Entries from Salmond 1975 in Pollex-Online

Salmond, A. (1975). A Luangiua (Ontong Java) Word List. Auckland, Department of Anthropology, University of Auckland.

Language Item Description
Luangiua Haa/ko/koo Hang (someone)
Luangiua Haakuu Erect sticks on outrigger
Luangiua Haa/meŋe Retreat
Luangiua Haa/pili. Haʔa/pili (Sar). Place, put
Luangiua Hau Exclamation (if see blow coming) Uncertain Semantic Connection
Luangiua Haha/ʔe Mother Problematic
Luangiua Ha/kaʔoko Think, understand Uncertain Semantic Connection
Luangiua Halu Hide
Luangiua Haʔaa Light fire
Luangiua Hii/ʔoni [sc. -ʔoŋi] Sexual desire
Luangiua Hoekaa i muli. Hui kaamuli. Backside, bottom. Buttocks. Problematic
Luangiua Huki e/leu Ripe banana
Luangiua I Locative marker
Luangiua Kaa/kalo To string (beads); kids all piling on top of each other, pressing bottom ones down Problematic
Luangiua Kala/hola Seagull (black back, white belly)
Luangiua Kamaa kokoʔa Windows
Luangiua Kamaa/mea Small thing
Luangiua Kaua haku Oven for taro
Luangiua Kau/ŋa suu Dew
Luangiua Kaʔa/ku Go further
Luangiua Kuei Scoop out hole for planting Uncertain Semantic Connection
Luangiua Kuka, koka Top joint of house
Luangiua Laea Fish sp. Phonologically Irregular
Luangiua Likai Black bird, like frigate bird
Luangiua Loko/moʔu Inland, where pupu'u (taro sp.) grows
Luangiua Lloo kiiŋai Coconut oil - cooked from milk
Luangiua Maŋava laoi Patient
Luangiua Maŋava ʔiʔii Full stomach
Luangiua Mea e ʔiva Pearl, mother-of-pearl (shiny thing)
Luangiua ŋaa/ʔai Feast
Luangiua ŋie Yes?
Luangiua ŋoa ʔuhu Slip knot
Luangiua ŋuʔi Poke; drive something into Phonologically Irregular
Luangiua Pae/olo Thigh Uncertain Semantic Connection
Luangiua Pale/ili Coral square in front of house
Luangiua Pava Bitter taste Phonologically Irregular
Luangiua Pupuʔu haapapa/a Taro cooked, pressed flat, coated in heated coconut milk Uncertain Semantic Connection
Luangiua Puu/koko Drop of blood
Luangiua Sala/ʔamo Pigfish
Luangiua Sau/koŋo Young mangrove
Luangiua Save kauku Long finned gurnard
Luangiua Uko ŋiu Spongy inner part young coconut
Luangiua Vae piʔo Club foot
Luangiua Vahi/maŋava Side
Luangiua Vasi hale Walls of house
Luangiua Puʔei, vuʔei Sail(s)
Luangiua ʔIli alava Polynesians Uncertain Semantic Connection
Luangiua ʔIli ŋiu Coconut bark
Luangiua ʔIŋa kalo/a Wound
Luangiua Siʔa maŋamaŋa 4 pronged fishing spear