Entries from Churchward 1940 in Pollex-Online
Churchward, C. M. (1940). Rotuman grammar and dictionary. Sydney, Australian Medical Publishing Company.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rotuman | Hofu | Rise (of the moon); emerge (especially from interior at coast) |
| Rotuman | Hofu | Rise, of the moon |
| Rotuman | Foʔou | New Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Hu | Lower end (used of trees) |
| Rotuman | Hue | Fruit |
| Rotuman | Fuaʔa | To be jealous or envious . Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Fuafua | Baby Mullet Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Huhu | Pull up, out Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Rotuman | Fuʔfuʔi | To rinse, wash by pressing and beating, as clothes .> Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Husila | (Aplonis) (Clark 1994) |
| Rotuman | Huʔe | Uncover |
| Rotuman | Hu/hula | Swell, through disease |
| Rotuman | Furi | To turn round or end for end Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Furu | Pile, nap Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Funa | Core, of breadfruit only Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Hufa | Float on a fishing net |
| Rotuman | Futi | Pull Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Futi | Banana varieties Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Hufu | Tree sp. (Barringtonia) |
| Rotuman | Gao | Jawbone |
| Rotuman | Gaogao | Uninhabited, vacant (of land, house); without, destitute of; alone, unaccompanied |
| Rotuman | Gata | To terminate, be bounded or limited or restricted Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Giagia | Tree with large red inedible fruit, very sappy wood, flowers white with five petals |
| Rotuman | Gogo | Small black seabird with white forehead |
| Rotuman | Nuju | Mouth |
| Rotuman | Aga | Fathom Problematic |
| Rotuman | Aga | To face Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Saghulu | Ten |
| Rotuman | Seʔe | Upwards |
| Rotuman | Sala | Road |
| Rotuman | Sio | Down, downwards |
| Rotuman | Jio | Bottom; pointed end of a coconut Problematic |
| Rotuman | Sine | Shine, lamp, star |
| Rotuman | Sigoa | Namesake, person of same name |
| Rotuman | Soge | Starve; starving; afflicted with famine; famine |
| Rotuman | Soʔa | To husk coconut; dig with a pointed stick |
| Rotuman | Hua | Wash away (of sea washing away shore) . Problematic |
| Rotuman | Susu | Breast, udder, teat, nipple; milk |
| Rotuman | Sui | Bone, skeleton |
| Rotuman | Sui | Unloose, undo, untie, unbind; disentangle; take off clothes |
| Rotuman | Suru | Enter |
| Rotuman | Hahiʔa | (Syzygium malaccensis) |
| Rotuman | Kafa | Wounded in war Problematic |
| Rotuman | Kafo | Discharge from mouth or nose of corpse Problematic |
| Rotuman | ʔAa | Eat |
| Rotuman | ʔAi | Tree, wood |
| Rotuman | ʔAe /kai/ seʔea | Serves you right |
| Rotuman | Kainaga | Clan, tribe, race, nation Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Kala | Penis Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Kalae | Bird with long legs and red beak Problematic |
