Entries from Churchward 1940 in Pollex-Online
Churchward, C. M. (1940). Rotuman grammar and dictionary. Sydney, Australian Medical Publishing Company.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rotuman | Tafa | Clear, bare, empty Problematic |
| Rotuman | Tafi | To sweep Problematic |
| Rotuman | Fahu | Set and light an earth-oven |
| Rotuman | Fahrara | Kind of fish Problematic |
| Rotuman | Taga | Bag, sack Problematic |
| Rotuman | Fahaga | A fish |
| Rotuman | Tagroa | Tagaloa, a polynesian deity Problematic |
| Rotuman | Tagau | Poisonous fish, silvery in colour when alive but turning red when it dies . Problematic |
| Rotuman | Fagi | To cry aloud |
| Rotuman | Sasi | Sea, sea-water, salt Problematic |
| Rotuman | Takai | Wind, coil Problematic |
| Rotuman | Take | The piece chipped off the end of a drinking nut Problematic |
| Rotuman | Taki | To lead, lead on; lure or lure on ( Problematic |
| Rotuman | Faʔi | Draw water |
| Rotuman | ʔUahgia | Very long kind of sea-snake (Cwd>, Problematic |
| Rotuman | Fara | End, extremity (of a row of houses, etc.) |
| Rotuman | Tara | Whittle, pare, shave or carve (wood etc.);peel with a knife Problematic |
| Rotuman | Fali | Belt |
| Rotuman | Faliga | Ear |
| Rotuman | Tar/kura | Taro variety . Problematic |
| Rotuman | Fara | Beg, request, ask for |
| Rotuman | Tamaki | Seriously ill; severe, dangerous (of illness) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Rotuman | Tanaki | To pile up neatly, to stack Problematic |
| Rotuman | Tantane | Several kinds of bushes Problematic |
| Rotuman | Tanifa | A large, dangerous shark Problematic |
| Rotuman | Tanoa | Kava bowl Problematic |
| Rotuman | Famu | Bury |
| Rotuman | Jao | Javelin, spear |
| Rotuman | Fao | Cook and keep overnight for use next day |
| Rotuman | Fao | Press down or under |
| Rotuman | Ta/taʔo/ | Conceal under something Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Tapaʔa | Announce arrival of Problematic |
| Rotuman | Tapakau | Coconut frond floor mat Problematic |
| Rotuman | ʔApea | A very long sea-snake |
| Rotuman | Fapu/i | Marked by a taboo sign |
| Rotuman | Fapui | Mark as reserved by tying coconut frond round |
| Rotuman | Jaji | Shave |
| Rotuman | Jau | Beat, strike |
| Rotuman | Tau | To fit, be of right size or quantity Problematic |
| Rotuman | Fau | Cover; suppress (Evil) Problematic |
| Rotuman | Tau | Fit, be of right size; becoming, appropriate, suitable Problematic |
| Rotuman | Tau | To fight, of cocks only . Problematic |
| Rotuman | Tau | To arrive . Problematic |
| Rotuman | Fau | Year |
| Rotuman | Fau/a | Ridge of roof, ridge-pole |
| Rotuman | Faviga | Anchorage, harbour Problematic |
| Rotuman | Taumafa | Present or offering to a chief Problematic |
| Rotuman | Taupoʔou | Woman pledged to lifelong celibacy Problematic |
| Rotuman | Faufu | Kind of fish which inflates itself when caught; covered with spikes like a porcupine |
| Rotuman | Fava | A kind of tree |
