TAHU
Light (the verb)
[pronunciation: TAH-hoo]
Monthly Archives: January 2013
Te fa’apu
Te fa’apu i te ka’avai Vaitahu (plantation in the valley of Vaitahu)
Marquesan Word of the Day
TUMU
Teacher
(also means tree, posted a while back…interesting to ruminate on the common threads between these two meanings!)
[pronunciation: TOO-moo]
Marquesan Word of the Day
ONOHU’U
Ten
[pronunciation: oh-noh-HOO-oo]
Te pua hou
An unopened hibiscus flower (te pua) supports a few lingering drops of rain (te ua). I took this photo right outside my hotel room a few days ago, while playing around with my camera’s settings. The “portrait” setting was the best!
Marquesan Word of the Day
HAKAKO
Learn
[pronunciation: ha-KAH-koh]
Tahiti Research
Update on my research in Tahiti: Visited Punaauia yesterday to sit down with some people at the Service de la Culture et du Patrimoine! Snapped this photo on the way back to the bus stop.
Other news: A baby cyclone cruising through French Polynesia is dumping truckloads of rain on Tahiti. It poured rain most of last night and today, it continues under a blanket of low, dark clouds. Ick. The one good thing about it is all the cool air!
Marquesan Word of the Day
E
Yes
[pronunciation: ay, like the letter “a”]
Marquesan Word of the Day
ANANI
Orange (the fruit)
[pronunciation: ah-nah-nee]
Te mama hou
Mea momona: te mama! Fresh chitons (known as mama; they’re like a kind of limpet with hinges in its shell) await their destiny, to be deshelled and eaten raw with lime juice. Mmm!
