Biggs and Clark 1993

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Sections

• 1.4 Household Artefacts
  • Cord, twine
  • Bark-cloth (tapa)
• 1.5 Horticultural Practices
  • Gathering, harvesting
• 1.7 Canoes and Seafaring
  • Conclusions
• 1.9 Acts of Impact, Force and Change of State
  • Pluck, pick
  • Twisting, plaiting, braiding
• 2.1 Introduction
  • The relation of the current project to previous work
• 2.5 Meteorological phenomena
  • Seasonal winds
  • The sky and clouds
• 2.9 Time
  • Middle of the day: from 9 or 10 a.m. to about 3 p.m.
  • Distances within a day
• 3.1 Introduction
  • The relation of the current project to previous work
  • Indexes
• 3.5 Wild plants of the coastal strand
  • Calophyllum inophyllum, portia, Indian laurel, Alexandrian laurel, beach mahogany, TP kalopilum, B tamanu, nabakura (Clusiaceae)
• 4.1 Introduction
  • The relation of the current project to previous work
• 4.2 Fish
  • Conclusion
• 5.1 Introduction
  • The relation of the current project to previous work
• 6.1 Introduction
  • The relation of the current project to previous work
• 6.11 Seasonal cycles and lunations
  • Reconstructions

Words

• PPn: malaqe open, cleared space used as meeting place or ceremonial place
• PPn: siapo paper-mulberry plant (Broussonetia sp.); bark-cloth
• PCP: sau ear pendant
• PPn: mata point of land, headland; point, blade, cutting-edge (of a weapon or instrument)
• PPn: maquŋa mountain
• PPn: tuqa-siwi mountain ridge
• PPn: mato precipice, steep place, cliff
• PPn: lo(o)ma, lo(o)maki flood caused by high seas or tides
• PPn: moana sea beyond the reef, ocean
• PPn: toka rock, as a submerged rock or reef sit, settle, coagulate, run aground
• PPn: loto inside pool, depression in reef; inside
• PPn: tokelau northwesterly quadrant, northwest winds
• PCEPn: refua a star name, Antares?
• PPn: si-sifo (N) west
• PPn: sa-sake (N) east