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 | Pae, pa/pae | "Mother" |
| Anuta | Pai, paai, paaii | To split up or divide a unitary object |
| Anuta | Pai/a | Because |
| Anuta | Painga ta | Difficult |
| Anuta | Pakaeke, pakaakeeke | Body-surfing; to body-surf |
| Anuta | Paka/ako | To teach; teacher, catechist, missionary |
| Anuta | Faka/apa/apa | Distant or outside (used only in conjunction with kinship terms) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Anuta | Pakaari | To show (in the widest sense of the term); demonstrate, illustrate, explicate |
| Anuta | Paka/epa | To honour, respect Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Anuta | Paka/eva | To jump |
| Anuta | Paka/ka-ti | To burn, as in burning a piece of wood |
| Anuta | Pakakai/taringa | Turtle shell earring |
| Anuta | Paka/kakaa | To light (a fire) |
| Anuta | Paka/kato | Thin transverse supporting strip for roof of house, made from betel nut [sc. betel palm?] |
| Anuta | Paka/kau | To send someone to swim |
| Anuta | Paka/kaukau | Longitudinal supporting beams for roof of house |
| Anuta | Paka/maanatu | To remember |
| Anuta | Paka/ma/iro/ga | Memory; memorial... |
| Anuta | Paka/mamapa | To honor, respect |
| Anuta | Pakamanga | To open one's mouth |
| Anuta | Paka/mangu/mangu | To fast Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Anuta | Paka/maru | To keep one dry; an object which keeps one dry (such as a roof or an umbrella) |
| Anuta | Paka/maruu | Men's barkcloth loin-cloth Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Anuta | Pakamate | To commit suicide |
| Anuta | Pakamea | Large red fish, inhabiting bottom, generally in deep water... Phonologically Irregular |
| Anuta | Paka/nga/unu | To move something over; to move away, to slide away |
| Anuta | Paka/nguu | To blow a conch shell or other instrument... |
| Anuta | Pak/aoa | To make noise, cause a disturbance |
| Anuta | Pakaoti | To finish, to complete; conclusion, ending; completely, throughout, all, without exception |
| Anuta | Paka/paapine | A type of dance/song |
| Anuta | Paka/paku/paku | To fast |
| Anuta | Paka/peia | Thus, in this/that manner, as follows |
| Anuta | Pakapere | Love, sympathy, affection |
| Anuta | Paka/peta/aki | A dueling or fencing match fought with sticks or clubs; a sham fight as in "marriage by capture" ceremony |
| Anuta | Paka/piko | To bend something, to make something curved |
| Anuta | Paka/pi/piki | To attach, to stick together; stuck on, attached, lumped together |
| Anuta | Paka/puro(u?) | To cover something |
| Anuta | Paka/puro/nga | To close something up; the closing of something Problematic |
| Anuta | Paka/puta | Spool around which fishing line is wound; dropline spool Problematic |
| Anuta | Paka/ra(a)kei | To decorate; decoration |
| Anuta | Paka/rai/rai | A lot, much (adv) |
| Anuta | Paka/ranu | To wash off one's self or another object in fresh water after it has been immersed in the sea |
| Anuta | Paka/ranga | To rise to the surface |
| Anuta | Paka/rave | To bring two objects into contact; to mix together; [stuck, stranded (ship on reef)] |
| Anuta | Pakarere te tiku | A kind of fish drive (The people line up at low tide and run after the fish, chasing them into shallow water where they are speared or netted.) |
| Anuta | Paka/rerei | Well, properly |
| Anuta | Pakarongo | To listen; to obey |
| Anuta | Pakarongo/rongo | To listen |
| Anuta | Paka/ta(a) | To appear |
| Anuta | Paka/taane | To sit with legs crossed or folded ("Indian style"), in the style of men |
