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 | Taiao | Tomorrow |
| Sikaiana | Taina | Same sex sibling, classificatory or true: brother to brother; sister to sister; same sex, same generation lineal and collateral relatives |
| Sikaiana | Taka | Footwear: shoes, boots, sandals |
| Sikaiana | Takal(i)li | To be boiled (of water); cooked (of birds) |
| Sikaiana | T/taki | To lead someone, as when someone is incapable of walking |
| Sikaiana | Taaki | Extract |
| Sikaiana | Takuu | Axe, both of steel and shell |
| Sikaiana | Tala/tala | Talk, speak, converse, discuss |
| Sikaiana | T/tala | Untie, undo a string or knot |
| Sikaiana | Talaha | Beard, chin |
| Sikaiana | Taalaki | To open, to be opened |
| Sikaiana | Tali | Wait |
| Sikaiana | Talo | Taro |
| Sikaiana | Tamaahine | Young unmarried woman |
| Sikaiana | Tama liki/liki | Small child, from about 2 years to puberty |
| Sikaiana | Taa ki mate | Kill Problematic |
| Sikaiana | Laha/tane/tane | Tinea |
| Sikaiana | Tama/taane | Young unmarried man from about the age of 18 to 30; (classificatory) son |
| Sikaiana | Tanu | To bury underground; to be buried |
| Sikaiana | Tao | Spear |
| Sikaiana | Tao | cook by covering food with earth, sand and stone in an earth oven |
| Sikaiana | Taaohi | Hold in the hand; hold a person back, keep a person from leaving; hold (an event) |
| Sikaiana | Tapa | Call out to |
| Sikaiana | Tapakau | Mat made from coconut leaf, used for sitting and floor covering |
| Sikaiana | Tapatapa | Kind of sea-crab |
| Sikaiana | Tapatuu | A small barracuda |
| Sikaiana | Tapu | Forbidden; socially or ritually prohibited; sacred (Christian) |
| Sikaiana | Tapuae | Ankle, foot |
| Sikaiana | Tahi | Counting number one, for all counting types except fathoms; directly, straight in direction; continuously, all the time, eternally |
| Sikaiana | Tasi | One |
| Sikaiana | Ttaa | To bail out water; the bailer in a boat |
| Sikaiana | Ttau | Squeeze and twist, as in wringing out a rag, or making coconut oil from grated coconut |
| Sikaiana | Taatou | First person inclusive plural pronoun |
| Sikaiana | Tau | Be capable enough |
| Sikaiana | Tau/tau | Hang (as clothes on a line, or fruit from a tree) |
| Sikaiana | Tau | Be hit by thrown object |
| Sikaiana | Tau | Year |
| Sikaiana | T/taua | Battle, war, fight |
| Sikaiana | Taaua | We two (inc) |
| Sikaiana | Tauhhu | Main ridgepole of house, central roof beam |
| Sikaiana | Taula | Anchor rope of a boat or canoe; to be anchored |
| Sikaiana | Taunusu | Tree sp. Phonologically Irregular |
| Sikaiana | Tava | Tree sp |
| Sikaiana | Tavake | Tropic bird |
| Sikaiana | Te | Definite article singular: the |
| Sikaiana | Tea | Clear, white, pale |
| Sikaiana | Tele | Run; travel by foot along the reef between the main island {Hale} and the small islands on the western side of the atoll {Muli Akau} |
| Sikaiana | Tii/tii | Sprinkle (as in salting food) Problematic |
| Sikaiana | Tia | Tie together a net |
| Sikaiana | Tiaki | Leave behind; divorce; permit, allow |
