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 |
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Anuta | Peatu | To fight |
Anuta | Perave | Meet, encounter |
Anuta | Penua | Land, island |
Anuta | Peo | Branched, or strongly figured coral |
Anuta | Pii/pia, pia/pia (arch.) | Want, wish, like, desire |
Anuta | Pingota | Shellfish (Haliotis sp.) |
Anuta | Piikai | Hunger, hungry |
Anuta | Pitu | Seven |
Anuta | Poi | Individuating particle |
Anuta | Poka | Jump with a start, as when suddenly awakened |
Anuta | Porau | Voyage, journey |
Anuta | Pota | Child |
Anuta | Potu | Puncture, perforation |
Anuta | Pu/puu/ | To hide something from another person |
Anuta | Pua | Ten times |
Anuta | Pua | Fleet of canoes which is out at sea |
Anuta | Puanga | Sharpening stone |
Anuta | Pua tanga | Dirge |
Anuta | Pungona | Parent-in-law, child-in-law |
Anuta | Pure/i | Foreskin; for foreskin to recede or open as erection takes place |
Anuta | Punu | Pubic hair |
Anuta | Putu | Tree sp. (Barringtonia asiatica) |
Anuta | Nga | Definite article plural |
Anuta | Nga- | Directional prefix |
Anuta | Ngaengae | Sick, ill |
Anuta | Ngaro | Forget, disappear |
Anuta | Ngarue | To move (as when an object moves as the result of being pushed or pulled by a human being) |
Anuta | Ngarue | To work |
Anuta | Ngaruru | Earthquake |
Anuta | Ngao | Path Problematic |
Anuta | Ngau | A plant (Scaevola taccada) |
Anuta | Ngaatai | Seaward |
Anuta | Ngenge | Slow |
Anuta | Ngoto | To sink |
Anuta | Nguipeke | Squid |
Anuta | Ngutu | Mouth; cutting edge of a blade or weapon |
Anuta | A | What? (interrogative pronoun) |
Anuta | Pu/angapuru/ | Ten |
Anuta | Ai | Who?, whom? |
Anuta | Akau | Reef |
Anuta | Ake | Direction up |
Anuta | Ake(ake) | To ascend |
Anuta | Ipo | Downwards |
Anuta | Ipo | To descend |
Anuta | Ingoa | Name |
Anuta | Ongongo | A small plant capable of producing severe itching for a short time |
Anuta | Oko | To arrive |
Anuta | Oro | Grate a tuber |
Anuta | Uu | Breast |
Anuta | Uui | Gather Pandanus fruit or Betel Nuts |