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 | Tere/tere | Sail |
| Anuta | Tii | (Cordyline fruticosa) |
| Anuta | Tiare | Floral necklace; a shrub (Gardenia sp.) |
| Anuta | Tiko | Defecate |
| Anuta | Tiri | Fish-trap |
| Anuta | Tio | Look Problematic |
| Anuta | Tinana | Mother |
| Anuta | Tino | Body |
| Anuta | Tio | Shellfish sp. |
| Anuta | Titi pau | Skirt for men and women worn for dancing. Barkcloth sheet hung in front of the church (Fbg). |
| Anuta | Too | To plant |
| Anuta | Toe | Remainder. To remain, be left (over), be excluded... (Fbg). |
| Anuta | Toka | Rock in sea, visible at low tide. A boulder in the sea, submerged at least part of the time (Fbg). |
| Anuta | To/toka/ | Settle (as sago flour). For a sediment to settle out of suspension (Fbg). |
| Anuta | Toki | Adze. Axe; giant clam (Tridacna) (Fbg). |
| Anuta | Tori | Harvest tree fruits |
| Anuta | Toroa | Duck |
| Anuta | Toto | Blood |
| Anuta | Tua | Back (anatomical part) |
| Anuta | Tuki | Hit, strike. To strike by extending one's arm (as in boxing or karate), as opposed to slapping or hitting by bringing the arm down; to puncture or drive an object through something; to hammer, strike, or beat something as in mashing tubers to make a pudding; club (n); object used to mash tubers (Fbg). |
| Anuta | Tuku | Put down, place, leave. Remain intact, be preserved, stay the way it has been (Fbg). |
| Anuta | Tu/turi/ | Deaf |
| Anuta | Turi | Bird sp. Small sea bird (Fbg). |
| Anuta | Turi. Pa/turi (Fbg). | Knee |
| Anuta | Tu/turu/ | Leak in roof |
| Anuta | Tuna | Freshwater eel (said to be extinct) |
| Anuta | Tupu | Grow |
| Anuta | Tupua | Spirit. A spirit which was never a human being (Fbg). |
| Anuta | Uuuu. Uu-uu (Fbg). | Coconut Crab |
| Anuta | Ua | Neck |
| Anuta | Uwo. Uo (Fbg). | Crayfish Problematic |
| Anuta | Uri | Black |
| Anuta | Uru | Head |
| Anuta | Umu | Earth oven |
| Anuta | Unu. Unu/i (Fbg). | Pull out |
| Anuta | Vae | Leg. Foot (Fbg). |
| Anuta | Vaka | Canoe. Ship; any vehicle... (Fbg). |
| Anuta | Vare | Phlegm, semen, etc. |
| Anuta | Varovaro | Shrub (Premna corymbosa) |
| Anuta | Varu | Bonito, large fish sp. Scaleless tuna (Fbg). |
| Anuta | Vao | Grassy tract. Grass (Fbg). |
| Anuta | Vera | Burnt (as by sun) |
| Anuta | Ve/vete | Untie |
| Anuta | Kapi/ti | Two betel-nut sticks between which thatch is placed in order to give the thatch rigidity ; clench, wedge |
| Anuta | Pakamaa | Be ashamed. Embarrassed, shy (Fbg). |
| Anuta | V/ae. V/ai (Fbg). | Tear, rend |
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