Entries from Clark 1998 in Pollex-Online
Clark, R. (1998). A dictionary of the Mele language (Atara Imere), Vanuatu. Canberrra, Pacific Linguistics.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ifira-Mele | A/furu te/mata | Eyebrows, eyelashes |
| Ifira-Mele | Puao | Cloud; school of very small fish |
| Ifira-Mele | Mate/a | Love passionately |
| Ifira-Mele | Fakkai/na | Sharpen |
| Ifira-Mele | Koi | Boundary, boundary marker; line, row (of things) |
| Ifira-Mele | Tuuta | Time (set or appointed) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Ifira-Mele | Aamoga | Load, burden (esp. carried at both ends of a pole) |
| Ifira-Mele | Te/ara matua | The main road |
| Tongan | Kananga | Quip, jibe; common saying, or slang word or expression |
| Ifira-Mele | Fakasuku | Part of a name or phrase that is not mentioned but is understood |
| Tongan | Tama | Male of chiefly rank (of any age); (cql.) fellow, lad, chap, man... |
| Ifira-Mele | Ruru | Shake; earthquake |
| Tongan | Ngangau | (of the head) To ache; (of a person) very silly |
| Ifira-Mele | T/tuki | Slitgong |
| Ifira-Mele | Ri/iri | To fan (vi) |
| Ifira-Mele | Surumaki/na | Put something inside something |
| Ifira-Mele | Maruu/ruu | Gentle, slow |
| Ifira-Mele | Naa | This, that (near speaker or addressee) |
| Ifira-Mele | Ppua | Deep |
| Ifira-Mele | Tau | Leaves placed on top of oven stones |
| Ifira-Mele | Taia | Hit, kill, beat (drum) |
| Ifira-Mele | Aro | Down, under, below, the lower part |
| Ifira-Mele | Napoo/fia | Time, period |
| Ifira-Mele | Tama- | Father (older word) |
| Ifira-Mele | Magamaga | Having many finger-like projections |
| Ifira-Mele | Pani/pani | Cut down things destructively, as a display of anger |
| Ifira-Mele | Kere/kere | Dirty |
| Ifira-Mele | Tari/puusia | Carry a lot of things (not necessarily all at once) |
| Ifira-Mele | Taro/nijia | Graze, sideswipe, just miss |
| Ifira-Mele | I- | Prefix to short locationals (i-roto 'inside') |
| Ifira-Mele | Maua | Find, find out, discover |
| Ifira-Mele | Ttoro | Crawl on all fours (as babies, insects, reptiles) |
| Ifira-Mele | Torofi/a | Crawl all over |
| Ifira-Mele | Kasi/tava | A kind of bivalve shellfish |
| Ifira-Mele | Fiamoe | Feel sleepy |
| Ifira-Mele | Maa | Fish sp., vertically striped yellow and brown, in schools |
| Ifira-Mele | Fakaagiagi | Enjoy the breeze |
| Ifira-Mele | Sa/kutea | Be missing, lost; disappear Phonologically Irregular |
| Ifira-Mele | Raakau | Piece of wood |
| Ifira-Mele | Fefeaau | Teacher Borrowed |
| Ifira-Mele | Seke | Slip, slide |
| Ifira-Mele | Papa | Board; stem, butt (of coconut frond) |
| Ifira-Mele | Faka/raakei | Regalia, ornaments of a chief; decorate oneself, get spruced up |
| Ifira-Mele | Faka/rakei/a | Decorate, adorn |
| Ifira-Mele | Rava/rava | Lavalava, sarong, waist-cloth |
| Ifira-Mele | Ka/amoa | Pick up, carry, hold (by main part)... Problematic |
| Ifira-Mele | Moo/rua | Carry on pole with loads at both ends |
| Ifira-Mele | Kave/kave | Coconut-leaf basket, used for carrying away rubbish from a garden |
| Ifira-Mele | Tausoa | Have illicit sexual relations, commit fornication or adultery |
| Ifira-Mele | Kaitae | Widow; bereaved mother (a woman whose husband or child has died) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
