Entries from Milner 1966 in Pollex-Online
Milner, G. B. (1966). Samoan Dictionary. London, Oxford University Press.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Samoan | ʔAu- | Classifying prefix used especially with bases referring to long (and sometimes narrow) things |
| Samoan | ʔIlaa | Over there (a short distance away) |
| Samoan | Te | Particle used in complementary distribution with 'e' never occurring initially, only after pre-basic pronouns |
| Samoan | I | Particle denoting position in space or time: in, at, on |
| Samoan | Seʔi | Verbal particle denoting wish, desire, request, or command Phonologically Irregular |
| Samoan | Lau | Second person singular possessive pronoun A-class, singular reference |
| Samoan | Lana | Third person singular nominal pronoun (definite, class A, with singular reference) |
| Samoan | Lou | Second person singular nominal pronoun (definite, class O, with singular reference). Your |
| Samoan | Lona | Pronoun, third person singular nominal pronoun (definite, class O with singular reference). His her its |
| Samoan | Mai | Pre-basic particle. From |
| Samoan | Tua- | The next in order of age, especially of children Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Samoan | Loʔu | First person singular exclusive nominal pronoun (definite class O, with singular reference), my |
| Samoan | Faʔaoti | Completely |
| Samoan | Lala | Scum on the surface of stagnant water |
| Samoan | Puao | Mist, fog |
| Samoan | Fulu/fulu | Wash (face and hands) |
| Samoan | ʔAai/vao | (Run) wild |
| Samoan | ʔAnapogi | Fast (n,v) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Samoan | Faʔa/lave/lave | Important occasion; accident, danger, trouble (anything which interferes with normal life and calls for special activity) |
| Samoan | Lo/lolo | Fat (of animals or meat); rich (of food) |
| Samoan | Lua/ʔi | Hole (prepared for planting taro, yam, etc.). Pit in which fermented food is produced and stored (McP). |
| Samoan | Maalama/lama | Fine, cloudless |
| Samoan | Pona/a/ivi | Bone |
| Samoan | Pona/a/vae | Ankle-bone. Ankle (McP). |
| Samoan | Poi | Be timid, be reluctant to do something |
| Samoan | Taai | Preposed particle: nearly, almost |
| Samoan | Lona, loga | Hiccup |
| Samoan | Pauu | Stern; frightening, fierce; eerie, weird Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Samoan | Pei | Crack (nuts) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Samoan | Aasiosio | Whirlwind; water-spout (column of wind and water at sea); swelter, shimmer |
| Samoan | Toʔia | Be struck; (po.) be soiled (with urine or faeces) |
| Samoan | Seʔi | Pull up, grab, snatch, do something with a jerk |
| Samoan | ʔAʔu | Attend, be present, take part; meet, reach, join up [of two things or parts of a thing] |
| Samoan | Naa | Demonstrative pronoun, plural of lenaa: those |
| Samoan | Nu/aga | Communal extraction of turmeric |
| Samoan | Nunu | Wash grated root (of turmeric, arrowroot, etc.) in order to extract starch |
| Samoan | Taia | Passive of taa: strike, hit |
| Samoan | Tulivae | Knee |
| Samoan | Faʔaulu | Bring (a case), enter, lodge (a claim); register, enter (in a book, list, etc.) |
| Samoan | ʔAve | Sunbeam, ray of sunshine |
| Samoan | ʔAai/vao | (Run) wild (of animals) |
| Samoan | Siʔa/ga | Apparatus (for making fire by friction) as a whole; piece of soft wood, as opposed to natu |
| Samoan | ʔUla | Joyful, golden |
| Samoan | Totolo | Crawl, creep; move along in a crouching or stooping posture (out of respect for the distinguished company present) |
| Samoan | Sosolo | Spread (ex. plant); creep, crawl (exx. reptiles, worms) Phonologically Irregular |
| Samoan | Faʔaʔiteʔite | Get or have a presentiment, premonition of something |
| Samoan | ʔItea | Be in sight |
| Samoan | Maalama/lama | Clear, well understood; understand, grasp; conscious; enlightened, civilized |
| Samoan | Matamata | Kindling; to kindle |
| Samoan | Lo/lolo | Rich (of food). Fat (of pork); to be fat, to be rich (Prt). |
