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 |
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Ifira-Mele | Fonu | Full |
Ifira-Mele | Fonu | Turtle |
Ifira-Mele | Fotu | Appear, come to pass, happen; be born |
Ifira-Mele | Foou | New |
Ifira-Mele | Fuu/fuu | Hide v.i. |
Ifira-Mele | Fua | Fruit; kidney |
Ifira-Mele | Fua | Testicle |
Ifira-Mele | Fua | Roe, eggs (of fish) |
Ifira-Mele | Fuu/fue | Shore-growing vine |
Ifira-Mele | Fee/fee | Brush away flies (v.i.) |
Ifira-Mele | Fee-a | Brush away flies(v.t.) |
Ifira-Mele | Figoo-, figoa- | Parent- or child-in-law |
Ifira-Mele | Fui/a | Pour water on, extinguish |
Ifira-Mele | Fuke/sia | Uncover earth oven, open laplap |
Ifira-Mele | F/fura | Swell up |
Ifira-Mele | Fura | Run (pl.) |
Ifira-Mele | Furi | Go around |
Ifira-Mele | Furu | Body-hair |
Ifira-Mele | Furu/na | Wipe dry or clean |
Ifira-Mele | Fuunaa | To conceal |
Ifira-Mele | Fuji | Weed (as a garden), pull up, pluck |
Ifira-Mele | Fuuji/a | Transitive form of fuji; weed, pull up, pluck |
Ifira-Mele | Gafigafi | Good mat, rolled up for storage |
Ifira-Mele | Gafoa | Burst, shatter; go off (gun) |
Ifira-Mele | Gafuru | Ten |
Ifira-Mele | Gaegae | Puff, pant, be out of breath |
Ifira-Mele | Gao | Footprint |
Ifira-Mele | Gaogao | Empty, hollow |
Ifira-Mele | Gapu-kina | Put down a load and rest |
Ifira-Mele | Gasae | Torn |
Ifira-Mele | Gasee | Make a small dry sound; rustle, crackle, scrape |
Ifira-Mele | Giigii | Hum |
Ifira-Mele | Gogo | A grey seabird |
Ifira-Mele | Afa | What? |
Ifira-Mele | Gai/a | To (dative-directional preposition) |
Ifira-Mele | Ku/ai | Who? |
Ifira-Mele | Ake | Up, upwards |
Ifira-Mele | Ara | Path, road |
Ifira-Mele | Ama | Outrigger |
Ifira-Mele | Ike | To board |
Ifira-Mele | Ifo | Downwards |
Ifira-Mele | Igoa | Name |
Ifira-Mele | Oka | Transverse rafter-post of a traditional house |
Ifira-Mele | Uru | Enter |
Ifira-Mele | Kaa | Verbal particle used mainly in relative clauses and cleft constructions |
Ifira-Mele | K/kaa/ | (Baby) cry, (bird) sing etc. |
Ifira-Mele | Kafika | Malay apple (Syzygium malaccensis) |
Ifira-Mele | Kafu/kafu | Clothes |
Ifira-Mele | Kaa | Burn, blaze |
Ifira-Mele | Kai | Eat, food |