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 | Paaletua | A stick for the steersman to lean against |
| Samoan | ʔEʔega | Anything used to help a swimmer, as a lifebelt; a number of snakes all coiled together |
| Samoan | Pute | The navel Phonologically Irregular |
| Samoan | Mataavai | A spring, a fountain |
| Samoan | Loo/loo | To be wet, as the clothes |
| Samoan | Pati | To clap hands; to smite the hands together, a sign of grief on receiving bad news; also in wonder and joy |
| Samoan | Saaʔee | A naked dance |
| Samoan | Leai | No, not. Be lacking, absent; be none (Mnr). |
| Samoan | Pau | To be as far as, to reach to, to be bounded by |
| Samoan | Mafasi | Cracked (skin) |
| Samoan | Faaulua/lua | To bind two together, as two canoes &c. |
| Samoan | Tamaaloa | Man (a term of familiarity) |
| Samoan | Faagono | Tale intermingled with song; (interjection) applied to a boaster Phonologically Irregular |
| Samoan | Tagi | Make a characteristic noise |
| Samoan | Faoa/ʔaʔai | Village, or portion of a town |
| Samoan | O | To penetrate, as a spear into the body; to go deep down, as a stick stuck into the ground, and meeting with no obstacle |
| Samoan | Poi | A game on mud flats |
| Samoan | Pe/peʔe | Crippled by warts on the soles of the feet |
| Samoan | Segi | Wild, shy, not tame |
| Samoan | Tausi | Take care of, nurse; observe, keep as a command. Wife of an orator or tulafale (McP). |
| Samoan | Mea | To do, to prepare |
| Samoan | Pogaiisu | The nostrils |
| Samoan | Faʔa/saga | Face towards, attend to, set to, get on with |
| Samoan | Tuulaʔi | Rise up, stand up |
| Samoan | Gaa/gaʔe | Eastward, a little towards the east |
| Samoan | Misi/alofa | Click tongue as a sign of pity or sympathy |
| Samoan | Muʔa/muʔa | (of trees, young person) Green, immature |
| Samoan | Afu/a | A feast made when the wife becomes pregnant |
| Samoan | Magamaga/alima | The divisions between the fingers |
| Samoan | Magamaga/ava | The divisions between the toes |
| Samoan | Talatala | Prickly, rough |
| Samoan | Tupu | Units in counting above tens and hundreds |
| Samoan | Palolo/mua | The name of a month, June-July |
| Atiu | Palolo/muli | The name of a month, July-August |
| Samoan | Mulifaa | The name of a month, August-September |
| Samoan | Taapuni | To shut |
| Samoan | Maalooloo | To rest; to be recovered from sickness, to be well |
| Samoan | Maili(ili) | To commence to blow, to spring up as a breeze |
| Samoan | Mataasusu | A teat. Nipple (McP). |
| Samoan | Guu/guu | To be dumb |
| Samoan | See/muu | The dragon-fly |
| Samoan | ʔAilao | The act of fencing with, or flourishing, a club; to brandish the club |
| Samoan | Aputi | The husk; the sheath or covering of the young leaf (stipule) |
| Samoan | Faʔafua | To rise, as a groundswell, or a wave, but not to break |
| Samoan | Toʔo | A stand in which is placed the perch of a pigeon |
| Samoan | Tata | To jerk off, to pluck with violence |
| Samoan | Tauama | The name of a rope in a sailing canoe |
| Samoan | Tautali | To follow after |
| Samoan | Toʔonaʔi | To prepare large quantities of food for cooking |
| Samoan | Tamataane | A boy; the son of a woman; young men |
