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 | Vaivai/tama | Afterbirth |
| Anuta | V/akaro | To weed small plants and grass by hand |
| Anuta | Vaki/vaki | Happy; happiness Phonologically Irregular |
| Anuta | Vana | Sea urchin |
| Anuta | Vane/vane | Yellow sea perch |
| Anuta | V/a(a)/rakau | Branch of tree |
| Anuta | Va/varo | Surprised Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Anuta | Vene-nga | A load carried on the back with a belt in the style of women |
| Anuta | Vero/i | To push (as pushing a canoe out through the surf) |
| Anuta | Vini | To whistle by curling your tongue, and exhaling only |
| Anuta | Ki/tamati | Baby |
| Anuta | Aru | Go (second and third person singular) |
| Anuta | Areare | Liquid between meat and *oko* [kernel] of *niu raurau* [mature coconut] |
| Anuta | Tuku/tukunga | Habit; custom, customary practice... |
| Anuta | Ngaengae | Sick, ill |
| Anuta | Tuaamata | Eyebrow, eyelid |
| Anuta | Ta/ta | To wash or clean something |
| Anuta | I eni | Here, in this place |
| Anuta | Maa mei | Fermented breadfruit Borrowed |
| Anuta | Ma/maa | A type of food made from a number of vegetable substances, buried in large pits where it is fermented to acid, in which condition it can be kept for many years without spoiling |
| Anuta | Pepeeki | How? |
| Anuta | Anga/a | A type of ceremony performed for children at and/or before puberty |
| Anuta | Para | Wet |
| Anuta | Nono, nounou | Short |
