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 | Oho/ttaa | To be startled |
| Sikaiana | Lapalapa | the places in the trunk of a tree that extend out from the tree, as the trunk of the tava tree. |
| Sikaiana | Motikao | Finger Phonologically Irregular |
| Sikaiana | Lomaki | To push into the ground, as in planting |
| Sikaiana | Laakau | Stick |
| Sikaiana | Laakau alo | A fishing rod used for bonito |
| Sikaiana | Faka/lee/lesi | To lie to someone, to tell untrue stories |
| Sikaiana | Muka | Weak, rotting, of cloth, string and ropes |
| Sikaiana | Kautalina | Ear |
| Sikaiana | Kau | The top part of the frame of a fishing net (kautoko) |
| Sikaiana | K/keti (pass. keetia) | To remove the husk of a coconut with the teeth, as a rat or small child does. Phonologically Irregular |
| Sikaiana | Pae | (of boat) Tilt, lay to one side |
| Sikaiana | Tapaa- | Small, little |
| Sikaiana | Tapa/a/mea | A small portion, a little bit of something |
| Sikaiana | Naenae | Lazy, weary |
| Sikaiana | Nahenahe | A feeling of emptiness in the stomach |
| Sikaiana | Hai aavana | To have sexual intercourse (polite form) |
| Sikaiana | I/kinei | Here |
| Sikaiana | I/kinaa | There, in sight, but away from speaker |
| Sikaiana | I/kilaa | There (referring to objects that are distant...). |
| Sikaiana | Haka/s/seke | To drop out of, to fail to appear at an activity or event, to fall behind in a race; to move down, as in going down from one step to another. |
| Sikaiana | Pane mua | Front piece of an outrigger canoe |
| Sikaiana | Pane muli | Rear part of the washstrake {hono} of an outrigger canoe...used for sitting. |
| Sikaiana | Pallama | Upper part of the body of an outrigger canoe that is lashed on top the main body. The boom rods {kiato} are lashed in between. |
| Sikaiana | Lani/ttia | To be divided into equal portions among many different people. |
| Sikaiana | Too/too | Straighten bones using traditional methods Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Sikaiana | Tuleki-na | To push over |
