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 | 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 |
| Anuta | Pu/puke | Water falling in large quantities (as from water supply aqueduct during monsoon season) |
| Anuta | Pu/pura | To wake up |
| Anuta | Pu/puti | To pull something up from the ground; to stretch something like a piece of rubber |
| Anuta | Pura | For a spark to ignite upon rubbing a stick on a wood platform or fire plow |
| Anuta | Pura | Protruding (as a fat stomach) |
