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 | Vae rua | To divide in half |
Anuta | Vai keri | Well (n) |
Anuta | Vai/aka | Root |
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 |