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 | Piʔo | Bent |
Samoan | Pili/a | Entangled, to be (of falling tree) |
Samoan | Pili | One class of lizards. Lizard (Mnr). |
Samoan | Pilita | (Dioscorea pentaphylla) [Tutuila name] |
Samoan | Pilo | Pedere [to break wind] |
Samoan | Pipi | Shellfish sp |
Samoan | Pipi | Tree (Hernandia moerenhoutiana) |
Samoan | Pi/pisi/ | Gush, spout |
Samoan | Pisi | Be contagious, infectious |
Samoan | Pito/pito | Anus |
Samoan | Pito | Edge, border, end, extremity, point |
Samoan | Piu | (Pritchardia pacifica), fan palm |
Samoan | Poo | Night |
Samoan | Poo | Slap; seize or catch, as an owl or cat its prey. To clap with the palms cupped (Macpherson). |
Samoan | Po/poo | Pounce on |
Samoan | Poa/poaa | Fish odour |
Samoan | Poa | Kind of yam having fragrant odour |
Samoan | Pogapoga | Kind of worm (in bananas) |
Samoan | Pogi | Blurred, dim (of sight) |
Samoan | Pogipogi | Twilight |
Samoan | Poi | To venerate, to pay deference to, to stand in awe of |
Samoan | Poʔa | Male (of animals) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
Samoan | Poʔa, laa/poʔa | Large |
Samoan | Poʔi | Kill flies by slapping |
Samoan | Pooʔia | Be pounced on |
Samoan | Poʔopoʔo | Clitoris |
Samoan | Poʔu | Pimple. Infectious skin sore (McP). |
Samoan | Pola | A plaited coconut leaf, used to enclose the sides of a house |
Samoan | Polata | Firewood ; layer of trunk of banana, honorific for firewood |
Samoan | Po/pole | Worried, anxious about |
Samoan | Pole/pole/vale | Palpitate (of heart) |
Samoan | Polo | Plant sp. (Solanum) |
Samoan | Polo/ga | Slave |
Samoan | Polo | Cut fish in pieces; serve kava to chiefs Problematic |
Samoan | Poloaʔi | Send message , leave instructions |
Samoan | Pona | Knot, joint, swelling |
Samoan | Pone | Surgeonfish when about six inches long |
Samoan | Popo | Dry |
Samoan | Popoo | To pat gently, as a child in order to quiet it to sleep |
Samoan | Pose | To die (used jocularly). From Tahitian Borrowed |
Samoan | Pota | Plain cooked taro leaves |
Samoan | Poto | Clever, smart, intelligent |
Samoan | Potu | The siapo screen from behind which an aitu spoke; the white border of siapo; a room (introduced from Tongan) |
Samoan | Pou | Post n |
Samoan | Poouli/uli | Dark, ignorant |
Samoan | Pouli | To be darkened, dim |
Samoan | Puu | Trumpet |
Samoan | Pu | A hole. Vagina (colloquial) (McP). |
Samoan | Puu | Holed, perforated |
Samoan | Pua | Gardenia sp; (Gardenia taitensis), but now refers to other spp. with showy flowers (Whr) |