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 | Matuu | Towel, dry cloth |
| Samoan | Oloamanu. O-loa-manu. | The name of a Samoan month: May-June. A star and month name (Jmr). |
| Samoan | Matua | Loyal, owe allegiance to Problematic |
| Samoan | Matua | Parent |
| Samoan | Maatua | Parents |
| Samoan | Matuʔu | Reef Heron (Demigretta sp.) ; (Egretta sacra) |
| Samoan | Mau | Firm, fast |
| Samoan | Mau | Keep, retain, grip tight, hold fast |
| Samoan | Mau/aluga | High, elevated, tall |
| Samoan | Mao- | Prefix used with locative bases to indicate "further in the direction of" |
| Samoan | (ʔI)maaʔua | We two (exc.) |
| Samoan | Manu/ʔena | A white sentinel tern (so called by fishermen) ; Fairy Tern (Gygis alba) Problematic |
| Samoan | Mauga | Mountain |
| Samoan | Maui | Legendary hero |
| Samoan | Maaumau | Be wasted |
| Samoan | Mauli | The heart (used only in certain expressions) ; seat of the emotions |
| Samoan | Maaunu | Bait |
| Samoan | Maunu | Sharkbait |
| Samoan | Mautofu | A plant (Urena lobata) |
| Samoan | Mavae | To pass by ; (of time) pass, go |
| Samoan | Maavae | Be left, inherited; apart, separate; part, separate (of people); split; crack, fissure ; crack, fissure; os vaginae; split, cracked open, chapped; bequeathed |
| Samoan | Maavava | Yawn |
| Samoan | Maavete | An obscene word. As mafaa. |
| Samoan | Maveʔu | Disarranged, in disorder (of hair) . in confusion, unsettled Phonologically Irregular |
| Samoan | Me/mea/ | Yellowish-brown (with age) |
| Samoan | Tama /mea/mea | Young baby, suckling |
| Samoan | Mea/mea | Young, of an infant |
| Samoan | Mea | Thing |
| Samoan | Meʔi | Flinch, draw back |
| Samoan | Mele | Throw away, reject , refuse, reject, make light of |
| Samoan | Melomelo | Red; mulieb. pudend. |
| Samoan | Mene/mene | Small (of the breasts) |
| Samoan | Miga | To show respect to . Respect, reverence |
| Samoan | Migi | Curl , curly |
| Samoan | Migi/migi | Frizzy , curly |
| Samoan | Migo/migoi | Wriggle about, of the %afato|, a wood-eating grub |
| Samoan | Mili | Rub; rub in, as an ointment |
| Samoan | Milo | (Thespesia sp) |
| Samoan | Milo | Twist (thread, rope etc.), threads together to make string ; to twist as in making a string by twisting on the thigh |
| Samoan | Mi/milo | Be perverse, act contrarily |
| Samoan | Milo/si | Be twisted; cross-grained, perverse |
| Samoan | Mi/aga | Urine |
| Samoan | Mimi | Urinate (of an adult) (not used) |
| Samoan | Miimii | Urinate Problematic |
| Samoan | Mi/mio | Be confused, as a current at sea |
| Samoan | Misi | Smack the lips |
| Samoan | Miti | Dream |
| Samoan | Miti | Cuckoo Shrike or trillers (Lalage spp.) |
| Samoan | Miti-vao | (Aplonis sp.) |
| Samoan | Miti | Suck, kiss |
