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 | K/kai | A large sore |
Ifira-Mele | Maji/kai/ | Sharp |
Ifira-Mele | Kaiga | Village, home |
Ifira-Mele | Kaiaa | Steal |
Ifira-Mele | Kaire | Kind of yam growing in the bush with edible fruit |
Ifira-Mele | Kkai | Traditional storytelling and singing |
Ifira-Mele | Namu/kkara | Delicious |
Ifira-Mele | Kkava | Sweat from hard work |
Ifira-Mele | Kake | Climb |
Ifira-Mele | K/kara | Sting |
Ifira-Mele | Karae | Bird sp. (Porphyrio porphyrio) |
Ifira-Mele | Koopisi | (Acalypha grandis) Problematic |
Ifira-Mele | Kar/afi-a | Dig, as a dog with its paws |
Ifira-Mele | Kariao | Trochus shell |
Ifira-Mele | Karu/karu | Seaweed Uncertain Semantic Connection |
Ifira-Mele | Karukaru | Seaweed |
Ifira-Mele | Kamakama | Edible crab sp |
Ifira-Mele | Kaamo/a | Pick up, carry, hold |
Ifira-Mele | Kanae | Mullet |
Ifira-Mele | Kanu/kanu | Mottled; design on potsherds; to write |
Ifira-Mele | Kaokao | Side, ribs |
Ifira-Mele | Kape | Plant sp. |
Ifira-Mele | Kape | Take hold of with tongs |
Ifira-Mele | I/kaapoa/ | Catfish (Plotosus sp.) |
Ifira-Mele | Kasi | A bivalve shellfish |
Ifira-Mele | Kasoa | Necklace |
Ifira-Mele | Kasokaso | Kind of yam |
Ifira-Mele | Kata | Laugh |
Ifira-Mele | Katea | Side of canoe opposite outrigger |
Ifira-Mele | Kaji/a | To bite |
Ifira-Mele | Kato | Basket (all types) |
Ifira-Mele | Katoa | All |
Ifira-Mele | Kau | Croton bush Uncertain Semantic Connection |
Ifira-Mele | Ku | Subject clitic |
Ifira-Mele | Kauvae | Jaw |
Ifira-Mele | Kuvae | Jaw |
Ifira-Mele | Kaukau | Bathe |
Ifira-Mele | Kauna | Order, assign someone to do some work v.t |
Ifira-Mele | Fi/k/kau | Give orders v.i |
Ifira-Mele | Kava | Drink made from Piper methysticum, kava |
Ifira-Mele | Kaavea | Carry on the back |
Ifira-Mele | Kave | Sibling of opposite sex |
Ifira-Mele | Ki | Second person singular preposed pronoun |
Ifira-Mele | Kea | Illness characterised by white spots on tongue or lips |
Ifira-Mele | Kee | To be different from |
Ifira-Mele | Kere(kere) | Earth, ground, soil |
Ifira-Mele | Kesa/kesa | Blue or green |
Ifira-Mele | Ki- | To |
Ifira-Mele | Kiki | Squeak (as a chicken), cheep |
Ifira-Mele | Kimoa | Rat |