pierced ears (for earrings)

Zorc 1969

pierce, pass or cut through, penetrate

Zorc 1969

to string (as beads); to skewer, place on a stick; to impale

Mintz and Britanico 1985

be strung (as beads), skewered, placed on a stick, impaled

Mintz and Britanico 1985

pierce through with a string (as pearls for a necklace), a stake (as a fish impaled on a harpoon), or something else, hang something on something long

Wolff 1972

beads, literally 'that which is used for being strung'

Conklin 1953, Reid p.c.

stringing of beads or similar objects

Conklin 1953, Reid p.c.

pierce or prick through something

Yamada 1976

to needle the stems of the leaves of tobacco to dry

Yamada 1976

running stitch

Yamada 1976

pass something through a hole

McKaughan and Macaraya 1967

string things together

Steller and Aebersold 1959

a stringing together of things, piercing through them to hold them

Panganiban 1966

to string (something, as fish or beads)

Hassan, Ashley and Ashley 1994

thread on which beads are strung; to string beads into a necklace

Awed, Underwood and van Wynen 2004

to string

Jeng 1972

to thread beads, etc.

Li and Tsuchida 2006

to string (beads)

Ferrell 1982

lift up with a string

Capell 1968

string together

Capell 1968

to string pierced objects, as flowers in a lei, or fish; to thread, as beads; needle, pin, spike, nail, screw, any pointed instrument of wood or metal; to sting

Pukui and Elbert 1971

to sew; to patch; pierce with an object; skewer; to spill; to insert an extra leaflet in mat plaiting

Lieber and Dikepa 1974

to thread, sew

pierce; thread on a string; lace, fasten by passing a cord through holes; sew; put the hand or arm through a loop, pass the arm through another person's arm; string on which anything is threaded

Williams 1971

plait an armlet; sew; string fish together

Lister-Turner and Clark 1930

to sew; to pierce (with a needle or other sharp point); to wear, to put on clothes

McEwen 1970

stab with a sharp object, pierce with a sharp object, sew, string (flowers or fish, etc.); straight course (of a canoe)

Carroll and Soulik 1973

to sew, join or fasten together with a needle or thread; thread a wreath; thread shells into a neck or head ornament; thread or join up candlenut kernels on the mid-rib of the coconut frond; to pierce

Savage 1980

bone, as of whale; awl or stick used as an awl; to string together, as fish, beads, coconuts; to sew, as a #bugho seine or #baghu mat; eat with a coconut-leaf midrib; fork; to be sharp; to insert, stick in or through

Elbert 1975

single piece of Rotuman necklace or garland

Churchward 1940

to string together, make a necklace or garland

Churchward 1940

stab, jab; prick, pick (with a fork, etc.); (of insect, etc.) sting; (of horse) spur; given an injection, inject; thread something through (as thread through a needle)

Milner 1966

to pierce, as a spear or arrow; to perforate, bore through

put in, insert, e.g. hand into pocket, or thread into needle; to thread (needle, beads, etc.); make by threading (as a necklace); to stab, pierce, gore; thing for threading with, such as the small forked stick used for threading sennit when reeding a house; put on, wear (clothes)

Churchward 1959

thread on string (as fish); stab; pierce

to string, as beads on a thread; to stitch (a mat); to pile up (stones)

Verheijen 1967-70

to put in, insert (as firewood in a fire); pierce; to thread (a needle)

Arndt 1961

to string beads

Verheijen 1977a

the spike of a fish's dorsal fin, any sharp object capable of pricking the skin; to prod, to poke, to touch with the point of a finger, or any other object for prodding

Morris 1984

to string (as beads)

van Hasselt and van Hasselt 1947