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 | Hua | Testicle |
| Sikaiana | Huaitino | Body of an animate being; trunk of a tree |
| Sikaiana | Hunaona | Reciprocal term of ascending and descending generation in‑laws... (A respect relationship). |
| Sikaiana | Hui | A bunch of coconuts |
| Sikaiana | Se/hui | Ten (for birds, coconuts, copra, dollars) |
| Sikaiana | Huke | Open up |
| Sikaiana | Hula/hula | Oedema |
| Sikaiana | Hule | Peel |
| Sikaiana | Huli | To turn over |
| Sikaiana | H/hulu | Rub something on body |
| Sikaiana | Hune/a | Scabies |
| Sikaiana | Vusi | Bush, inland area of an island (archaic) Phonologically Irregular |
| Sikaiana | V/vusu | To punch with a closed fist Phonologically Irregular |
| Sikaiana | H/huti | Pull or tug |
| Sikaiana | Huti | Banana |
| Sikaiana | Hutu | Tree sp |
| Sikaiana | Naoaa | Heap of rubbish |
| Sikaiana | Nasu | Plant species (salt bush?) - used as medicine for scabies, or for decoration |
| Sikaiana | Natala | Coral Trout |
| Sikaiana | Naatahi | Be the same |
| Sikaiana | Nnie | A plant with strong wood |
| Sikaiana | Aa | What? |
| Sikaiana | Ai | Who? |
| Sikaiana | Aku | Swordfish sp |
| Sikaiana | Ala | Road |
| Sikaiana | Ama | Outrigger |
| Sikaiana | Api | Fish sp |
| Sikaiana | Ohi/a | To desire, to love, to like; to want |
| Sikaiana | One | Famine |
| Sikaiana | Oka | Rafter |
| Sikaiana | Oko | The muscle of a clam or oyster that is between the shells |
| Sikaiana | Uu | Nipple or breast, of female; to suck a breast |
| Sikaiana | Uui | To replace something that is hanging; to change a shoulder garment {puipui} or the bottles that hang from trees collecting coconut sap; to change something dangerous into something harmless through ritual |
| Sikaiana | Ulu | Enter, go into |
| Sikaiana | Ka | Tense-aspect marker, future inceptive |
| Sikaiana | Ka | But, and, so |
| Sikaiana | Aha | Sail guide rope Problematic |
| Sikaiana | Kai | Food, eat |
| Sikaiana | Kaaina | Place |
| Sikaiana | Kaiaa | Steal |
| Sikaiana | Kakau | Swim |
| Sikaiana | Kake | Climb |
| Sikaiana | Kalana | Song with dance actions brought to Sikaiana from the Gilbert Islands, probably in the 19th century Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Sikaiana | Kalamisi | An insect like a cricket Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Sikaiana | Kaleve | Sap from coconut tree collected for various uses including molasses (Donner) |
| Sikaiana | Kal(o)lo | String along the bottom of a fishing net where stones could be placed to function as weights; string of a bow; string used in a bird net that connects then et to a small support near the handle |
| Sikaiana | Kalu | Loose, wrinkled tissue around seed |
| Sikaiana | Kamakama | Crab sp |
| Sikaiana | Kanae | Fish sp |
| Sikaiana | Kane/tua | Back (of person, animal, or thing) |
