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 Saa Verbal particle which sets a process or action in an imperfect tense (Mnr)
Samoan Saa Sacred, taboo, forbidden, set apart
Samoan Saa A particle used before names of persons signifying "the family of"
Samoan Sae (Of skin) tear off, strip off; divide a pig into narrow strips; skin n.
Samoan Saele Swing the arms in walking
Samoan Safe Pannus menstrualis
Samoan Safea To be struck; to be removed, as a disease, to be choked
Samoan Aafu Waterfall b Problematic
Samoan Saga To face, to be opposite
Samoan Saga Flipper of a turtle
Samoan Sai Tightly-bound bundle; pigsty
Samoan Saʔa Dance
Samoan Saʔa Short-legged dwarf
Samoan Saka To boil food. Phonologically Irregular
Samoan ʔAu/saʔalo/ Wooden seat to which scraper is fixed
Samoan Saʔato (Acrostichum sp.) growing in swampy ground near sea
Samoan Saʔe Elevate one leg as in falling in club match
Samoan Saʔe Heel over, overturn (of a canoe)
Samoan Sa/saʔe/ Upset a boat
Samoan Saʔi/na Be thrown down, as a burden of food brought as a present; pull a man down backwards by his burden; break down (as trees by the wind)
Samoan Saaʔili Look for, search for
Samoan Saʔo Straight, erect, tall, long, correct, to be
Samoan Saʔulaa Swordfish
Samoan Saʔul/ele Sawfish
Samoan Sala Wrong, incorrect
Samoan Sala Continually, without intermission (preposed)
Samoan Sa(sa)la Lop or cut off
Samoan Sali To scoop out (e.g. meat from Coconut), skim (e.g. milk); uppercut (in boxing)
Samoan Salii A small fish (Atherina sp.) (Mnr
Samoan Saalo Rub smooth with scraper
Samoan Salu Scrape out, brush up (as rubbish)
Samoan Sama Give property to wife's family
Samoan Sama/ faʔatutuila Marry after living in concubinage
Samoan Sama Colour the skin with turmeric ; turmeric powder mixed with oil and used as a remedy for scabies
Samoan Sami Sea
Samoan Sami-lolo A dish made of coconut and salt-water
Samoan Samu Eat scraps
Samoan Samu/ti To eat (a jocular term) Problematic
Samoan Sana Diarrhoea
Samoan Sana Corn (Zea sp.)
Samoan Sana/sana A herb; Job's Tears (Coix sp.)
Samoan Sao To enter where there was a difficulty, as a canoe in a narrow passage; to escape from danger
Samoan Sao To collect
Samoan Saapa Be unequal, incline to one side, as a paddle larger on one side than the other; sun more west than east; night more than half gone Problematic
Samoan Sapai Hold in palms of hands, take in the arms
Samoan Saapatu Name of a fish
Samoan Sapatuu Barracuda (Sphyraena sp.)
Samoan Sape Malformed (of foot)
Samoan Vae sape Deformed foot
Samoan Sapo To catch anything thrown, as breadfruits in a basket when being picked; as a dog with his mouth; as in a hand-net, the fishes jumping from the large net; to catch up a word, in order to answer it