WMP |
Toba Batak |
limut |
moss, seaweed; also pond scum |
OC |
Hawaiian |
limu |
a general name for all kinds of plants living under water, both fresh and salt; also algae growing in any damp place in the air, as on the ground, on rocks, and on other plants; also mosses, liverworts, lichens |
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limu-a |
overgrown with moss, seaweed, or any |
Tuvaluan |
limu |
seaweed; moss; lichen |
Anuta |
rimu |
seaweed; algae growing on the reef |
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rimu ŋa uta |
moss (lit. ‘inland algae’) |
Rennellese |
gimu |
kinds of seaweed, some being eaten |
Rotuman |
rimu |
greyish lichen growing on tree trunks, esp. of coconut; used for making medicine for high fever and convulsions |
Samoan |
limu-limu niu |
a mosslike fern on the trunks of coconut trees, Monogramma sp. |
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limu |
general name given to mosses, lichens, algae, and seaweeds |
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limu-limu |
Halophila sp., an aquatic plant growing on sand in the sea |
Futunan |
limu |
algae (in general); moss, lichen; edible red seaweed |
Wayan |
lumi |
seaweed which grows on sandy bottom |
Fijian |
lumi-lumi |
covered in moss; sleek, shiny |
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lumi |
moss, adhering to a rock or a boat; a kind of edible seaweed |
Niue |
limu-limu |
very old |
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limu |
moss, seaweed |
Tongan |
limu tahi |
sea-weed |
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limu ʔuta |
moss or lichen |
Rarotongan |
rimu |
moss, sponge, seaweed; orchid |
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rimu pine |
species of fern which hangs from trees: Lycopodium phlegmaria |
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rimu-ā |
to cover or be covered with moss; used figuratively to denote: for all time, eternity, forever |
Maori |
rimu-rimu |
moss; mildew |
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rimu |
seaweed; moss |