Samoan entries in Pollex-Online

Protoform Item Description Source
PN.TIPI.1B Tipi To give a back handed blow; to play "duck and drake" (Prt)
PN.FAI-QUMU Faiumu To make or cook a baking of food; a cook (Prt)
CP.FUTA.1 Futa/mea Fat to excess (of pigeons and jocularly of men) (Prt)
SO.POI.B Poi Be timid, be reluctant to do something (Mnr)
PN.FAKA-SIKU Faʔasiʔu/gutu To talk to a person and look away from him, as in anger Uncertain Semantic Connection (Prt)
PN.SOLO-QI.* Solo Wipe (esp. body) (Prt)
PN.MANAWA-SEE Manavasee Fearful (Prt)
AN.QUTI.2 Ute The tail part of a shell-fish (Prt)
PN.TA-FOKI Tafoʔi To return (Prt)
XW.TALA-NOA Talanoa To chat, converse together; to talk nonsense; to act thoughtlessly and carelessly (Prt)
FJ.TEI.2 Taai Preposed particle: nearly, almost (Mnr)
PN.WAO-A Vaoa Overgrown with weeds (Prt)
PN.SUNU-KI Sunuʔi To thrust in, as a stick into the ground (Prt)
XW.PAQOGO Paogo The name of a tree, from the leaves of which a house mat is made (Pandanus odoratissimus) (Prt)
XW.KAU-MEQA ʔAumea An associate; to participate with another as a friend (Prt)
XW.SOSONI Soni A water-bottle (Prt)
XW.LOA.3 Loa The name of an introduced tree (Bixa orellana) (Prt)
SO.LOTO-TONU Totonu In the midst, within (Prt)
PN.LONA Lona To be pained by swallowing a hard unmasticated substance (Pki)
PN.LONA Lona, loga Hiccup (Mnr)
XW.MAMANA Mamana To desire, to love (of the sexes) (Prt)
XW.MAMANA Mana/mea A beloved one (of the sexes) (Rby)
XW.MAASIMA Maasima Salt (from Fiji) (Prt)
XW.PAUQU Pauu Stern; frightening, fierce; eerie, weird Uncertain Semantic Connection (Mnr)
PN.TAQAGA Taaga The motion of the hands in dancing. Gesture, movement (Mnr). (Prt)
PN.TAA.1D Taa Play (instrument or tune) (Mfr)
PN.TAUALA Tauala To luff, to keep close to the wind (Prt)
PN.TAU-FAA Taufa Water (chief's word) Uncertain Semantic Connection (Prt)
PN.MATA.2B Niu mata Immature coconut (at the stage when it can be drunk) (Mfr)
NP.PEI Pei Crack (nuts) Uncertain Semantic Connection (Mnr)
FJ.QAA-SIO-SIO Aasiosio Whirlwind; water-spout (column of wind and water at sea); swelter, shimmer (Mnr)
PN.FAI.2C Fai To say, to speak (Prt)
PN.SULU-MAKI Sulumaʔi To thrust, or push through, or into, as the oso into a thicket to hide it (Prt)
PN.SULU-MAKI Sulumaʔi/a To be thrust or plunged into, as as the bows of a canoe into the waves, or a person carried headlong by the waves into a cave, or one falling headlong into a hole; to die suddenly, after previous good health (Prt)
PN.LOLE.1 Lole/lole To do a thing anyhow (Prt)
NP.LOLE.2 Lole To rub smooth, as breadfruit in making taufolo; to rub, as a fallen adversary in the dirt; to be beaten, as a canoe in racing (Prt)
PN.MA-ISI Maaisi To be split, cracked; orificium vaginae (Prt)
PN.MARONA Malona To be filled out, swelled out (as a basket) Uncertain Semantic Connection (Prt)
PN.MARONA Maona To subside, as a wave; to be appeased, of anger (Prt)
PN.SAWALA Savala To long for, to desire to eat particular articles, such as fish, masi, &c. (Prt)
PN.MA-TOSI Matosi Shredded; scratched, marked with scratches (Prt)
PN.MAQU-KOLOA Mauʔoloa, mauʔoa A rich man, one who has plenty of property; to be wealthy (Prt)
PN.FAGATUA Faagatua To wrestle (Prt)
PN.TAUTE Taute To eat (only used to the highest chiefs) Uncertain Semantic Connection (Prt)
PN.TOKIA Toʔiia To be struck, as by a falling tree, lightning (the natives think by thunder), or any calamity (Prt)
PN.TOKIA Toʔia Be struck; (po.) be soiled (with urine or faeces) (Mnr)
XW.TUQA.4 Faʔatuatua To hope for something promised; to trust, to rely on (Prt)
XW.TUQA.4 Tua To trust in the protection of (Prt)
PN.ULA.2 Ula-fia To blow with the mouth; to smoke tobacco; to blow, as a trumpet (Prt)
XW.FAGA.7 Faga/faga The hair over the temples (Prt)

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