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 | Ta(a) | To chop down; to cut; to build [ex. canoe] |
Anuta | Ta | First person inclusive dual preposed subject pronoun |
Anuta | -ta(ua) | First person inclusive dual possessive suffix |
Anuta | Taeturi | Earwax |
Anuta | Tapea | To drift |
Anuta | Taporaa | Whales, dolphins |
Anuta | Tapu | To put wood on a fire so that it will burst into flame, for purpose of cooking etc. |
Anuta | Tapuri | Capsize |
Anuta | Tangata | Man, person; male |
Anuta | Tangi | To cry, moan |
Anuta | Tai | Water covering the reef |
Anuta | Taina | Sibling or sibling-in-law of the same sex |
Anuta | Taka | Unmarried person |
Anuta | Takariri | Shake as in shivering or convulsion |
Anuta | Taakaro | The game of making string figures ("cat's cradle") |
Anuta | Takere | Bottom, or base or underside of a canoe, box or bowl, but not such objects as a house, bottle, or solid piece of wood |
Anuta | Taki | To lead (either physically or in the sense of giving directions or orders); to troll (for fish); a kind of dance |
Anuta | Tara | Barb of spear, fish-hook etc |
Anuta | Tara/nga | Language, speech |
Anuta | Ta/tara/ | To open something; to untie (a box, door, parcel, or similar object); to turn on (tape recorder, radio); to forgive |
Anuta | Tarapa | Beard |
Anuta | Taringa | Ear |
Anuta | Tama | Turmeric grater |
Anuta | Tama papine | Female child |
Anuta | Tamai | Father Problematic |
Anuta | Tamaki | Very much, extremely, too much |
Anuta | Tamariki | Children (plural) |
Anuta | Tamaaroa | Bachelor |
Anuta | Tamana | Father |
Anuta | Ta mate | To kill (strike dead); to extinguish something such as a light or fire |
Anuta | Tamati(i) | Child (young person) Problematic |
Anuta | Tao | Bake in earth oven |
Anuta | Tapi | For a woman to wash her genitals |
Anuta | Tapu | Sacred, holy, forbidden |
Anuta | Tai | One Problematic |
Anuta | Tataa | Bail a boat or canoe; canoe bailer |
Anuta | Tatao | To chase; to steer with a paddle (tatao te poe) |
Anuta | Tatau? tatao? | To squeeze; to express coconut cream using hibiscus fibe |
Anuta | -tatou | First person inclusive plural possessive suffix |
Anuta | Ta(a)tou | We (inc.) |
Anuta | Ta/tau | Count, read |
Anuta | Tau | War |
Anuta | Tau/ranga | Formal friendship relationship between an Anutan and a Tikopian; individual or group involved in such Problematic |
Anuta | Tau | Year |
Anuta | Taaua | We two (inc.) |
Anuta | Taui, (tau vi?) | Exchange, purchase; price, pay |
Anuta | Taura | Anchor |
Anuta | Tainamu | Mosquito net |
Anuta | Tau unu | A tree (Tournefortia argentea) Phonologically Irregular |
Anuta | Tautai | Sea expert |