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 |
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Anuta | Penu/toki | Clamshell Uncertain Semantic Connection |
Anuta | Pe/pa/taki | Crossing of sticks in the start of a duel; to cross sticks or clubs in the above manner |
Anuta | Pe(ro) | Only, simply, merely, just Uncertain Semantic Connection |
Anuta | Petau | Tree (Calophyllum kajewskii) |
Anuta | Pete/pete | Songfest |
Anuta | Pe/tuki | To box; boxing |
Anuta | Petuu | Star |
Anuta | Pii- | Prefix indicating disposal towards a particular state |
Anuta | Pi/inu | Thirsty; thirst |
Anuta | Pi/pii, pii/ni | To braid or plait sennit cord |
Anuta | Piki | Stick sap (as that of breadfruit, Calophyllum and *mami* tree); glue; plastic, object made of plastic |
Anuta | Piko(piko) | Crooked, twisted |
Anuta | Pi/pii/ngia | Busy |
Anuta | Piri/pata | A type of small lizard |
Anuta | Piri/piri | Sacred necklet, worn by chiefs or persons who are the object of some special honor |
Anuta | Piri/piri | Near [may be TIK word] |
Anuta | Piri/pirii/mata, pi/viri/mata | Eyelash |
Anuta | Piti | Risen (?) |
Anuta | Piti | Vanikoro, Reef Islands and Duff Islands |
Anuta | Pito | Full (not empty); high tide |
Anuta | Po(o) | To clap hands, as in keeping rhythm for a dance |
Anuta | Puaka | "Pig", a slovenly person |
Anuta | Poki | To return |
Anuta | Poki | Also; again |
Anuta | Pono | General assembly of the island; any council of a political nature; to meet in council |
Anuta | Pongo/i/patu | A hole going through a rock; perforation |
Anuta | Pongoiu | Nostril |
Anuta | Poore | To peel something |
Anuta | Popo/a | To smell like rotten meat, bird or fish |
Anuta | Popoo (popou?) | To hold something (generally followed by *atu* or *mai*) |
Anuta | Poumuri | A kind of tree (Securinega flexuosa) |
Anuta | Pua | Ventral fins of a fish Uncertain Semantic Connection |
Anuta | Pua/ngapuru | Ten |
Anuta | (E) pua te rau | One hundred |
Anuta | Pua rai | Large (in circumference) [ex. belly] |
Anuta | Pua rua | Large double-hulled canoe Phonologically Irregular |
Anuta | Pua/a/vae | Calf of leg |
Anuta | Pua/i | Egg |
Anuta | Pua/i/rao | Testicle |
Anuta | Puaki | To transfer something from one's own mouth to that of another |
Anuta | Pue | Plant sp. (Ipomoea brasiliense) |
Anuta | Puke | To grab, catch, hold (us. with *atu* or *mai*) |
Anuta | Puke/puke | To wrestle; wrestling match |
Anuta | Puku | Protuberance |
Anuta | Puku | Erection of the penis |
Anuta | Punga | Top surface of something |
Anuta | Punga | Coral stone abrader |
Anuta | Punga pare | Ceiling, roof |
Anuta | Punga/a/vaka | Deck of ship or top of canoe |
Anuta | Pungoai | Parent-in-law, child-in-law |