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 |
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Sikaiana | M/mea | Red, the color |
Sikaiana | Mea | Thing |
Sikaiana | Mimi | Urinate |
Sikaiana | Mio/mio | Whirlpool |
Sikaiana | Mmiti | Suck |
Sikaiana | Mo | For |
Sikaiana | Moa | Fowl |
Sikaiana | Moana | Ocean |
Sikaiana | Monamona | Cockroach (all varieties) |
Sikaiana | Moe | Sleep |
Sikaiana | Moena | Bedding material; group of flying fish |
Sikaiana | Moko | Lizard |
Sikaiana | Mokopuna | Grandchild |
Sikaiana | M/mole | Smooth |
Sikaiana | Moomona | Fat; savoury, sweet-tasting |
Sikaiana | M(o)/moti | To sneak up upon someone; to secretly listen in on a conversation |
Sikaiana | Motu | Be severed |
Sikaiana | Motu | Islet |
Sikaiana | Muu | Fish sp |
Sikaiana | Mua | Front, before |
Sikaiana | Muko | Shoot growing from sprouted coconut {kamatuu} |
Sikaiana | Muka/muka | Green coconut with juice inside but no kernel |
Sikaiana | Muli | Behind, back |
Sikaiana | Mulivae | The heel of the foot |
Sikaiana | M/mulu/ | Wipe (us. a wet substance, e.g. tears) |
Sikaiana | Haka/mumuni/ | Hide oneself |
Sikaiana | Muna | Swear |
Sikaiana | Mu/musu | Of voices that are heard, but the words are indistinct; to gossip; to whisper |
Sikaiana | Namu | Mosquito |
Sikaiana | Nanue | Fish sp., tarwhine |
Sikaiana | Nape | Action of sexual intercourse Uncertain Semantic Connection |
Sikaiana | Natu | A fruit that is eaten on Sikaiana |
Sikaiana | Nehu | Not clear |
Sikaiana | Nei | This, here, near speaker |
Sikaiana | N/neke | To move from one place to another, of people; to move some item from one place to another |
Sikaiana | Neve | String used for tying basket around the back; to tie basket around the back |
Sikaiana | Niho | Tooth |
Sikaiana | N/nini | Pour, capsize |
Sikaiana | Nimo | To delay (of people) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
Sikaiana | N/niti/ | Crowded, tight, closely packed |
Sikaiana | Niu | Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) |
Sikaiana | Noa | Non-restriction |
Sikaiana | Noho | Sit, be seated; inhabit, stay at, dwell, remain; be alive |
Sikaiana | Nohu | Stonefish |
Sikaiana | Kona | Tense-aspect, past progressive, to have been doing Problematic |
Sikaiana | O | General subordinating verbal particle |
Sikaiana | O/mmai | Come (plural subject) |
Sikaiana | Oha | Destroy, pull apart, shred |
Sikaiana | Oohana | Nest |
Sikaiana | Oho | To wake up (vi) |