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 | Moʔo/moʔo | The name of a disease. Class of illness (McP). Uncertain Semantic Connection |
Samoan | Muli | The rump (euph. for ufa). Posterior, bottom (of man) (vulg.) (Mnr). Buttocks (McP). |
Samoan | Musu | Sullenness |
Samoan | Tale | Cough (n,v) |
Samoan | Tulilima | Elbow |
Samoan | Amoga | A burden; the name of the stars which form the belt of Orion |
Samoan | Vao matua | Dense, thick forest |
Samoan | Fetuulele | A shooting star, a meteor |
Samoan | Palolo/muli | The name of a month: Juiy-August |
Samoan | Taulu/alofi, Taulua/tuafanua | Names of stars |
Samoan | Otaota | Rubbish; filth, ordure |
Samoan | Meʔe/meʔe | To rejoice Problematic |
Samoan | Anaga | A joke, a jest |
Samoan | ʔAnomate, ʔanogase | The lean part of flesh |
Samoan | Atoaga | Property given on occasion of a death; property given to one who saves another in war; property given to redeem the life of a prisoner of war Uncertain Semantic Connection |
Samoan | Tipi | To give a back handed blow; to play "duck and drake" |
Samoan | Faiumu | To make or cook a baking of food; a cook |
Samoan | Futa/mea | Fat to excess (of pigeons and jocularly of men) |
Samoan | Faʔasiʔu/gutu | To talk to a person and look away from him, as in anger Uncertain Semantic Connection |
Samoan | Solo | Wipe (esp. body) |
Samoan | Manavasee | Fearful |
Samoan | Ute | The tail part of a shell-fish |
Samoan | Tafoʔi | To return |
Samoan | Talanoa | To chat, converse together; to talk nonsense; to act thoughtlessly and carelessly |
Samoan | Vaoa | Overgrown with weeds |
Samoan | Sunuʔi | To thrust in, as a stick into the ground |
Samoan | Paogo | The name of a tree, from the leaves of which a house mat is made (Pandanus odoratissimus) |
Samoan | ʔAumea | An associate; to participate with another as a friend |
Samoan | Soni | A water-bottle |
Samoan | Loa | The name of an introduced tree (Bixa orellana) |
Samoan | Totonu | In the midst, within |
Samoan | Mamana | To desire, to love (of the sexes) |
Samoan | Maasima | Salt (from Fiji) |
Samoan | Taaga | The motion of the hands in dancing. Gesture, movement (Mnr). |
Samoan | Tauala | To luff, to keep close to the wind |
Samoan | Taufa | Water (chief's word) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
Samoan | Fai | To say, to speak |
Samoan | Sulumaʔi | To thrust, or push through, or into, as the oso into a thicket to hide it |
Samoan | Sulumaʔi/a | To be thrust or plunged into, as as the bows of a canoe into the waves, or a person carried headlong by the waves into a cave, or one falling headlong into a hole; to die suddenly, after previous good health |
Samoan | Lole/lole | To do a thing anyhow |
Samoan | Lole | To rub smooth, as breadfruit in making taufolo; to rub, as a fallen adversary in the dirt; to be beaten, as a canoe in racing |
Samoan | Maaisi | To be split, cracked; orificium vaginae |
Samoan | Malona | To be filled out, swelled out (as a basket) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
Samoan | Maona | To subside, as a wave; to be appeased, of anger |
Samoan | Savala | To long for, to desire to eat particular articles, such as fish, masi, &c. |
Samoan | Matosi | Shredded; scratched, marked with scratches |
Samoan | Mauʔoloa, mauʔoa | A rich man, one who has plenty of property; to be wealthy |
Samoan | Faagatua | To wrestle |
Samoan | Taute | To eat (only used to the highest chiefs) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
Samoan | Toʔiia | To be struck, as by a falling tree, lightning (the natives think by thunder), or any calamity |