| WMP |
| Hanunóo |
pírit |
twist, twisting |
|
p<in>írit |
twisted (as of the fibers in a rope) |
| OC |
| Hawaiian |
hili |
to braid, plait, string, as a lei or Candlenuts; a braid, plaiting, string; to turn, deviate, wander, stray |
| Woleaian |
pili-pil |
tie, twist, fold, lash (as in twisting ropes) |
| Pohnpeian |
pir |
turn, spin, twist |
| Kosraean |
pihr-aki |
to braid, plait |
|
pihr-ak |
a braid, a plait |
| Duke of York |
wir |
plait coconut leaves round trees to make them taboo |
| Label |
pir |
to plait, braid (as cords to make a net) |
| Gedaged |
pizi |
to weave (mats, sails, etc.), to braid, to knot (the strands of grass skirts, but usually is used) |
| Lakalai |
viri |
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 |
|
e-viri |
a malevolent spirit which causes twisted limbs |
| Mono-Alu |
fili |
a made rope |
| Eddystone/Mandegusu |
viri |
plait, make a basket |
| Cheke Holo |
firi |
snarl, tangle (as fish in fishing line) |
| Bugotu |
firi |
bind, lap with string |
| Lau |
firi |
twist round, coil round; twist tobacco; tie up, tie up a door |
| Tuvaluan |
fili |
to string (as flowers or shells on a necklace); braid |
|
ma-fili |
plaited |
| Kilivila |
vili |
to turn; to make grass skirts; be twisted |
| Kwaio |
filiʔ-ia |
tie up, fasten |
|
filis-ia |
braid together |
|
fili |
twist tobacco |
| Nggela |
vi-viri |
to bind, to tie; busy |
|
virig-i |
wind round, of a creeper; put a hitch round, make a sail fast when reefing |
|
viri |
bind round and round; puzzling, difficult; English twist tobacco |
| 'Āre'āre |
hiriʔ-ia |
twist, entwine, tie, bind, with a vine; tighten a vine around the waist of a woman in order to provoke an abortion |
| Molima |
luluwe vili |
put headdress around head |
|
vili |
roll a cigarette |
| Sa'a |
hiri |
to lap with string, bind spears or arrows |
| Motu |
hiri-a |
fasten by twisting round and round; tie up a parcel or bundle, twisting string all round it; to kill for visitors (as a pig) |
| Arosi |
hiri-hiri |
twist, twine round, coil (of a snake), wind a line round; a thread for tying a hook to a line |
|
hiri |
twist, twine round, coil (of a snake), wind a line round |
|
hiriʔ-i |
to twist, twine round, coil (of a snake), wind a line round |
| Tawala |
pili |
fold clothing, wind fishing line |
| Rennellese |
higi |
to braid, lash, twist; construct, build a nest |
| Rotuman |
hiri |
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 |
| Mota |
vir |
to twist, wring, squeeze with a twist |
|
we vir o tal |
plait a cord |
| Samoan |
fili-ŋa |
action of plaiting, plaited work |
|
fili |
(of sennit, hair, etc.) plait, braid |
|
ta-fili |
decorate, dress something by plaiting coconut or other leaves around it |
| Lonwolwol |
viri |
to plait (rope, etc.) |
| Niue |
fili |
to plait, to twist |
| Tongan |
fī |
plait, twist or plait two or more threads together; a plait of hair, or pigtail; pigtail-like part of a plaited basket |
| Tolai |
pir |
to plait, as a basket or mat |
|
wir |
to plait, weave (as a mat) |