Entries from Feinberg 1977 in Pollex-Online
Feinberg, R. (1977). The Anutan language reconsidered: Lexicon and grammar of a Polynesian Outlier. New Haven, Human Relations Area Files Press.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anuta | E/ni | This, here, over here |
| Anuta | Poopora, porapora | Type of large basket |
| Anuta | Pui/pui | To shut (a screen or door) |
| Anuta | Pakaoti | Conclusion, ending |
| Anuta | Pakaoti | Completely, throughout, all, without exception |
| Anuta | Apo(taki) | To hit something with a stick, axe or adze |
| Anuta | Paka/to/tonu | Straighten |
| Anuta | Pakatonu | Believe, make sure of, get straight, settle, confirm, verify |
| Anuta | Puru/puru | To wash one's self |
| Anuta | Pakatupu/nga | Beginning; growing point |
| Anuta | Pakakai | To sharpen |
| Anuta | Taupiri/piri | Enemy Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Anuta | Araara | To chat, discuss; discussion |
| Anuta | Araara/panga | Story |
| Anuta | Turiinima | Outside elbow joint |
| Anuta | Amonga | A load carried on the back and supported with one hand, "men's style" |
| Anuta | Pai umu | To make oven (i.e. prepare food in an earth oven) |
| Anuta | Tao/tao | Coconut fronds covering roof |
| Anuta | Ngangau | To have a headache; to be in a weakened condition because of a headache |
| Anuta | Rototonu | Middle |
| Anuta | Pai | Occur |
| Anuta | Vare | Foolish, stupid, mentally unbalanced (person) |
| Anuta | Varea | Intensified form of vare (fool, foolish), sometimes used to connote process [e.g.become foolish, go crazy] |
| Anuta | Taute | To make, do, work at; to treat an illness or injury |
| Anuta | Teki | To jump or twitch, as when bitten by an ant |
| Anuta | Poro | To paint with turmeric |
| Anuta | Puariki | "Wild betel nut", a type of areca palm bearing only a very small fruit Problematic |
| Anuta | Taia | To hit (an embellishment of ta [taa]). |
| Anuta | Pakata(a) | To appear |
| Anuta | Aropi/tai | Water covering the fringing reef |
| Anuta | Kere/kere | Dirty |
| Anuta | Ui tua | Backbone |
| Anuta | Va/va | Hubbub; a situation where everyone is talking at once |
| Anuta | Totoro | To crawl |
| Anuta | Pakaangiangi | To expose oneself to wind or breeze |
| Anuta | Panau | Be born, give birth |
| Anuta | Piti/piti | Difficult in the extreme, used especially with respect to worship and church related matters Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Anuta | Puó | Hold of a canoe -- area under *puke* in which fish are kept during an ocean voyage |
| Anuta | Maikao tuti | Index finger |
| Anuta | Romaki | To plant a seedling by first digging a hole for it and placing the plant into the hole... |
| Anuta | Roro/roro | Fatty, greasy; fat, grease |
| Anuta | Vavaa | For crops to be planted spread out from each other |
| Anuta | Rakau | Wood, stick, club, plank, timber, log |
| Anuta | Apu | To spring forth |
| Anuta | Apu/kere | Earthsprung, autochthone |
| Anuta | Pai pekau | To (do) work |
| Anuta | Pekau | Work (n); worship (particularly Christian); the Church |
| Anuta | Tau toa | A pair of "bond friends"; a "bond friend" relationship |
