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 | Pengu | Dull, not sharp (e.g. of a knife) |
| Anuta | Pee/pee, pepe, pei-ia | To throw |
| Anuta | Peka | Bat, particularly flying-fox; a poor or impoverished man |
| Anuta | Pete | Sing, song |
| Anuta | Pito | Navel, umbilical cord |
| Anuta | Pongipongi | Morning, 5-11 a.m. |
| Anuta | Poka | Jump with a start as when suddenly awakened |
| Anuta | Pokouru | Head |
| Anuta | Pora | Coconut leaf mat used to cover a canoe when it is not being used... |
| Anuta | Poto | Wise, expert |
| Anuta | Potu/aa | The end of a house |
| Anuta | Pou | Post of a house or other structure |
| Anuta | Pouri | Night, darkness, be dark |
| Anuta | Pui | Smell n. (type of smell) |
| Anuta | Puko pakatangia | A kind of tree with fairly soft and very light wood, from which model canoes and outrigger floats are made (Hernandia peltata) Problematic |
| Anuta | Puko vai | A kind of very large tree whose leaves are eaten (Cordia subcordata) Problematic |
| Anuta | Puke | Bow and stern areas of a canoe...narrow, hollowed out and covered over...; bow and stern breastplates of a canoe |
| Anuta | Puku | To put something in one's mouth |
| Anuta | Purapura/ivae | Anklebone Problematic |
| Anuta | Aere | Walk, walk about |
| Anuta | Tanguru | The sound of a very strong wind |
| Anuta | Te kura | Black marlin Phonologically Irregular |
| Anuta | Tara | Wrong; incorrect (either empirically or morally) |
| Anuta | Kai/tamu/ | Eat fish only |
| Anuta | Taapi | Touch, pick up, carry, grab. [s.v. aapai] to carry a small object, such as a pencil or pipe, in one's hands Phonologically Irregular |
| Anuta | Tatave | Flying-fish |
| Anuta | Tau | Carry, take, bring (poss. TIK loanword) |
| Anuta | Taunga | Sour, pungent or other disagreeable odour; stink (exx. uncooked *ma*, rotten fish) |
| Anuta | Tee/vao | Grasshopper |
| Anuta | Tei | Flower worn as ear-ornament; child (metaphorically) |
| Anuta | Ere/ mei | A tool for scraping breadfruit |
| Anuta | Tema | Left |
| Anuta | Tetenga | Yellow |
| Anuta | Tepo | Lick or lap something up |
| Anuta | V/eu | Catch birds by net Problematic |
| Anuta | Ii | Semen, ejaculate |
| Anuta | Tika (te api) | To make fire by friction, using "fire plow" method |
| Anuta | Iki | To lift, carry |
| Anuta | Tipa/ i maaroro | Immature flying-fish |
| Anuta | Oo | Go, proceed. (Used with directionals ake, atu, mai) |
| Anuta | Oata | Red or reddish-brown |
| Anuta | Toko | To join objects by placing them end to end in such a way that they are touching, but without tying |
| Anuta | Tori | To give |
| Anuta | Omo | Show above ground, of seedling; leaf of a seedling Problematic |
| Anuta | Ue | Uncover canoe |
| Anuta | Ue/i | Lift up a sheet or mat; open a jar |
| Anuta | Tumu | Triggerfish |
| Anuta | Ta(a) | Strike, hit; an implement used for striking (i.e. a club) |
| Anuta | Ta(a) | To chop down; to cut; to build [ex. canoe] |
| Anuta | Ta | First person inclusive dual preposed subject pronoun |
