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 | 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) |
| Anuta | Pura/rua | For fire to light at both ends of fire plow track (in making fire by friction) |
| Anuta | Pu/rere | Spiral shell; cone shell |
| Anuta | Puri/i | To turn something over |
| Anuta | Puru/nga/kere | Circumcision ceremony (lit. cleansing the dirt) |
| Anuta | Puu/kaa | Shell trumpet; conch; conch shell which is blown to signify the start of church) |
| Anuta | Puurou | To cover oneself as with a blanket |
| Anuta | Purau | To catch fish with a net Phonologically Irregular |
| Anuta | Rae | Forehead |
| Anuta | Rai | A kind of fish |
| Anuta | Rakaraka | To walk taking large, brisk steps; to walk quickly |
| Anuta | Ta/ke (singular), ra/ke (plural) | Other, different |
| Anuta | Raku | To throw something away |
| Anuta | Ranga(i) | To pull something out of the ground |
| Anuta | Raga | Crops which have matured Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Anuta | Rapa | A type of skin fungus marked by severe itching and very difficult to cure |
| Anuta | Rapa/oru | A kind of taro Problematic |
| Anuta | Ra/pare/pare | Afternoon |
| Anuta | Rapi/rapi | Close, near |
| Anuta | Rau | Thin, flexible object |
| Anuta | Rau uru | Head hair |
| Anuta | Rau | Flat surface of an object |
| Anuta | Rava | European cloth worn wrapped around a man's waist |
| Anuta | Rava/rava | Women's skirt, either of bark cloth or European cloth |
| Anuta | Rava | Abundant |
| Anuta | Ravaki, lavaki | Vacant; absent; dead |
| Anuta | Rave | To run aground; caught on the bottom of the sea |
| Anuta | Re(e)/rea | To speak (rarely used, probably archaic form) |
| Anuta | Reo | To look after |
| Anuta | Reo | Voice |
| Anuta | Rere o aru | To run away; to flee |
| Anuta | Re/reu | Ripe (of fruits growing above the ground) |
| Anuta | Reu | To guard Phonologically Irregular |
| Anuta | Rika | For an object (e.g. log, ball) to roll |
| Anuta | Riki | Small |
| Anuta | Rimu/ngauta | Moss |
| Anuta | Ri/ringi | To pour |
| Anuta | Riu | Inside of a hollow object such as a canoe or bowl |
| Anuta | Riu/ara | Path (esp. in moral contexts); passage, carfare [may be a TIK word] |
| Anuta | Ro | Word used as a filler and for emphasis [in conditioned variance with *rei*?] |
| Anuta | Ro | Generic term for ant; a particular type of small black ant |
| Anuta | Ro ata | A large black ant, capable of inflicting a painful bite |
| Anuta | Rongo/rongo | To hear about |
| Anuta | Rongo/rongo/kovi | Sick |
| Anuta | Roopaa | To groan (or convulse?) in sleep Problematic |
| Anuta | Ro/roku (te pana) | To draw (a bow) |
