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 | Ta/taro | To fan, to brush, to sweep Problematic |
| Anuta | Tau | Preposed particle enumerating canoes |
| Anuta | Tau | Particle indicating linked relationship |
| Anuta | Tau ma | Term of address for sibling-in-law of same sex |
| Anuta | Tau kave | Brother and sister |
| Anuta | Tau panau | Siblings of same sex |
| Anuta | Tau tamana | Father and child |
| Anuta | Tau/piri/piri | Enemy |
| Anuta | Tau/pito mai | Nearby Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Anuta | Tauranga | A formal friendship relationship between an Anutan and a Tikopian...; an individual or an elementary domestic unit...participating in such a relationship |
| Tikopia | Tauranga | Social anchorage, i.e. ancestral linkage by kinship or analogous connection, used for practicl social and economic relationships by individuals of Tikopia and Anuta... |
| Anuta | Tau/totoka | Window |
| Anuta | Tau/turi(turi) | To chase; to race |
| Anuta | Tau/tuu | Men's belt |
| Anuta | Tauutu | A kind of fish |
| Anuta | Taviri | To fan a fire Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Anuta | Tere/tere | To remove the charred outside of a roasted vegetable with a knife |
| Anuta | Teru | To comb |
| Anuta | Teru/ru | Comb (n) |
| Anuta | Te/tengi | A small coconut leaf mat used to block doorways leading into a house, when the owner is asleep or not at home Problematic |
| Anuta | Ti(i) | Small (used as suffix or separate particle postposed to noun) |
| Anuta | Paka/tii/ti(i) | A little bit |
| Anuta | Tiiti | To scoop out meat from *niu mata* |
| Anuta | Tika tia kupenga | A wooden instrument used in net-making |
| Anuta | Tike/tike | To squat |
| Anuta | Tiku/roa | Cat ("long-tail") [archaic word, may be of TIK origin] |
| Anuta | Tio | A type of largish fish, reaching perhaps five pounds or more Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Anuta | Tea | A kind of dance |
| Anuta | Tiro/tiro | Camera |
| Anuta | Titi rau ti | A cordyline leaf waist garment |
| Anuta | Titii | To hiss, to attract one's attention or admonish him about improper behavior... |
| Anuta | Titi/ngauta | A kind of bird Problematic |
| Anuta | Titi/vao | A kind of small bird (or insect?) Problematic |
| Anuta | Ti/ti/ngi | To shine (the sun, a flashlight, etc.) |
| Anuta | Ti/tiro | To photograph; photography |
| Anuta | To | To fall |
| Anuta | To mai | Bring here (command) |
| Anuta | Toa | Warrior; strong man; adversary in a fight or test of strength; to choose an opponent in a battle |
| Anuta | Toa | Ironwood (tree) |
| Anuta | Toa/ki | To help |
| Anuta | Toka | To push or thrust as in stabbing...; to push one object into another |
| Anuta | Toko | Particle used with numbers in enumerating human beings |
| Anuta | Toko/muri | To back up, go backwards |
| Anuta | Toku | 1s possessive pronoun: my |
| Anuta | Tona | Sore (n) |
| Anuta | Tona | 3s possessive pronoun: his, her, its |
| Anuta | To/ngi | To pull |
| Anuta | Topo | To jump or climb on something; to lift something |
| Anuta | To/toko | To push |
| Anuta | To/toko | To masticate betel and lime to prepare it for an old person whose teeth have become bad Uncertain Semantic Connection |
