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 Tusi Point
Sikaiana Tusi To make lines in a material; to draw them on paper; the lines on lined paper
Sikaiana Tuutae Excrement, feces
Sikaiana Tuutaki Tie together
Sikaiana Tutu Set alight
Sikaiana Uu Coconut crab
Sikaiana Uua Neck
Sikaiana Uue/a Move, of waves in the ocean (arch.)
Sikaiana Uhi Yam
Sikaiana Uhi Cover an object; cover swamp gardens {taluano} with leaves in mulching
Sikaiana Uhe Masturbate (of males) Phonologically Irregular
Sikaiana Uhu Parrot Fish sp
Sikaiana Una Hemit crab
Sikaiana Uua Rain
Sikaiana Uila Lightning
Sikaiana Uka String, cord, fishing line that is held in the hand; the strings of a guitar or ukalele
Sikaiana Uka Veins and arteries of animate beings
Sikaiana Ula Burn with a flame
Sikaiana Ula Crayfish
Sikaiana Ulafi Parrot Fish sp
Sikaiana Uli Black
Sikaiana Poho/ulu/ Head of man or animal; overseer of piece of land
Sikaiana Uluna Pillow
Sikaiana L/ulu Steer a canoe or steamship
Sikaiana Ume Fish sp., leatherjacket
Sikaiana Umi/umi Suck, as candy; kiss with the mouth
Sikaiana Umu Earth oven; mound of earth, especially for planting root crops
Sikaiana Unahi Fish scale
Sikaiana Unu Drink; absorb liquid
Sikaiana Upu Coconut shell cup
Sikaiana Uso Umbilical cord, navel; extended blood relationship
Sikaiana Usu Convince.
Sikaiana Kai/usu/ Nose
Sikaiana Uto Sprouting coconut
Sikaiana Utu Fill up, especially an enclosed container that uses fuel, such as a cigarette lighter or a pressure lamp
Sikaiana Utu Fish sp
Sikaiana Vae Leg of an animal or human, legs of a table or chair, hands of a clock
Sikaiana V/vae Divide, be divided
Sikaiana Vai Water, juice, liquid, sap
Sikaiana Vaka Boat, ship, steamship, canoe
Sikaiana Vakavaka Rib
Sikaiana Vaakule Search for lice
Sikaiana V/vale Left, left side
Sikaiana Vale/a Slimy, of one-day-old food
Sikaiana Vale/vale Phlegm in the throat
Sikaiana V/vale Crazy, stupid, insane, peculiar, unusual
Sikaiana Valovalo Tree sp
Sikaiana Valu Eight
Sikaiana Valu Kingfish sp
Sikaiana Valu/valu Scrape, plane a surface