 Mangareva. unufe Tonga. Tertiary forms are Paumotu hanuhe and Rapanui eanuhe. In general the word signifies worm and caterpillar; its alteration to snail in Paumotu and to a fern in Tahiti is not really remote in a classification based on superficial...  A Dictionary of Mangareva (or Gambier Islands) - Page 14by Edward Tregear - 1899 - 121 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Tregear - Mangareva Language --dictionaries --english - 1899 - 138 pages
...friend, said by superiors to inferiors. The plural is kouariga, my friends. ERIKIKURA (erikikiira), a piece of cloth painted yellow used to cover the breast of a corpse. Cf. kura. lERIRI (eriri), a kind of sea-snail. ERO, abortive ; an abortion. Also used for plants that do not... | |
 | William Churchill, Hippolyte Roussel - Polynesian languages - 1912 - 358 pages
...Tahiti is not really remote in a classification based on superficial resemblances. eeriki carpet. Mgv. : eriki-kura, a piece of cloth painted yellow used to cover the breast of a corpse. eete anger, horror; detestable, hideous, horrible; to astound, to feel repugnance (ete). kokoma eete,... | |
 | William Churchill, Hippolyte Roussel - Polynesian languages - 1912 - 362 pages
...remote in a classification based on superficial resemblances, eeriki carpet. Mgv. : eriki—kura, apiece of cloth painted yellow used to cover the breast of a corpse. eete anger, horror; detestable, hideous, horrible; to astound, to feel repugnance (etc). kokoma eete,... | |
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