Samoan entries in Pollex-Online

Protoform Item Description Source
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)
NP.SEKI Seʔi Pull up, grab, snatch, do something with a jerk (Mnr)
XW.SO-LOFA Solofa To disperse, dissipate; to resolve, as a swelling; to fall down (of a house only) (Prt)
PN.KAKU.1 ʔAʔu Attend, be present, take part; meet, reach, join up [of two things or parts of a thing] (Mnr)
PN.LAGA.1D Laga/ʔi To excite, as to fight or dance (Prt)
PN.LAU-GA Laauga A speech, a sermon (Prt)
XW.LOTE Lote-a To handle, to pull about (Prt)
TO.LUTU Lutu A rattle to attract sharks; to rattle the lutu (Prt)

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