Samoan entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PN.MALOAQA | Maloaa | To be a great talker; to get no bonito; to be free from visitors Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Prt) |
| MP.PAA.1 | Pa/mate, pa/moe | Churchyard | (Hvn) |
| PN.WAO.B | ʔAai/vao | (Run) wild (of animals) | (Mnr) |
| SO.TUKA | Mata/tupa | Blunt Phonologically Irregular | (Prt) |
| PN.FOHE-MURI | Foemuli | A steering paddle; to steer | (Prt) |
| PN.MAGA-MAGA.A | Maagamaga | Branched, forked | (Prt) |
| XW.LEVA | Leva | Long, of time; to be long since | (Prt) |
| XW.LAFU.3 | Laafu/lafu | Dingy, dusky, as the body for want of oiling | (Prt) |
| XW.LAFU.3 | Lafu/lafu (adv. lafulafu/aa) | Barren, unproductive, exhausted (of land) | (Prt) |
| XW.VILI.2 | Vili | The name of a game hazard; applied to lots | (Prt) |
| OC.SIKA.2 | Siʔa/ga | Apparatus (for making fire by friction) as a whole; piece of soft wood, as opposed to natu | (Mnr) |
| PN.HULI.2* | Uli | Sprouts from the taro | (Prt) |
| NP.KULA.1C | ʔUla | Joyful, golden | (Mnr) |
| NP.KULA.1C | Ula | Term of respect to a woman Problematic | (Prt) |
| PN.MAQU-A | Maua | Get, obtain, acquire | (Prt) |
| PN.TO-TOLO | Totolo | Crawl, creep; move along in a crouching or stooping posture (out of respect for the distinguished company present) | (Mnr) |
| PN.TO-TOLO | Sosolo | Spread (ex. plant); creep, crawl (exx. reptiles, worms) Phonologically Irregular | (Mnr) |
| PN.WAI-A | Vaia | To be wet. Watery (Mnr). | (Prt) |
| PN.FAKA-KITE | Faʔaite/ite | A prodigy, as a monster with three legs | (Prt) |
| PN.FAKA-KITE | Faʔaʔiteʔite | Get or have a presentiment, premonition of something | (Mnr) |
| PN.FIA-MOHE | Fiamoe | To be sleepy | (Prt) |
| PN.MATE.1E | Mate | To die away, of wind | (Prt) |
| NP.EQA.B | Ea | To return home, as war captives. Free, release (from bondage, famine etc.) (Mnr). | (Prt) |
| PN.KAI-GA.B | ʔAiga/mea | A part of some food, as part of a joint of meat; a contemptuous term for a diseased person | (Prt) |
| NP.KAI-GA.A | ʔAiga | The act of eating; a meal (a foreign application of the word). Meal, feast (Mnr). | (Prt) |
| XW.KELO.3 | ʔElo | Reddish-brown (regarded as a mark of beauty in those whose skins are thus) | (Prt) |
| PN.KITE-A | ʔItea | Be in sight | (Mnr) |
| NP.FENUQU.B | Fenuu | Make a join in plaiting etc. | (Prt) |
| PN.MA-RAMA.C | Maalama/lama | Clear, well understood; understand, grasp; conscious; enlightened, civilized | (Mnr) |
| PN.MATA-MATA | Matamata | Kindling; to kindle | (Mnr) |
| PN.MATA-QA-MURI | Matamuli | Shamefaced Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Prt) |
| CE.OE | Oe | To say, yes Problematic | (Prt) |
| PN.OFO.B | Ofo | To be astonished, to wonder; to salute on meeting; to shout before a fight; the first speech made on presenting food to visitors | (Prt) |
| PN.PUOU | Puou | One kind of breadfruit | (Prt) |
| NP.PUU-QOSO | Puoso | The part of a canoe under the half-deck | (Prt) |
| PN.LAGI.5 | Lagi | Customs observed on the death of a chief | (Prt) |
| PN.LAGI.5 | Lagi | To call out the different portions of food at a feast, and for whom intended | (Prt) |
| PN.LAGI.5 | Lagi/i | The head of a chief | (Prt) |
| PN.TUSU.B | Lima/tusi | The forefinger | (Prt) |
| NP.LOMA.2B | Loma | To be quiet, to cease, to intermit (as the wind, war, etc); to desist, in the tattooing process; to wait to see who would have the first cup of *'ava* | (Prt) |
| PN.LOLO.1B | Lo/lolo | Rich (of food). Fat (of pork); to be fat, to be rich (Prt). | (Mnr) |
| FJ.LUFA | Lufa | A large black siapo Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Prt) |
| NP.TAKELE.C | Taaʔele | To open a dead body to search for the disease, so that by taking out the diseased part and burning it, the disease itself may be destroyed, and not enter another of the family | (Prt) |
| CE.MA-TOFI.B | Maatofi | To be quartered, as the moon in the last quarter | (Prt) |
| PN.RAQA-KAU.B | Laʔau | Wood, timber; firewood (Tutuila); a club; a small axe | (Prt) |
| PN.RAQA-KAU.B | Laʔau/taa | A stick for striking the sea to drive fishes into a net | (Prt) |
| PN.RAQA-KAU.B | Laaʔau | Wood; apparatus, set; machine, instrument | (Mnr) |
| SO.FAI-FEKAU | Faifeʔau | To go on a message; a missionary, a pastor | (Prt) |
| PN.TAA.4B | Taiʔa | To fish for *palolo*, *lo*, *pala'ia* and *inaga*. | (Prt) |
| PN.SAU-QARIKI | Saualiʔi | A god. The respectful term for an *aitu*. (po.) Ghost, spirit (Mnr). Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Prt) |
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