Entries from Donner 1983-87 in Pollex-Online
Donner, W. (1987) Sikaiana Vocabulary: Na male ma na talatala o Sikaiana. Honiara, Solomon Island
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sikaiana | Sele | Wrestling holds used in the traditional style of wrestling |
| Sikaiana | Sele | To cut apart a fish |
| Sikaiana | Selu | (of hair) Combed |
| Sikaiana | S/seni | To be visible, but not clear, as a human figure at early dawn that can be seen but not recognized. |
| Sikaiana | Seu manu | Catch birds with a net; a handheld net for catching birds |
| Sikaiana | Sii | Fish with a stick |
| Sikaiana | Sii | Semen |
| Sikaiana | Sina | Fall over |
| Sikaiana | Sika | Needle used to tie together mesh of nets when they are being made or repaired; tool with attached string for piercing through material in construction; shuttle of back strap loom |
| Sikaiana | Sika | Rub together sticks to make fire |
| Sikaiana | Siko | To catch a ball |
| Sikaiana | Simu | Trigger fish |
| Sikaiana | Sina/a | To have grey or white hair. (Often demeaning). |
| Sikaiana | Sinu | Grease, fat, cooking oil |
| Sikaiana | Sinu(sinu) | Greasy, fat, rich |
| Sikaiana | Sipa | A small flying fish sp |
| Sikaiana | Sisi | A small shell species that can walk (Nerite?) |
| Sikaiana | Sisi | To cut out of a shell or a hard surface with a knife (e.g. shellfish, copra) |
| Sikaiana | S(i)/siu | To be wet |
| Sikaiana | Soa | Friend, companion; dancing partner; a ritualized friendship between two people of the same sex... a ceremonial friendship between a young boy and girl established by their parents or guardians...; lover; to be lovers; exact copy of something |
| Sikaiana | Vei/soni | Touch noses |
| Sikaiana | S/sono | To smell bad, of sex organs (Restricted) |
| Sikaiana | Soi | Help, assist. |
| Sikaiana | Sooko/i | To join together (vi,vt); a joint |
| Sikaiana | Sola | Flee |
| Sikaiana | Solo | To drag, to pull, as when taking a canoe down to the sea |
| Sikaiana | Somo | (of plants) Grow |
| Sikaiana | Sopo | Jump, jump down; release one's emotions; be finished |
| Sikaiana | Soossa | To be anxious, worry |
| Sikaiana | Sua/mele | Type of song |
| Sikaiana | Sue | Fish sp Problematic |
| Sikaiana | Sue/i | To root as a pig roots in a garden |
| Sikaiana | Suki | Pierce, cut open |
| Sikaiana | Sula | Come through, appear |
| Sikaiana | Sulu | Set, of the sun Problematic |
| Sikaiana | Taa | Hit, kick |
| Sikaiana | Taa/taa | To tattoo; a tattoo; to write |
| Sikaiana | Tae | To hit the water with a flying fish net in order to make the fish jump |
| Sikaiana | Tae | Feces, excrement (archaic) |
| Sikaiana | Taha | To the side |
| Sikaiana | T/taha | To circumcise (Not practised on Sikaiana) |
| Sikaiana | Taahao | Play, as in playing games; sing and dance at festivities; make a series of competitive exchanges... |
| Sikaiana | Tahe | Current |
| Sikaiana | Tahito | Base, origin, source, underlying cause |
| Sikaiana | Taholaa | Whale |
| Sikaiana | Tahu | Light fire, add fuel to a fire |
| Sikaiana | Tana | Bag |
| Sikaiana | Tana | Unrestricted, free from sanctity or taboos |
| Sikaiana | Tanata | Man, male |
| Sikaiana | Tagau | (Lutjanus marginatus) Problematic |
