (male) — husband
#933 Moriori ta(a)ne man (male) — husband
#933 Penrhyn taane man (male) — husband
#933 Rapa tane man (male) — husband
#933 Cook Islands Maori (Rarotongan) taane man (male) — husband
#933 Samoan taane man (male) — husband
#933 Tokelau taane man (male) — husband
#933 Tuamotu taane man (male) — husband
#3259 Wallisian (East Uvea) mea orange-coloured → newborn baby
#3259 Emae mea bright → baby
#3259 Nukumanu mea red, scarlet → infants
#3259 Samoan mea yellowish-brown → young baby, suckling
#3259 Takuu mea red → infant
#3259 Tikopia mea reddish, pink → baby, infant
#3259 Vaeakau-Taumako (Pileni) mea red → child, baby, little baby
#389 Fijian kumi beard — chin
#389 Hawaiian ʔumiʔumi beard — chin
#389 Nukuoro gumigumi beard — chin
#389 Rotuman kumkumi beard — chin
#389 West Futuna (Futuna-Aniwa) kumkumi, kugkumi beard — chin
#8578 Rapa kainai yesterday → tomorrow
#68 Niuean aa pongipongi in the morning ← tomorrow
#68 Rapanui apó morning — tomorrow
#68 Cook Islands Maori (Rarotongan) poopongi twilight, especially morning → tomorrow
#68 Emae bongibongileva morning ← tomorrow
#68 Niuean pogipogi this morning — tomorrow
#68 Tokelau taaeao morning — tomorrow
#68 Samoan taeao morning, early morning — tomorrow
#68 Pukapukan taeyao early morning — tomorrow
#68 Nukuoro daiao morning — tomorrow
#68 Kapingamarangi taia morning — tomorrow
#68 Nuguria taeao morning — tomorrow
#2691 Marquesan ku(ma)kuma mouse — rat
#2691 Nuguria kimoa mouse — rat
#2691 Nukuoro kimoa mouse — rat
#2691 West Uvea kimoa mouse — rat
#2691 Rapanui kioʔe mouse — rat
#2691 Mangareva kiore mouse — rat
#2691 Marquesan kioʔe mouse — rat
#2691 Penrhyn kiore mouse — rat
#2691 Tahitian ʔiore mouse — rat
#922 Rakahanga-Manihiki kite to find → to know
#922 Cook Islands Maori (Rarotongan) kite to find — to know
#966 Rapanui viʔe woman — wife
#966 Marquesan vehine woman — wife
#966 Moriori wahine, wihine woman — wife
#966 Raivavae (v)ahiine woman — wife
#966 Tahitian vahine woman — wife
#5813 'Āre'āre karo-na rib → flank, side (n.)
#5813 Arosi garogaro-na ribs of a man → side of a house
#5813 Hawaiian iwi ʔaoʔao rib — side (n.)
#5813 Mangareva ivi kaokao rib — side (n.)
#5813 Moriori kaokao ribs → side (n.)
#5813 Rapa kaokao ribs → sides (of house)
#5813 Cook Islands Maori (Rarotongan) kaokao rib → side (of person or thing)
#5813 Rennellese ibi kaokao rib — side (human, animal)
#5813 Tahitian ivi ʔaoʔao rib — side (n.)
#158 Takuu ivi kaukau rib → bone
#5813 Tikopia kaokao ribs → flank
#4775 Rapanui mea red — gills
#4775 Futunan mea reddish → gills
#4775 Wallisian (East Uvea) mea orange-coloured → gills
#4775 Niuean mea to redden (of the sky) → gills
#4775 Rotuman mea red-eyed → gills
#4775 Tikopia mea reddish, pink → gills
#4775 Vaeakau-Taumako (Pileni) mea red → gills
#4775 West Uvea mea yellowish, reddish → gills
#4775 Nuguria mea red → gills
#4775 Tongan mea red → gills
#10153 Tongan kava bitter → acid
#2372 Tokelau ao day → 24 hours
#4287 Hawaiian hewa sin — wrong
#2900 Hawaiian hewa to make a mistake, be wrong — to sin

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