Entries from Milner 1966 in Pollex-Online
Milner, G. B. (1966). Samoan Dictionary. London, Oxford University Press.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Samoan | Segi/segi | First light, break of day (po.) |
| Samoan | Segi/segi | Be wary, cautious |
| Samoan | Asa | To ford, wade through; make one’s way across (bushetc.) |
| Samoan | Oso | (of water) Run over, overflow |
| Samoan | Pogaiisu | Bridge of nose |
| Samoan | Muaaulu | Forehead Problematic |
| Samoan | Fii/leemuu | Quiet, calm; mild, gentle, harmless; peace; silence |
| Samoan | Valea | Mad, insane; stupid, dull-witted. Ignorant (Prt). |
| Samoan | Afio | (chiefly) Come, go; reside, dwell; be present; say |
| Samoan | Faaʔatu | Worry |
| Samoan | Ivituu | The spine |
| Samoan | Lelaa | Definite demonstrative pronoun...that (over there) Phonologically Irregular |
| Samoan | Lavaa | Be able to |
| Samoan | Peelaa | As if, as though |
| Samoan | Faʔa/peelaa | Like that |
| Samoan | Aauga | Signs and symptoms of an illness Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Samoan | ʔAputi | Ear (of corn) |
| Samoan | ʔAulama | Bundle of dry coconut leaves (esp. used as a flare) |
| Samoan | Faʔasoa | Procure, obtain (esp. woman's favour) for a friend, act as a go-between |
| Samoan | Toli | (of fruit) Twist off and fetch down |
| Samoan | Moemoeao | K. shark, perhaps a basking shark |
| Samoan | ʔOgaatotonu | Centre, middle Problematic |
| Samoan | ʔAumai | Bring, get |
| Samoan | ʔAvatu | Give (to the person spoken to, or some person other than the speaker); take; help oneself to |
| Samoan | ʔAvane | Take, bring along; serve, provide; hand over |
| Samoan | ʔAvaʔe | Take up, pick up, put up |
| Samoan | Ma/magi | Ulceration of penis |
| Samoan | Mage/mage | Kelara or mechanical feet, a condition in which the feet become pitted owing to walking barefoot on lava, etc. Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Samoan | Sefa | Name given to certain grasses belonging to genera Centotheca, Eleusine, Digitaria, Panicum, Thuarea, and Echinochloa. |
| Samoan | Ga/epu | (of water) Cloudy, muddy |
| Samoan | Faʔamaa (ina) | Put someone to shame, embarrass someone |
| Samoan | Ea/ea | Inflammation of the mouth (Stomatitis) Phonologically Irregular |
| Samoan | Oa | Classifying particle used for counting in pairs (obs.) |
| Samoan | Faʔatuu | Stand (something) up, set upright, erect; set up, establish; leave (something) stationary, park a vehicle; (of vessel) make for, bear up for |
| Samoan | ʔAutaa | Bell-clapper; gong-stick |
| Samoan | Fanoga | Request (n) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Samoan | A | Of |
| Samoan | O | Of |
| Samoan | Toega | Remainder, balance |
| Samoan | -e | Vocative particle used after names and certain other words when calling, addressing, or talking to people |
| Samoan | Feʔau | Thing to be done, business |
| Samoan | ʔEfuʔefu | Grey Phonologically Irregular |
| Samoan | Mau(a)lalo | Low, deep; humble, modest; down (by so many points) |
| Samoan | Tino | Be openly expressed, revealed; shape, appearance; fully, frankly (postposed) |
| Samoan | Aa | By way of (particle occurring before certain locative bases, espcially /tai/ and /uta/) |
| Samoan | Oʔo/oʔo | Flow beyond high-water mark (of spring tides, etc.) |
| Samoan | Gaa | Fish (Scomber sp.) |
| Samoan | Pogia | Be benighted |
| Samoan | Fua | Classifying particle used with numerals in reference to coconuts and breadfruit (suffixed to units from 2-9, prefixed to tens and hundreds) |
| Samoan | Lau | Particle occurring before a number of bases, most of which refer to flat and thin objects: blades, boards, sheets, leaves, areas of land etc. |
