The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

*jila yardarm, sheet of a sail, sticks used to turn the sail

POC jila yardarm, sheet of a sail, sticks used to turn the sail

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Seimat sil sticks of the sail
Ahus cil topstick of the sail
Nauna cil bamboo on sail
Lou sil bamboo on sail
Baluan sil bamboo on sail
Tuvaluan tila mast
Rennellese tiga ship’s boom
Samoan tila-lalo lower sprit
tila-tū upper sprit
tila sprit or spar of Samoan sail; mast
Wayan sila rope (called a stay or sheet) which holds the lower side or corner of a sail to the deck of a boat; in the case of the mainsail, it is attached to the boom; in the case of the spinnaker, it is attached to the corner closest to the mast; it acts as a gear controlling the direction of boat sailed into wind or wave
Fijian sila the sheet of a sail
Tongan sila yard (for a sail to hang from); to shorten the sheet (of a sail)
Rarotongan tira mast of canoe, boat or ship; the dorsal fin of a fish; a vernacular euphemism for the phallus; that which stands erect
Maori tira mast of a canoe; fin of a fish