Entries from Churchward 1940 in Pollex-Online
Churchward, C. M. (1940). Rotuman grammar and dictionary. Sydney, Australian Medical Publishing Company.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rotuman | Kopiti | Embrace, cling Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Siʔu | Hand and arm |
| Rotuman | Pasi | Split, divide lengthwise |
| Rotuman | Faʔa | To tear, rend; tear or break off Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Fua | Edge or corner; ridge, corrugation, keel, midrib... |
| Rotuman | Foma/fua | Back (of the body) |
| Rotuman | Tee kArkAru | Any jelly-like substance resembling the mucus that comes from the nose Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Mutlei | Bird sp., booby |
| Rotuman | Ragkari | Tree bearing clusters of very small brown odiferous flowers [Aglaia saltatorum] Borrowed |
| Tongan | Toutali | Second (esp. of baskets of food presented) Problematic |
| Rotuman | Toko | Prop up, support Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Jamuʔa | Branching flower and fruit stem of coconut or fan palm |
| Rotuman | Turei | Thrust back or aside with elbow |
| Rotuman | Paa | Hit or struck (of eye only) |
| Tongan | Hoku | First person singular exclusive objective possessive pronoun |
| Rotuman | Täe | To touch, esp. with the tip of anything, e.g. fingers |
| Rotuman | Soro | Wash hands and arms; scrub |
| Rotuman | Soro | Grate, rub, sharpen |
| Tongan | Kai/fonua | Commoner |
| Rotuman | Fat-manava | Heart Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Mạnmạnu | Bird, insect or animal, etc., including all land and air creatures but no sea creatures |
| Rotuman | Mafu | Ripe and hard (of coconuts) |
| Rotuman | Heʔo | To call Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Fitaʔa | Bestow labour on, to give care or attention to Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Foʔu | Sugarcane |
| Rotuman | Fesiʔa | Dislike, hate Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Feʔata | Small sluglike creature that adheres to rocks |
| Rotuman | Tina/namu | Sow |
| Rotuman | Foʔa | Be high and dry |
| Rotuman | Henu | Husk of coconut |
| Rotuman | Ofo | Announce approach of an expected person Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Fuʔu | To take down, put down, let down, lower; (of tide) to begin to go out |
| Rotuman | Sua | Change tack (of a vessel) |
| Rotuman | Täe | Pick up, gather up, collect. Borrowed |
