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 | Pa/siosio | A tornado |
| Sikaiana | Pusaki/na | Air spout of a whale |
| Sikaiana | Sivo | Nine |
| Sikaiana | Hoko- | (followed by pronoun) Alone, by *self |
| Sikaiana | Hoko tahi | One (of a quantity, when reporting numbers) |
| Sikaiana | Sopo te laa | Last part of dawn sequence when the sun rises above horizon |
| Sikaiana | Sua/mele | Type of men's song with actions... |
| Sikaiana | Suki/suki | To peck, as chickens do; to eat, as insects do |
| Sikaiana | Suki/suki | The end of a coconut branch... Phonologically Irregular |
| Sikaiana | Sulu | To set (of the sun or stars) |
| Sikaiana | Taa/taa | To cut wood with an adze, as in shaping a canoe |
| Sikaiana | Taha/llo | A glass bottle |
| Sikaiana | Tahea | To drift, to be carried by a current |
| Sikaiana | T/taha | To circumcise (not practised on Sikaiana) Phonologically Irregular |
| Sikaiana | Taahena | A flood or overflow of water, a flow of water |
| Sikaiana | Tahi | To cut hair all over the head |
| Sikaiana | Tahuli | To be turned over; to be turned over in a canoe |
| Sikaiana | Kau- | Prefix for cardinal numbers - the prefixed number times ten for counting pudding (kaatalo), mats (pola, kapanni, tapakau) and years |
| Sikaiana | O | Preposition marking inalienable possession: of, belonging to, for both animate and inanimate possessors |
| Sikaiana | A | Preposition marking A-class alienable possession. Of, belonging to. |
| Sikaiana | I | Preposition, locative and temporal: at, on, in |
| Sikaiana | Tau | [Possessive pronoun, 2nd person singular for singular alienable objects] your |
| Sikaiana | Tana | Possessive pronoun, third person singular for singular alienable objects. His, her |
| Sikaiana | Tona | Third person singular, singular object possessive O-class |
| Sikaiana | Toku | Possessive pronoun, 1st person singular for singular inalienable objects, my |
| Sikaiana | Kkave iho | Send down Problematic |
| Sikaiana | Pui/pui | To close up a house, as when locking up; to build the walling around a house |
| Sikaiana | Pui/pui | A shirt without sleeves that is worn over the shoulders for dancing and other ceremonies |
| Sikaiana | Hula | To dance in European style... [borrowed from Luangiua] Borrowed |
| Sikaiana | Ahali | Sturgeon [sic] fish species |
| Sikaiana | Ahiahi | The evening time, starting from just before sunset until after it is dark and the sun’s reflection can no longer be seen on the horizon; from about 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm |
| Sikaiana | Hakaoti | Complete something, finish a project; dismiss someone from a job, fire, sack |
| Sikaiana | Hakaoti | The end of something, the last part of something |
| Sikaiana | Hakaoti | Completely, entirely, thoroughly |
| Sikaiana | Haka/h/hula | To blow up, as of a balloon |
| Sikaiana | Tanaloa | A shooting star |
| Sikaiana | Tau | To be fitted together, in place, as the floor tiles of a house; to be sufficient, enough |
| Sikaiana | Hai- | Used before kinship terms to denote the relationship between the kinship categories... |
| Sikaiana | Puku/puku | Round |
| Sikaiana | Hakatonu | To straighten (vt) in shape; correct the social behaviour of others; |
| Sikaiana | Hakatonu | To trust a person |
| Sikaiana | Hakatonu | To judge and make a decision in a court case |
| Sikaiana | Hulu | To smear with mud or dirt |
| Sikaiana | Hakatupu/nna | Nursery or storage area for sprouted coconuts |
| Sikaiana | Mate | To fall in love, including as a result of love magic |
| Sikaiana | Taupili | Close to or near, in time or space; to be close to doing something |
| Sikaiana | Kaukau | A part of the roof of a house: a pole that rests horizontally on the large roof beams {oka naniu} and supports the small roofbeams {oka likiliki} Phonologically Irregular |
| Sikaiana | Tula | The muscle of a shell fish that adheres to a rock |
| Sikaiana | Tulana | The rings around the bark of a coconut tree or sugar cane |
| Sikaiana | Moto | To be unripe, of fruit |
