Entries from Milner 1966 in Pollex-Online
Milner, G. B. (1966). Samoan Dictionary. London, Oxford University Press.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Samoan | Alelo | Uvula, Adam's apple (offensive word) |
| Samoan | ʔEne(ʔene) | Tickle |
| Samoan | Faigoofie | Easy, simple |
| Samoan | Faaloo | Stretch [body], reach (for); tug, pull |
| Samoan | Faagogo, faagono | Tale Phonologically Irregular |
| Samoan | Fanaiʔo | (Sterculia sp.) |
| Samoan | Fau | Hibiscus sp.; (Hibiscus tiliaceus) (Whr) |
| Samoan | Fauui | A small tree (Grewia sp.). (Grewia crenata) (Whr). |
| Samoan | Nonu fiʔafiʔa | Malay apple (Eugenia sp.) Problematic |
| Samoan | ʔAu | Stalk; shaft, axle; handle; weapons |
| Samoan | ʔOu/oʔu | First person singular exclusive conjunct verbal pronoun (pre-basic) |
| Samoan | Natu | Pointed stick (rubbed to and fro on a piece of soft wood to make fire by the 'fire-plough' method) |
| Samoan | ʔAve | Tentacle |
| Samoan | ʔE/e | Second person singular preposed pronoun |
| Samoan | ʔEli | Dig v; dig up, harvest; mine |
| Samoan | O/ʔu, aa/ʔu | First person singular possessive predicate. My, mine |
| Samoan | Laaina | Be exposed to the sun; be weakened, starved; |
| Samoan | La/lagi | Place (esp.) banana or breadfruit leaves on hot stones to make them more supple (and therefore easier to use as wrapping material) |
| Samoan | Lilo | Be lost to view; concealed from understanding. Hidden, concealed, secret (Prt). |
| Samoan | Lue | Shake; rock; nod (in falling asleep) |
| Samoan | Maloaa | Noisy, noise Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Samoan | Mataʔitaliga | Hammer-head shark (Sphyrna sp.) |
| Samoan | Mita/ʔi | Boast (of), show off |
| Samoan | Mi/mita | Proud, conceited |
| Samoan | Na/ia | Third person singular conjunct verbal pronoun (pre-basic) |
| Samoan | Oti | Die |
| Samoan | Paʔi/vale/a | Get hurt accidentally Problematic |
| Samoan | Puʔa | Large coastal tree (Hernandia sp.); (Hernandia nymphaeifolia) (Whr) |
| Samoan | Saʔe | Heel over, overturn (of a canoe) |
| Samoan | See | Stick-insect |
| Samoan | Talafalu | Small tree or shrub (Micromelum sp.) with oil glands on its leaves which are used for medicial purposes Phonologically Irregular |
| Samoan | Talie | Tropical Almond (Terminalia spp.) |
| Samoan | Tauleʔaleʔa (pl. tauleleʔa) | Young man, youth; untitled man (as opposed to matai) |
| Samoan | Tolo (pl. fe-tolo-fi) | Crawl, swarm (said of animals found in numbers); (of animals) steal food, by moving up to it surreptitiously |
| Samoan | Tou | (Cordia aspera) |
| Samoan | Tua | Back (of man or animal) |
| Samoan | Ua | Vein, sinew, artery |
| Samoan | Valo | Edible crab (Lysiosquilla sp.) |
| Samoan | Uu (pass. uu/tia) | Hold fast, grip (like a vise); bite on, sting (of insects) |
| Samoan | Maamaalava | Tree sp. including possibly Macaranga, Sideroxylon, Buchanania |
| Samoan | Togo | Creeping herb (Centella sp.); (Geophila repens) (Whr) Phonologically Irregular |
| Samoan | Ifi/lele | Large timber tree (Intsia sp.) |
| Samoan | ʔIe | Kind of pandanus, the leaf of which is used for weaving fine mats |
| Samoan | ʔAamulii | After death, in the last days |
| Samoan | ʔAataeao | Tomorrow morning; in the morning (with reference to the future) |
| Samoan | Iloga | Sign, distinguishing mark; be marked, distinguished |
| Samoan | Fia ʔai | Be hungry; hunger |
| Samoan | ʔIeʔie | Working clothes, old clothes; piece of cloth, rag |
| Samoan | Analei/laa | Earlier today, a while ago (referring to the present day) |
| Samoan | Matala | (Of the mind) be sharp, keen |
