Samoan entries in Pollex-Online

Protoform Item Description Source
NP.LAU.1B Lau Particle occurring before a number of bases, most of which refer to flat and thin objects: blades, boards, sheets, leaves, areas of land etc. (Mnr)
NP.LAU.1B Lau Classifying particle used with numerals in reference to fish large enough for cooking in plaited coconut leaf wrappings (Mnr)
PN.LAU.2A Lau Give out song verse by verse. Read out, call out (Mnr). (Prt)
PN.LAU.2A Valaʔau To call to; to invite, as passers by to come and partake of food Phonologically Irregular (Prt)
PN.LAU.2A La/lau To speak, to make a speech (Prt)
EO.LAU.3 Lau Breadth (Prt)
EO.LAU.3 Lau/tele Broad, wide (of surfaces such as mats, leaves etc.) (Prt)
EO.LAU.3 Lau/itiiti Narrow (Prt)
NP.LAU-FALA Laufala Plant of screwpine family (Pandanus sp.) (Prt)
PN.LAU-GA Laauga A speech, a sermon (Prt)
PN.LAU-GUTU Laugutu Lip (Prt)
PN.LAULAU Laulau Coconut leaf platter (used for serving food); table; kava bowl; to serve (food) out (Prt)
SO.LAULAUFAU Laulaufau Heniochus sp. (Hpr)
PN.LAU-MANU Laumanu/ina To have praise or blame shouted after one Uncertain Semantic Connection (Prt)
PN.LAU-MANU Laumanu/ʔia Be discussed, talked about Uncertain Semantic Connection (Mnr)
PN.LAU-MEA Fui/lau/vii Gills Problematic (Prt)
PN.LAU-PAPA Lau-papa Plank, board (Prt)
PN.LAU-PATA (Lau) (pa)pata Tree sp. (Macaranga harveyana) (Whr)
PN.LAU-PATA Laupata The name of a tree (Mallotus roxburghianus) (Prt)
PN.LAU-QITI Lauitiiti Narrow (Prt)
PN.LAU-QULU Lauulu Hair (Prt)
SO.LAVA-A Lavaa Be able to (Mnr)
EO.LAWA.1A Lava Enough, to be, complement (Prt)
NP.LAWA.1B Lava Particle; very, actually, really, quite, thoroughly, extremely (Prt)
PN.LAWA.3 Lava/lava (Prt), Laava/lava (Mnr) Clothes (Prt)
MP.LAWE.1 Lave Part of head-dress (Prt)
PN.LAWE.2A Laave/a (Of limb or clothes on an obstruction) catch; stumble (Prt)
PN.LAWE.2A Lave/a Be hurt, affected by; hit; cut (Prt)
PN.LAWE.2A Faʔa/lave/lave Important occasion; accident, danger, trouble (anything which interferes with normal life and calls for special activity) (Mnr)
PN.LAWE.2A Faʔa/lave/lave Anything which interferes with normal life and calls for special activity: acccident, important occasion, danger, trouble. (Mnr)
PN.LAWE.2B Laave/a Apply (to), concern, affect (Prt)
PN.LAWE.2B Lave/ia Be attained, achieved (Prt)
PN.LAWE-A Lavea Hurt, affected by; hit (Prt)
SO.LE Le Definite article singular (Prt)
PN.LEFE Lefe/lefe Os interior vaginae (Prt)
PN.LEI.1 Lei Whaletooth, whaletooth necklace (Prt)
FJ.LEKA.2 -leʔa Dwarf (in compounds only) (Prt)
CP.LEKILEKI Leʔileʔi A tree, puzzlenut (Xylocarpus moluccensis) (Whr)
OC.LELE.A Lele Fly v (Prt)
PN.LELE-A.2 Lelea Driven away by the wind, to be (Prt)
SO.LELEFUA.* Lelefua Moth (Prt)
PN.LE-LEI Lelei Good (Prt)
FJ.LEMO.1 Le/lemo Drown someone (Prt)
PN.LENA.2 Lena A wild yam (D. pentaphylla) (Prt)
SF.LE-NEI Lenei Definite, demonstrative pronoun (Pre-basic, post-basic and disjunct), singular (Prt)
OC.LEPA.2 Lepa (Of water) stagnant, motionless (Prt)
PN.LEPE Ta/lepe/ Break up, smash (of houses, boats, boxes) (Prt)
NP.LEPU Lepu-a Stirred up, as water (Prt)
OC.LEQO.1 Leo Voice (Prt)
PN.LEQO.2 Leo Watch over, look after (Prt)

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