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Entry Tahitian Orthography Tahitian English 
1  ˈau ʔau  cockle 
2  fau fau  leader of orchestra 
3  hau hau  peace 
4  mau mau  true, real 
5  Nau n̪au  Lepidium piscidium 
6  pau pau  finished 
7  rau rau  leaf 
8  tau tau  season 
9  faˈa faʔa  causative prefix 
10  vaˈa vaʔa  canoe 
11  aˈa eaʔa  root of a tree 
12  afa aˈfa ˈafa  half 
13  ama eama  balance of a canoe 
14  ana an̪a  coconut grater 
15  apa aˈpa ˈapa  kiss 
16  ara ara  to wake up 
17  ata eata  cloud 
18  ava aba aβa  passage between reefs 
19  ˈaua ʔaua  fence 
20  fifi fifi  difficult 
21  hihi hihi  rays of sun 
22  ravaˈi ravaʔi  enough 
23  navaˈi n̪abaʔi  enough 
24  roaˈa roaʔa  to be acquired 
25  noaˈa noaʔa  to be acquired 
26  pufa pufa  copra 
27  puha puha  copra 
28  ufi ufi  yam 
29  uhi uhi  yam 
30  ara ara  path 
31  are are  wave 
32  ari ari  deep 
33  aro aro  face 
34  aru aru  darkness 
35  parau parau  speak 
36  pârau paːrau  pearl shell 
37  pepe pepe  butterfly 
38  pêpê peːpeː  wound 
39  ˈapi ʔapi  page 
40  ˈapî ʔapiː  new 
41  poro poro  corner 
42  pôro poːro  marble 
43  pupu pupu  group 
44  pûpû puːpuː  sea shell 
45  maro maro  royal belt 
46  marô maroː  dry 
47  mâro maaro  stubborn 
48  ˈua ʔuʔa  past tense marker 
49  ˈuˈâ uːʔa  to bloom 
50  ˈûˈa uʔaː  kind of crab 
51  ûa uːa  rain