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 | Tooga | A grove, a plantation (always compounded with the name of the trees of which it consists). |
| Samoan | Valaʔau | To call to; to invite, as passers by to come and partake of food Phonologically Irregular |
| Samoan | La/lau | To speak, to make a speech |
| Samoan | Taapena/pena | To carry off load by load |
| Samoan | Taulaaitu | A priest of the *aitu*; a doctor, who worked by charms. |
| Samoan | Taaula/ga | A sacred offering |
| Samoan | Tau/laga | To endeavour to raise, as a swamped canoe, or a conquered party |
| Samoan | Vaaivai | Weak (of the body); easily broken, as a stick of wood. Weak (of people or things); soft; tired; timid, faint-hearted; light, pale (of colours); faint (of sounds). |
| Samoan | Vaai/palolo | Wet season, beginning September-October |
| Samoan | Peesi-a | Rage (of epidemic, storm) |
| Samoan | Pesi | Come with forcce (as a storm, an epidemic) |
| Samoan | Pei | Break coconuts. Crack (nuts) (Mnr). |
| Samoan | Alafia | To be able to head for (of canoe or boat sailing); to be able to get at (a tree, to cut it down)... Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Samoan | Apa | Coitus Problematic |
| Samoan | Lee/ʔapa | (lit.) Not reach to; to have no more right in. |
