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 | Veta | To peel off, as the skin of an infant Problematic |
| Samoan | Vete | Split, smash open |
| Samoan | Ve/vete/ | Open up a bundle of food wrapped in leaves |
| Samoan | Vete | A fish (Mulloidichthys sp.) |
| Samoan | Vevela | (of sun, fire, etc.) Hot |
| Samoan | Vii/vii | Stink greatly |
| Samoan | Vii | A tree with edible fruit (Spondias dulcis) |
| Samoan | Viʔi-a | To praise |
| Samoan | Vili (pl. vivili) | To bore a hole; to writhe in pain; a gimlet; a whirlpool; the name of a tree (so called because its fruit, in falling, turns round and round). |
| Samoan | Vili | To desire earnestly |
| Samoan | Faʔaiʔu | The ending |
| Samoan | ʔApaʔau | Wing |
| Samoan | Tutuna | The name of a shrub Problematic |
| Samoan | Unuoi | Tree sp. (Myrtacea) |
| Samoan | ʔAvaʔava/aitu, ʔavaʔava/tua | Species of pepper (Piper insectifugum, latifolium, puberulum) |
| Samoan | Tono | The name of a weed (Hydrocotyle asiatica) |
| Samoan | Manaui | The name of a tree |
| Samoan | Fuʔafuʔa | (Kleinhovia hospita) |
| Samoan | Ii | Feel empty, of stomach |
| Samoan | Ui/a | Go along, tread upon, go by way of, follow a road to |
| Samoan | Faʔailo | To make known, to show |
| Samoan | Faʔailoga | A sign, a mark; to mark, to distinguish |
| Samoan | ʔAanei | It is likely; may, I fear that; it is about, more or less Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Samoan | Mataa/utu | Point of land running out into a lagoon |
| Samoan | Pale/pale | To hold up |
| Samoan | Palepale | A shelf made of sticks |
| Samoan | Paaletua | A stick for the steersman to lean against |
| Samoan | ʔEʔega | Anything used to help a swimmer, as a lifebelt; a number of snakes all coiled together |
| Samoan | Pute | The navel Phonologically Irregular |
| Samoan | Mataavai | A spring, a fountain |
| Samoan | Loo/loo | To be wet, as the clothes |
| Samoan | ʔAvaʔava/aitu, ʔavaʔava/tua | Species of pepper (Piper insectifugum, latifolium, puberulum) |
| Samoan | Pati | To clap hands; to smite the hands together, a sign of grief on receiving bad news; also in wonder and joy |
| Samoan | Saaʔee | A naked dance |
| Samoan | Leai | No, not. Be lacking, absent; be none (Mnr). |
| Samoan | Pau | To be as far as, to reach to, to be bounded by |
| Samoan | Mafasi | Cracked (skin) |
| Samoan | Faaulua/lua | To bind two together, as two canoes &c. |
| Samoan | Tamaaloa | Man (a term of familiarity) |
| Samoan | Tagi | Make a characteristic noise |
| Samoan | Faoa/ʔaʔai | Village, or portion of a town |
| Samoan | O | To penetrate, as a spear into the body; to go deep down, as a stick stuck into the ground, and meeting with no obstacle |
| Samoan | Poi | A game on mud flats |
| Samoan | Poi | To venerate, to pay deference to, to stand in awe of |
| Samoan | Pe/peʔe | Crippled by warts on the soles of the feet |
| Samoan | Segi | Wild, shy, not tame |
| Samoan | Tausi | Take care of, nurse; observe, keep as a command. Wife of an orator or tulafale (McP). |
| Samoan | ʔAlu | Dregs, lees, congealed oil |
| Samoan | ʔAlu | Congealed |
| Samoan | Mea | To do, to prepare |
