Entries from Milner 1966 in Pollex-Online
Milner, G. B. (1966). Samoan Dictionary. London, Oxford University Press.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Samoan | ʔAai/vao | (Run) wild |
| Samoan | Aga/a/nuʔu | Custom (s) |
| Samoan | ʔAnapogi | Fast (n,v) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Samoan | Faʔa/lave/lave | Important occasion; accident, danger, trouble (anything which interferes with normal life and calls for special activity) |
| Samoan | Lo/lolo | Fat (of animals or meat); rich (of food) |
| Samoan | Lua/ʔi | Hole (prepared for planting taro, yam, etc.). Pit in which fermented food is produced and stored (McP). |
| Samoan | Maalama/lama | Fine, cloudless |
| Samoan | Pona/a/ivi | Bone |
| Samoan | Pona/a/vae | Ankle-bone. Ankle (McP). |
| Samoan | Foo/maʔi | Doctor, assistant medical practitioner |
| Samoan | Ootai | Kind of food made with coconut meat and molasses |
| Samoan | Poi | Be timid, be reluctant to do something |
| Samoan | Oʔo/oʔo | Flow beyond high-water mark (of spring tides, etc.) |
| Samoan | Taai | Preposed particle: nearly, almost |
| Samoan | Lona, loga | Hiccup |
| Samoan | Pauu | Stern; frightening, fierce; eerie, weird Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Samoan | ʔAaile | First stage of the coconut (before the mosui stage). A cocoa-nut just formed (Prt). |
| Samoan | Pei | Crack (nuts) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Samoan | Aasiosio | Whirlwind; water-spout (column of wind and water at sea); swelter, shimmer |
| Samoan | Fai | Say, tell, ask |
| Samoan | Fai | Have, get [sleep, a meal] |
| Samoan | Valea | Mad, insane; stupid, dull-witted. Ignorant (Prt). |
| Samoan | Aaʔega | Group of people returning at the same time |
| Samoan | Toʔia | Be struck; (po.) be soiled (with urine or faeces) |
| Samoan | Fiitaa | Difficult; strenuous, exacting |
| Samoan | Fiitaa | Products of one's work (food, goods, etc.) |
| Samoan | Seʔi | Pull up, grab, snatch, do something with a jerk |
| Samoan | ʔAʔu | Attend, be present, take part; meet, reach, join up [of two things or parts of a thing] |
| Samoan | Naa | Demonstrative pronoun, plural of lenaa: those |
| Samoan | Nu/aga | Communal extraction of turmeric |
| Samoan | Nunu | Wash grated root (of turmeric, arrowroot, etc.) in order to extract starch |
| Samoan | Taia | Passive of taa: strike, hit |
| Samoan | Tulivae | Knee |
| Samoan | Faʔaulu | Bring (a case), enter, lodge (a claim); register, enter (in a book, list, etc.) |
| Samoan | ʔAve | Sunbeam, ray of sunshine |
| Samoan | ʔAai/vao | (Run) wild (of animals) |
| Samoan | Puʔa/puʔa | Large coastal tree (Guettarda sp.) |
| Samoan | Siʔa/ga | Apparatus (for making fire by friction) as a whole; piece of soft wood, as opposed to natu |
| Samoan | ʔUla | Joyful, golden |
| Samoan | Totolo | Crawl, creep; move along in a crouching or stooping posture (out of respect for the distinguished company present) |
| Samoan | Aava | Respect, honour (n,v) |
| Samoan | Faʔaʔiteʔite | Get or have a presentiment, premonition of something |
| Samoan | ʔIte/a | Be in sight |
| Samoan | Maalama/lama | Clear, well understood; understand, grasp; conscious; enlightened, civilized |
| Samoan | Matamata | Kindling; to kindle |
| Samoan | Lo/lolo | Rich (of food). Fat (of pork); to be fat, to be rich (Prt). |
| Samoan | Laaʔau | Wood; apparatus, set; machine, instrument |
| Samoan | Feʔau | Thing to be done, business |
| Samoan | Sosolo | Spread (ex. plant); creep, crawl (exx. reptiles, worms) Phonologically Irregular |
| Samoan | Meaʔai | Food |
