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 |
|---|---|---|
| Samoan | Lapa | Flat |
| Samoan | Lapa | A flat kind of coral; a flat slab at the root of a large tree, acting as a buttress to the trunk |
| Samoan | Lase. Lasi (Mnr). | Many |
| Samoan | Laso | Scrotum |
| Samoan | Lata | Tame, to be, feel at home |
| Samoan | Laatou | Third person plural subject clitic pronoun Problematic |
| Samoan | -laatou | Third person plural possessive suffix |
| Samoan | Lau | Leaf |
| Samoan | Lau- | Noun classifier, large fish Problematic |
| Samoan | Lau | Give out song verse by verse. Read out, call out (Mnr). |
| Samoan | Lau | Breadth |
| Samoan | Lau/tele | Broad, wide (of surfaces such as mats, leaves etc.) |
| Samoan | Lau/itiiti | Narrow |
| Samoan | Lau | One unit (or several units) of a communald fishing device (lauloa) consisting of 18 to 24 ft. lengths of fau bast to which coconut-palm leaves are attached at intervals |
| Samoan | Lau | Hundred |
| Samoan | Lau | Thatch |
| Samoan | Lau | Level area of land, plain |
| Samoan | Lau/fanua | Flat land |
| Samoan | Lau/fasi | Part of a yam divided into pieces for planting |
| Samoan | Laufala | Plant of screwpine family (Pandanus sp.) |
| Samoan | Laugutu | Lip |
| Samoan | Lauitiiti | Narrow |
| Samoan | Laulau | Coconut leaf platter (used for serving food); table; kava bowl; to serve (food) out |
| Samoan | Lauulu | Hair |
| Samoan | Fui/lau/vii | Gills Problematic |
| Samoan | Lau-papa | Plank, board |
| Samoan | (ʔI)laatou | Third person plural independent pronoun |
| Samoan | Lava | Enough, to be, complement |
| Samoan | Lava | Particle; very, actually, really, quite, thoroughly, extremely |
| Samoan | Lava/lava (Prt), Laava/lava (Mnr) | Clothes |
| Samoan | Lave | Part of head-dress |
| Samoan | Laave/a | (Of limb or clothes on an obstruction) catch; stumble |
| Samoan | Lave/a | Be hurt, affected by; hit; cut |
| Samoan | Laave/a | Apply (to), concern, affect |
| Samoan | Lave/ia | Be attained, achieved |
| Samoan | Lavea | Hurt, affected by; hit |
| Samoan | Le | Definite article singular |
| Samoan | Lefe/lefe | Os interior vaginae |
| Samoan | Lefu(lefu) | Ashes |
| Samoan | Lega | Ginger, turmeric. Medicinal preparation made from powdered ginger and coconut oil (McP). |
| Samoan | Lega/a | Yellow |
| Samoan | Lei | Whaletooth, whaletooth necklace |
| Samoan | To/togi | To give a paymen; the payment of a fine; payment for labour or produce (recently adopted) |
| Samoan | -leʔa | Dwarf (in compounds only) |
| Samoan | Lele | Fly v |
| Samoan | Lelea | Driven away by the wind, to be |
| Samoan | Lelefua | Moth |
| Samoan | Lelei | Good |
| Samoan | Le/lemo | Drown someone |
| Samoan | Lena | A wild yam (D. pentaphylla) |
