Sikaiana entries in Pollex-Online

Protoform Item Description Source
PN.SAPUTU Saaputu A fish Problematic (Dnr)
EO.SAQALO Saalo Make the surface smooth, of a canoe; whip with a knife in order to make soft, as in softening pandanus {kie} for weaving; whip, as in whipping a child (Dnr)
PN.SAQELE Haele, saele Walk, go by walking (Dnr)
MP.SAQI Sai A rope used to hold a person to a tree when he is trying to catch birds (Dnr)
MP.SAQI Sai/sai To tie up, to bind, as in wrapping cord around a case (Dnr)
EO.SAQU.2 S/sau Carry, lift; transfer power from one person to another at the death of the chief; remember, affect emotionally (Dnr)
NP.SASAGA San(a)na. Wall plate of the side walling of a house; a beam running horizontally on the side of a house that rests on the corner posts and supports the main rafters Phonologically Irregular (Dnr)
SO.SA-SALA Sala kai To harvest, to gather food from the bush (Dnr)
PN.SASAWE Ssave Flying fish (Dnr)
NO.SATATA Satta Goatfish sp. (Dnr)
EO.SAU.6 Sau Weather (Dnr)
NP.SAU-GA.* Sauna To smell (with following modifier) (Dnr)
NP.SAWA.1 S/sava To be filthy from a liquid (Dnr)
CP.SAWINI Vini To whistle (Dnr)
NP.SE.1 He Indefinite article, any (Dnr)
CP.SEA.2 Sea A type of song with actions, from Luaniua (Dnr)
OC.SEE.2 See To blossom, generic term (Dnr)
NO.SEE.4 See/see To search for members of the opposite sex in courtship (Dnr)
NO.SEE.4 S/see To seek, search for, look for (Dnr)
PN.SEGI.A S/seni To be visible, but not clear, as a human figure at early dawn that can be seen but not recognized. (Dnr)
PN.SEGI.B S/seni Going blind, able to see shapes but not recognize specific faces (Dnr)
FJ.SEKA Sekaa Moldy (Dnr)
PN.SEKE.1A Seke Slip when walking or running; lose weight (Dnr)
PN.SEKE.1A S/seke Slippery (Dnr)
PN.SEKE.1A Haka/s/seke To drop out of, to fail to appear at an activity or event, to fall behind in a race; to move down, as in going down from one step to another. (Dnr)
CP.SELE.1A Sele Tie up from above; set a trap using a string that jerks (Dnr)
EC.SELE.1B Sele Wrestling holds used in the traditional style of wrestling (Dnr)
EO.SELE.2 Sele To cut apart a fish (Dnr)
MP.SELU Selu (of hair) Combed (Dnr)
SO.SEPE S/sepe To cut thinly to make something even, as when joining two pieces of wood or cutting a shoot of a coconut tree to collect coconut sap (Dnr)
PN.SEPO.A Semo To lick Phonologically Irregular (Dnr)
NO.SEPU Sepu Dive from the surface of the water to underneath (Dnr)
SO.SEQE.2 He(e) Negative marker following tense‑aspect marker, not (Dnr)
CP.SEU Seu manu Catch birds with a net; a handheld net for catching birds (Dnr)
CP.SEU Seu To destroy (Dnr)
CP.SEU S/seu To fish with a bamboo rod using a casting motion that pulls the hook over the top of the surface of water (Dnr)
CP.SIGA.A Sina Fall over (Dnr)
PN.SIGANO Sinano To blossom, of pandanus only (Archaic) (Dnr)
PN.SII.1 Sii Fish with a stick (Dnr)
FJ.SII.2A Sii Semen (Dnr)
OC.SIKA.1 Sika Needle used to tie together mesh of nets when they are being made or repaired; tool with attached string for piercing through material in construction; shuttle of back strap loom (Dnr)
OC.SIKA.2 Sika Rub together sticks to make fire (Dnr)
SO.SIKI.1B S/siki A traditional midwife who supervised the mother during her pregnancy and childbirth (Dnr)
PN.SIKI.2 Siki/siki The method of weaving/plaiting used for the end of a mat (vasa) (Dnr)
NO.SIKI-SIKI Sikisiki Bird sp. (Dnr)
MP.SIKO.A Siko-hia, -lia To catch a ball (Dnr)
PN.SIKO.B Siko/siko To roll in a fishing net, or rope (Dnr)
MP.SIKU.A Suki/suki The end of a coconut branch... Phonologically Irregular (Dnr)
PN.SIKU-MATA Sukimata To watch [archaic] Uncertain Semantic Connection (Dnr)
PN.SIKU-SIKU Sukisuki End of a coconut branch {paakele}, sometimes used to mark land reserved for a person to collect coconuts {uiki} Phonologically Irregular (Dnr)

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