Entries from Pratt 1911 in Pollex-Online

Pratt, G. (1911). Pratt's Grammar & Dictionary of the Samoan Language. Apia, Western Samoa, Malua Printing Press.

Language Item Description
Samoan ʔAtofa To appoint a time
Samoan ʔAu- Prefix used esp. with bases referring to sets or clusters of things (clouds, waves, arrose, bananas, etc.)
Samoan ʔAu Team , troop of warriors
Samoan ʔAu Join up as (form) a team; side with, be allied to
Samoan ʔAuvae Jaw, chin
Samoan A/aufana/ Bow n.
Samoan ʔAugutu/ava The sides of an opening through the coral reef
Samoan ʔAugutu/vaʔa The top sides of a canoe
Samoan ʔAuaga Groin
Samoan ʔAui Fasten round as a bandage
Samoan ʔAuʔau Have a bath , swim about, bathe (honorific)
Samoan ʔAumafute Paper mulberry stick stripped of its bark
Samoan ʔAuʔauna Servant
Samoan ʔAuga Look up to, attend on, depend on
Samoan ʔAumaaga Attendants, untitled men
Samoan ʔAute Hibiscus spp.; (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) (Whr)
Samoan ʔAuvaʔa Crew of boat
Samoan ʔAva Kava, Piper methysticum (plant and drink)
Samoan ʔAʔava Pungent, acrid
Samoan ʔAva Beard
Samoan ʔAvaʔava Terapon sp
Samoan ʔAvapui Herb spp. (Zingiber sp.)(geanthus sp.)
Samoan ʔAvasaa Shrub (Tephrosia sp.) used to poison fish
Samoan ʔAva-saa A shrub used to poison fish (Tephrosia) Phonologically Irregular
Samoan ʔAvau Bawl, speak too loudly, fight
Samoan ʔAve To take, give, conduct, carry
Samoan ʔAveau Starfish of various kinds
Samoan ʔAavega Burden, load
Samoan ʔAavei Strap, cord
Samoan ʔAviʔi Sand crab (Ocypoda sp.)
Samoan E Frequently used to introduce an infinitive Problematic
Samoan ʔEfu Reddish brown
Samoan ʔEfuʔefu Grey v., adj.
Samoan ʔEʔefu Plural of `efu`efu
Samoan ʔEʔee Scream, yell, howl; squeal
Samoan ʔEla Mattery (of the eyes)
Samoan ʔE/ʔela Bleary, watery (of the eyes)
Samoan ʔEle/ʔele Earth, dirt; blood (to chiefs), euph. for the menses
Samoan ʔElemutu Grub in rotten wood
Samoan ʔEmo Wink; take a nap; flash, as lightning. Blink (Mnr).
Samoan ʔEna Light-brown, fair
Samoan Manu/ʔena/ White Sentinal Tern. So-called by fisherman instead of manu sina ; Fairy Tern (Gygis alba)
Samoan ʔEse To be different, to be extraordinary
Samoan ʔEte Bag, basket
Samoan ʔEtu Limp, hobble
Samoan ʔEu To remove, take out of the way (something bad: filth, anything in the eye, skin over a boil, the snuff of a lamp)
Samoan ʔI To, towards (preposed particle)
Samoan ʔI Means or instrument
Samoan ʔIa Pre-basic particle with optative function (i.e. serving to indicate a command, wish, purpose, etc. . Sign of the subjunctive
Samoan ʔIato Outrigger boom