Entries from Churchward 1940 in Pollex-Online
Churchward, C. M. (1940). Rotuman grammar and dictionary. Sydney, Australian Medical Publishing Company.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rotuman | ʔAi | Root up, chop off close to ground Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Rotuman | Kari | To scrape, especially so as to roughen or damage Borrowed |
| Rotuman | ʔAlusi | Kind of lizard |
| Rotuman | Kamkama | Rock crab Borrowed |
| Rotuman | ʔAnasi | Jumping mullet |
| Rotuman | Kanapu | A kind of seabird Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Kaniva | The Milky Way Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Kanoni | Place something underneath something to prevent it from touching surface on which it rests Borrowed |
| Rotuman | ʔApe/a | A giant taro |
| Rotuman | Kapu | To cover Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Kapu | Hug, embrace Problematic |
| Rotuman | ʔAsi | Cockle; shell much used for scraping |
| Rotuman | Kasa | Small roof timbers Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Kaskasa | Kind of yam . Borrowed |
| Rotuman | ʔAfaha | Frigate-bird |
| Rotuman | Katea | Canoe as distinguished from outrigger . Borrowed |
| Rotuman | ʔAfo | Basket |
| Rotuman | ʔA/takoa/ | All, whole, completely Problematic |
| Rotuman | Katoʔa | Hundred fish Problematic |
| Rotuman | Kau | To wade, especially on the rocks Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Kau | Company, band Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Kau | Stalk, stem Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Kauta | Hibiscus Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Kauvaka | Crew Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Kava | Shrub sp. (P. methysticum) and drink made from it Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Kav/kava | A kind of fish Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Kave | Fasten on with straps Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Kavei | Take as a mark to steer by Borrowed |
| Rotuman | ʔAviʔi | Small, whitish, very common crab |
| Rotuman | ʔAe/a | Second person singular cardinal pronoun Problematic |
| Rotuman | Fe/ke | Angry, annoyed, vexed Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Kef/kefu | Dust, powder Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Kekesi | Kind of shellfish Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Kele | Black, tending towards black Problematic |
| Rotuman | Kermutu | Earthworm Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Kemo | To blink Borrowed |
| Rotuman | ʔEfe | Belly |
| Rotuman | Kesu | Scratch in earth (of fowls) Problematic |
| Rotuman | Keu | Push Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Kiata | Joist (of house), outrigger boom Borrowed |
| Rotuman | Kiakia | Pandanus sp. Problematic |
| Rotuman | ʔUli | Skin |
| Rotuman | ʔAmi | We (plural, exclusive) |
| Rotuman | ʔIni | Pinch (off) |
| Rotuman | ʔIta | One, oneself (1st personal singular cardinal pronoun) Problematic |
| Rotuman | ʔÄe/a | You (2nd pers. sing) |
| Rotuman | ʔOi | Scrape or grate |
| Rotuman | Koʔiro | Small sea-snake with transverse stripes Problematic |
| Rotuman | ʔOʔo | Broody (of a hen) |
| Rotuman | Koa | Thick (of liquids); dregs, sediment . Borrowed |
