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| tafifi |
native jasmine |
| tahua |
priest, person
who communes with spirits |
| taio |
a friend
with whom names were exchanged, |
| taio(continued) |
and everything
shared,hospitality, gifts, and even sexual partners |
| tamanu |
tree used
medicinally |
| tane |
man, men,
also Tane, god of pleasure |
| tapairu |
handmaids
and companions of a chiefess |
| tapu |
sacred, taboo |
| taro |
starchy root
vegetable |
| tatau |
tattoo |
| tau rearea |
carefree years of youth,
lit. "yellow years" |
| Taurua e hiti i Matavai |
Taurua rising over Matavai,
the star Venus |
| te ao marama |
the world of light, this
world |
| Te oho matamua |
first fruits |
| te po |
darkness, the after world |
| teu teu |
servant |
| tiare |
Tahitian gardenia, scented
flower |
| ti'i |
carved image which can
be inhabited by a spirit |
| tiputa |
bark cloth cape |
| tiri a pera |
secret pit where a family
threw its personal discards,such as hair, nails etc |
| to'ere |
slit gong |
| tuna |
eel |
| tupapau |
ghost |
| tupu |
discarded items of a
personal nature, i.e nail clippings, hair or uneaten food |
| tupu(continued) |
which could be used for sorcery
and therefore had to be carefully secreted |
| tutui |
tree with oily nuts which
can be burnt for light |
