Entries from Yen 1973 in Pollex-Online
Yen, D. E. and J. Gordon, Eds. (1973). Anuta: a Polynesian Outlier in the Solomon Islands. Pacific Anthropological Records. Honolulu, Department of Anthropology, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Nonu | (Morinda citrifolia) |
| Anuta | Nu/numi/ | Fold over. Folded (Fbg). |
| Anuta | Ora | Life, health. Soul, spirit, everlasting life (Fbg). |
| Anuta | Oti | Finished. To finish (generally used with perfect particle *ku*) (Fbg). |
| Anuta | Paa | Shank of two piece fishing-lure. |
| Anuta | Penu | Coconut scrapings, rubbish |
| Anuta | Pepe | Butterfly |
| Anuta | Peti | Fat |
| Anuta | Pi/piki. Piki/piki (Fbg). | Sticky |
| Anuta | Pipi | Bivalve shellfish |
| Anuta | Poo | Night |
| Anuta | Po/poa/ | Fishy smell |
| Anuta | Poopatu | Stone with hole in it Problematic |
| Anuta | Poke | Taro balls of mashed taro and coconut sauce. A type of food made by mixing mashed, baked taro with stone boiled coconut cream and rolling it into balls (A very prestigeous food prepared on important ceremonial occasions) (Fbg). |
| Anuta | Popo | Decayed. To be decayed to the point of the object's losing its original identity (Fbg). |
| Anuta | Potu | End ; piece of something; end of an object, side of an object |
| Anuta | Pua | Plant with flowers |
| Anuta | Pua | Flower. Any plant that bears a flower; to flower (Fbg). Problematic |
| Anuta | Pulaka. Puraka (Fbg). | (Cyrtosperma chamissonis) |
| Anuta | Pure. Puure (Fbg). | Cowrie sp. |
| Anuta | Purepure. Ta/purepure (Fbg). | Spotted |
| Anuta | Puroki. Purouki (Fbg). | Umbrella palm Problematic |
| Anuta | Puru | Coconut husk fibre |
| Anuta | Puna | Spring of water |
| Anuta | Pu/pui | Blow. For a person to blow on something (Fbg). |
| Anuta | Tere | Bamboo stick snare for birds |
| Anuta | Ingano, ngano | (Pandanus odoratissimus). A type of fragrant plant from which head bands may be made; a type of pandanus (Fbg). Problematic |
| Anuta | Tika | Shuttle for net-making |
| Anuta | Ina | Grey-haired b Problematic |
| Anuta | Toa | Friend. Bond-friend...fiancée (Fbg). |
| Anuta | Ongi | Touch noses. To press noses in greeting as a sign of affection (Fbg). Problematic |
| Anuta | V/oi | (Dioscorea bulbifera) Problematic |
| Anuta | Tora | Run away |
| Anuta | Oro | Landslide b Problematic |
| Anuta | Uki. U/uki (Fbg). | Thrust. Thrust, as in attempting to stab someone or something. Problematic |
| Anuta | Tae | Excrement; entrails |
| Anuta | Tapa | Circumcise |
| Anuta | Tape | Tide, current |
| Anuta | Tapito | Root, base. The base of an object; basis, source, reason; leader; beginning; to start (Fbg). |
| Anuta | Tanga | Bag. Sack, suitcase; stomach (as an internal organ) |
| Anuta | Tari | A kind of plaiting |
| Anuta | Taro | (Colocasia esculenta) |
| Anuta | Tane | A skin disease. A type of fungus infection characterized by light-colored patches on the skin |
| Anuta | Tanipa | Large shark sp. |
| Anuta | Tanu | Bury |
| Anuta | Tao | Spear |
| Anuta | Tapakau | Woven coconut frond floor mat |
| Anuta | Tatau | Tattoo |
| Anuta | Taupupu | Ridgepole |
| Anuta | Tea | White |
