Entries from Peter Sharples in Pollex-Online
Personal Communication
Language | Item | Description |
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Sikaiana | Ani/ani | Blow (as wind) |
Sikaiana | Aho | Day |
Sikaiana | A/ali/ | To shave |
Sikaiana | Aalisi | Adze |
Sikaiana | ʔAlo | Paddle |
Sikaiana | Aloha | Pity |
Sikaiana | Ane | White-ant. A small insect similar to a caterpillar that eats crops (Dnr). |
Sikaiana | Ao | Scoop up |
Sikaiana | Ao | A fruit with no flesh inside. A green coconut that does not have any water inside; (fig.) a child that does not grow very well (Dnr). |
Sikaiana | A/asi/ | Inspect a fish-trap |
Sikaiana | Asu | Ladle, dip, scoop out |
Sikaiana | Ato | Thatch |
Sikaiana | Aavana | Spouse; marry |
Sikaiana | Aha | The sail guide rope |
Sikaiana | Haahaa | Feel, touch |
Sikaiana | Ffano | Awaken someone |
Sikaiana | Hhali | Scoop up faeces or vomit (usually with a coconut shell) |
Sikaiana | Hahine | Woman, woman, girl |
Sikaiana | Hine | Female |
Sikaiana | Haanota | General term for fishing |
Sikaiana | Hai | Repair a roof |
Sikaiana | Hai | To fight |
Sikaiana | Haitama | Pregnant |
Sikaiana | Haliki | Basket for pudding |
Sikaiana | Hano | Menstruation |
Sikaiana | Hatahata | Chest |
Sikaiana | Hatu | To weave |
Sikaiana | Atu | Loom part Problematic |
Sikaiana | Hatu | Stone, rock |
Sikaiana | Heata | Bullrout [fish sp. with venomous spines] |
Sikaiana | Kau/hihi | Vulva ; labia majora |
Sikaiana | Hilo | To braid (as rope) |
Sikaiana | Hola | Spread out |
Sikaiana | Hotu | Inner part of vaginal lip |
Sikaiana | Hunu | Pelvic hair |
Sikaiana | Naa | The (pl.) |
Sikaiana | Ake | Direction particle upwards |
Sikaiana | Iho | Downward |
Sikaiana | Uku | Dive or swim under water |
Sikaiana | Kaa | Sharp |
Sikaiana | Kahu | Afterbirth ; membrane |
Sikaiana | K/kai/ | Spread (of sores) |
Sikaiana | Kaka | Fibre round base of coconut leaf |
Sikaiana | Kkaa | Burning without flame |
Sikaiana | Kkala | Sweet, fragrant |
Sikaiana | Kalea | Shellfish sp. |
Sikaiana | Kali | Penis |
Sikaiana | Kalo | Dodge, evade |
Sikaiana | Kaamata | Begin |
Sikaiana | Kano | Inner part, of a tree, for example the fleshy part or inside of a solid substance |