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 | Oii | Problematic |
| Sikaiana | Oko | To collect, pick up, gather |
| Sikaiana | Ola | Alive, living; life; salvation (in Christian teaching); fun, lively, entertaining, exciting |
| Sikaiana | Oli | Sway back and forth |
| Sikaiana | Olioli | A type of song with a distinctive tune style... |
| Sikaiana | Oma | Type of sponge made of coconut husk |
| Sikaiana | One | Sand |
| Sikaiana | Ope | Sea fungus |
| Sikaiana | Osi | Sucker of banana |
| Sikaiana | Oso | To grab someone; to be startled |
| Sikaiana | Oti | Finished |
| Sikaiana | Papa (ppa) (pass. paa/kia) | To slap with the hand Phonologically Irregular |
| Sikaiana | Paa | Turtle or pearl shell tuna fishhook |
| Sikaiana | Paka | A sea crab species |
| Sikaiana | Patiaka | Root Phonologically Irregular |
| Sikaiana | Pakilani | A tree |
| Sikaiana | Pakipaki | Jellyfish (generic term) |
| Sikaiana | Paku/paku | Dry; low (tide) |
| Sikaiana | Paku | (Cooked side of food) burnt |
| Sikaiana | Pakuu | Fall down |
| Sikaiana | Pala | Rotten (of fruit) |
| Sikaiana | Palaa | Feather |
| Sikaiana | Paala | Fish sp., marlin |
| Sikaiana | Uli pal(a)lai | Very black |
| Sikaiana | P/pali | To mourn for the death of someone (traditionally mourners separated themselves from the rest of society during their mourning) |
| Sikaiana | Pane | Comb of fowl |
| Sikaiana | Papa | Wooden box, coffin; timber, lumber; board in front of the weaver that supports the warp-threads |
| Sikaiana | Papa | Box |
| Sikaiana | Pasua | Edible clam sp. (?Tridacna hippopus hippopus) |
| Sikaiana | Paaua | Fish sp |
| Sikaiana | Pee- | Like this, like that (followed by deictics) |
| Sikaiana | Peau | The waves of the sea; to be rough seas |
| Sikaiana | Pehea | How? |
| Sikaiana | Peka | Flying-fox |
| Sikaiana | Pela/pela | Muddy |
| Sikaiana | P/pela | Soft |
| Sikaiana | Pep/pepe/ | Butterfly |
| Sikaiana | Peti | Fat |
| Sikaiana | Pia | Arrowroot |
| Sikaiana | P/piki | Feel numb |
| Sikaiana | Piko | Bent, crooked, curved |
| Sikaiana | P/pili | To be stuck, to adhere; (of soup) to be thick |
| Sikaiana | P/pilo | To smell of feces |
| Sikaiana | Poo | Night |
| Sikaiana | Poa | Legs of a hermit crab, used as bait |
| Sikaiana | P/poko | Atrophic vulva |
| Sikaiana | Pukua | Mouth |
| Sikaiana | Pola | Roof mats of a house, woven from coconut leaves |
| Sikaiana | Pole | Desire |
| Sikaiana | Pole | Tremble, spasm, convulse; go into convulsions as a result of spirit possession |
