Entries from Feinberg 1977 in Pollex-Online
Feinberg, R. (1977). The Anutan language reconsidered: Lexicon and grammar of a Polynesian Outlier. New Haven, Human Relations Area Files Press.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Uto | Buttocks |
| Anuta | Uti/uti | Disposed towards biting or capable of inflicting a painful bite (e.g. centipede) |
| Anuta | -kotou | Second person plural possessive suffix |
| Anuta | Vaa | Interval of space; descent line |
| Anuta | Vai | Generic term for water; water container; fresh water supply |
| Anuta | Vaka/atua | Spirit medium |
| Anuta | Vakavaka | Side of torso |
| Anuta | Varevare | Fluids in vagina during intercourse. |
| Anuta | Vari/vari | Viscous, semi-solid as jelly, pudding |
| Anuta | Varu | Eight |
| Anuta | Vau | Scrape taro with a _kuei_ or grate coconut on a -vakautuei_ Borrowed |
| Anuta | Vata | Ocean wastes; the open sea, out of sight of land |
| Anuta | Vaatia | Time, period of time. |
| Anuta | Vaava | Umbilical cord |
| Anuta | (Va)vave | Quick, fast; speed |
| Anuta | Vero | Thrust, as in stabbing |
| Anuta | Vene | A strip of barkcloth used to tie a *poopora* type basket to a woman's back |
| Anuta | Vevera | Hot, feverish, fever |
| Anuta | Vii | Sour or bitter (as *ma* or beer) |
| Anuta | Paki | To harvest fruits or vegetables growing above the ground |
| Anuta | Pai/nga pua | Easy |
| Anuta | Ko/kopu | Dust, smoke, water spray; to swirl around like a 'dust devil' or water spout |
| Anuta | Pura | A type of fish |
| Anuta | Tua | Rear portion of something; outside, away |
| Anuta | Pakatere/vaka | To sail a ship or canoe |
| Anuta | Tari | Sennit cord used for lashing canoes |
| Anuta | Vera | To burn (as to burn a person, or for an object to burn up) |
| Anuta | (Ve)vera | Hot; feverish, fever |
| Anuta | Turaki | Plural of tu 'stand' |
| Anuta | Ika tapu | A kind of fish reaching perhaps five pounds; very hard fighter and very good to eat; with navy blue and gold markings (pompano?) |
| Anuta | Papa | Rope for securing the mast of a canoe |
| Anuta | Maa mei | Fermented breadfruit |
| Nukumanu | Taka/sii | Copra production |
| Anuta | Mataavaka | Bow of canoe or other vessel |
| Anuta | Magio | To itch, cause itching |
| Anuta | Pakapua | Ocean waves |
| Anuta | Tata | To pull coconut seedling out of the ground |
| Anuta | Tautari | Follow; obey; depend upon |
| Anuta | Tepe | To skin something with a knife |
| Anuta | Roi | Lie (n) (as opposed to the truth) |
| Anuta | Ota | Sago palm |
| Anuta | Ngatao | Arrow (also other projectiles e.g. bullet) Phonologically Irregular |
| Anuta | Pure/i | Foreskin; for foreskin to recede or open as erection takes place |
| Anuta | Pakia | To get cut |
| Anuta | Pa | To land |
| Anuta | U/uti | To bite |
| Anuta | Pakaka | To burn, as in burning a piece of wood |
| Anuta | Paka/ka/kaa | To light (a fire) |
| Anuta | Koko | Flour made from pulp of sago palm or from turmeric root |
| Anuta | Ori/tu | To "cross swords" (in this case using war clubs rather than sabres or foils) |
