Entries from Macpherson & Macpherson 1990 in Pollex-Online
Macpherson, Cluny & Liavasa, Samoan Medical Belief and Practice. Auckland University Press, 1990.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Samoan | ʔAfu | Sweat |
| Samoan | Sui/lapa/lapa | Pelvic girdle around hip |
| Samoan | Toʔoala | Diseases of women in connection with childbirth (Prt); an internal organ associated with reproduction and birth (McP); term used by bush-doctors to refer to any pains in any organ within the abdominal cavity (Mnr) |
| Samoan | Toga/toga/a/feʔe | Type of boil |
| Samoan | Ua/ua | Ligaments, tendons; veins, arteries |
| Samoan | Ai/ʔai ivi | Arthritis |
| Samoan | Faʔa/laaina | Fast (v) |
| Samoan | Ate/aliʔi | Pancreas |
| Samoan | ʔAu ivi | Skeleton |
| Samoan | ʔAutaliga, ʔauoletaliga | Lobe of ear |
| Samoan | Faʔa/tafi | Purge the stomach |
| Samoan | Faʔa/too/saga | Midwife, birth attendant |
| Samoan | Faʔiga | Joints Phonologically Irregular |
| Samoan | Fasi/a | To be brushed or struck by a ghost Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Samoan | Fatu | Heart |
| Samoan | Ivi fatafata | Breastbone, sternum |
| Samoan | Ivi foe | Shoulder blades |
| Samoan | Ivi maalosi | Tibia |
| Samoan | Ivi tele | Both humerus and radius |
| Samoan | Lafe/toga | Warts Phonologically Irregular |
| Samoan | Lalo/mata | Lower eyelid |
| Samoan | Lomi/lomi | Style of massage |
| Samoan | Manava fe/fete | Flatulence |
| Samoan | Manava ma/mau | A type of constipation |
| Samoan | Manava maatuu/tuu | A type of constipation |
| Samoan | Manava tataa | Diarrhoea |
| Samoan | Ma/peva | Twisted, sprained (of an ankle) |
| Samoan | Mavae/vae | Cracking of skin on sole of foot |
| Samoan | Mili/mili | Style of massage |
| Samoan | Moa/sope | Chicken, hen |
| Samoan | Paʔu/paʔu | Scabs; nose-pickings |
| Samoan | Pou o le isu | Septum |
| Samoan | Puu isu | Nostril |
| Samoan | Soa/a/ivi | Fibula |
| Samoan | Somo/loto | Normal vaginal secretions |
| Samoan | Soʔo/ga | Joints in body |
| Samoan | So/solo | To spread (of illness) |
| Samoan | Sua/a/niu | Coconut milk |
| Samoan | Sua/a/sami | Sea water |
| Samoan | Tama/ʔi/mata | Iris of eye |
| Samoan | Taula/a/aitu | Spirit medium; one who treats illnesses with supernatural origins Phonologically Irregular |
| Samoan | Tuʔi/tuʔi | Style of massage |
| Samoan | Migi | Strained (tendon) |
| Samoan | Milo/sia | Strained (tendon) |
