twist, entwine, tie, bind, with a vine; tighten a vine around the waist of a woman in order to provoke an abortion

Geerts 1970

twist, twine round, coil (of a snake), wind a line round

Fox, C. 1970

twist, twine round, coil (of a snake), wind a line round; a thread for tying a hook to a line

Fox, C. 1970

to twist, twine round, coil (of a snake), wind a line round

Fox, C. 1970

bind, lap with string

Ivens 1940

snarl, tangle (as fish in fishing line)

White 1985

plait coconut leaves round trees to make them taboo

Lanyon-Orgill 1962

plait, make a basket

Lanyon-Orgill 1969

to weave (mats, sails, etc.), to braid, to knot (the strands of grass skirts, but usually #abi is used)

Mager 1952

to braid, plait, string, as a lei or Candlenuts; a braid, plaiting, string; to turn, deviate, wander, stray

Pukui and Elbert 1971

to turn; to make grass skirts; be twisted

Senft 1986

a braid, a plait

Lee 1976

to braid, plait

Lee 1976

twist tobacco

Keesing 1975

braid together

Keesing 1975

tie up, fasten

Keesing 1975

to plait, braid (as cords to make a net)

Peekel 1929-30

a malevolent spirit which causes twisted limbs

to constrict, as a python; be mixed up or twisted, of a child's speech; twist, wind up, wind around; too much, a great deal

twist round, coil round; twist tobacco; tie up, tie up a door

Fox, C. 1974

to plait (rope, etc.)

Paton 1973

put headdress around head

Chowning n.d. b

roll a cigarette

Chowning n.d. b

a made rope

Wheeler 1926

to twist, wring, squeeze with a twist

Codrington and Palmer 1896

plait a cord

Codrington and Palmer 1896

fasten by twisting round and round; tie up a parcel or bundle, twisting string all round it; to kill for visitors (as a pig)

Lister-Turner and Clark 1930

bind round and round; puzzling, difficult; English twist tobacco

Fox, C. 1955

wind round, of a creeper; put a hitch round, make a sail fast when reefing

Fox, C. 1955

to bind, to tie; busy

Fox, C. 1955

to plait, to twist

McEwen 1970

turn, spin, twist

Rehg and Sohl 1979

to braid, lash, twist; construct, build a nest

Elbert 1975

to plait three strands of sennit, hair, etc., and the "tail" of a basket or floor-mat made of coconut-leaf, this tail itself being called a #hiri

Churchward 1940

to lap with string, bind spears or arrows

Ivens 1929

(of sennit, hair, etc.) plait, braid

Milner 1966

action of plaiting, plaited work

Milner 1966

decorate, dress something by plaiting coconut or other leaves around it

Milner 1966

fold clothing, wind fishing line

Capell 1943, Ezard 1985

to plait, as a basket or mat

to plait, weave (as a mat)

plait, twist or plait two or more threads together; a plait of hair, or pigtail; pigtail-like part of a plaited basket

Churchward 1959

to string (as flowers or shells on a necklace); braid

plaited

tie, twist, fold, lash (as in twisting ropes)

Sohn and Tawerilmang 1976

twisted (as of the fibers in a rope)

Conklin 1953, Reid p.c.

twist, twisting

Conklin 1953, Reid p.c.