Entries from Pratt 1911 in Pollex-Online
Pratt, G. (1911). Pratt's Grammar & Dictionary of the Samoan Language. Apia, Western Samoa, Malua Printing Press.
Language | Item | Description |
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Samoan | Isu | Nose |
Samoan | ʔAviʔi | Sand crab (Ocypoda sp.) |
Samoan | E | Frequently used to introduce an infinitive Problematic |
Samoan | ʔEfu | Reddish brown |
Samoan | ʔEfuʔefu | Grey v., adj. |
Samoan | ʔEʔefu | Plural of `efu`efu |
Samoan | ʔEʔee | Scream, yell, howl; squeal |
Samoan | ʔEla | Mattery (of the eyes) |
Samoan | ʔE/ʔela | Bleary, watery (of the eyes) |
Samoan | ʔEle/ʔele | Earth, dirt |
Samoan | ʔEle/ʔele | Blood (chiefly); euphemism for the menses |
Samoan | ʔElemutu | Grub in rotten wood |
Samoan | ʔEmo | Wink; take a nap; flash, as lightning. Blink (Mnr). |
Samoan | ʔEna | Light-brown, fair |
Samoan | Manu/ʔena/ | White Sentinal Tern. So-called by fisherman instead of manu sina ; Fairy Tern (Gygis alba) |
Samoan | ʔEse | To be different, to be extraordinary |
Samoan | ʔEte | Bag, basket |
Samoan | ʔEtu | Limp, hobble |
Samoan | ʔEu | Push |
Samoan | ʔI | To, towards (preposed particle) |
Samoan | ʔI | Means or instrument |
Samoan | ʔIa | Pre-basic particle with optative function (i.e. serving to indicate a command, wish, purpose, etc. . Sign of the subjunctive |
Samoan | ʔIato | Outrigger boom |
Samoan | ʔIe | Kilt or skirt |
Samoan | ʔIeʔie | Plant sp. (Freycinetia) |
Samoan | ʔIfu | Run away, run far off, out of sight |
Samoan | ʔIʔi | Sauce, or more nearly equivalent to the Scotch "kitchen"; anything used as a relish, or to qualify other food, as vegetables to eat with meat. Meat or fish necessary to make up a complete meal or feast or present of food (Mnr). |
Samoan | ʔIʔi(i) | Give prolonged scream/squeak |
Samoan | ʔIʔila | Shine, glisten (of reflected light on water, glass, or polished surface), sparkle, twinkle (Mnr) |
Samoan | ʔIʔite | Predict, foretell . Foretell, tell beforehand, have a hunch, have a premonition |
Samoan | ʔIʔo | Fleshy part, covered with meat |
Samoan | ʔIli/ola | Healing membrane |
Samoan | ʔIli | File, saw |
Samoan | ʔIliʔili | Gravel |
Samoan | ʔImaaua | First person dual pronoun |
Samoan | ʔImaatou | First person plural exclusive disjunct pronoun |
Samoan | ʔImoa | Rat |
Samoan | ʔIna | Sea-urchin |
Samoan | ʔInaʔi | Eat one kind of food with another as sauce. Eat taro (or other vegetables) with meat or fish (Mnr). |
Samoan | ʔIni | Pinch, nip , pinch with nails |
Samoan | ʔIno/sia | Hated, disgusting |
Samoan | ʔInoʔino | Feel disgust (at), have revulsion (for), hate |
Samoan | ʔIo | Cry of chicken |
Samoan | ʔIoʔio | Chicken (from its cry) |
Samoan | ʔIole | Rat |
Samoan | ʔIta | Pronoun, first person singular (denotes self-abasement on the part of the speaker, together with an appeal for sympathy or pity) |
Samoan | ʔIvi | Blind in one eye, wink |
Samoan | ʔO | Specifier particle (Preposed) |
Samoan | ʔOo/ʔoo | Hollow, deep (sound) |
Samoan | ʔOo | Yonder |