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 ʔAi/fanua A tenant, a person cultivating another person's land
Samoan Faʔamata To sharpen
Samoan Mao- Prefix used with locative bases to indicate "further in the direction of"
Samoan Tulaga Platform, stage
Samoan Tutaga The place to cut off a part of a tree
Samoan Tuuta To beach a boat
Samoan Sua To rise, of the tide
Samoan Sau A present of cooked food
Samoan Ala/faga A morning angling
Samoan Alafia To be hurt by joining in another’s quarrel, or through one’s own fault Uncertain Semantic Connection
Samoan Moʔo/moʔo The name of a disease. Class of illness (McP). Uncertain Semantic Connection
Samoan Muli The rump (euph. for ufa). Posterior, bottom (of man) (vulg.) (Mnr). Buttocks (McP).
Samoan Tale Cough (n,v)
Samoan Tona/tona/a/feʔe One kind of wart. Kind of pimple or wart on a limb swollen by elephantiasis.
Samoan Tulilima Elbow
Samoan Amoga A burden; the name of the stars which form the belt of Orion
Samoan Vao matua Dense, thick forest
Samoan Oloamanu. O-loa-manu. The name of a Samoan month: May-June. A star and month name (Jmr).
Samoan Fetuulele A shooting star, a meteor
Samoan Mataliliki To be finely plaited, as a mat or hat; to have small meshes, as a net
Samoan Palolo/muli The name of a month: Juiy-August
Samoan Taulu/alofi, Taulua/tuafanua Names of stars
Samoan Pouli To be darkened, dim
Samoan Otaota Rubbish; filth, ordure
Samoan Otai A native dish of food.
Samoan Meʔe/meʔe To rejoice Problematic
Samoan Anaga A joke, a jest
Samoan ʔAnomate, ʔanogase The lean part of flesh
Samoan Atoaga Property given on occasion of a death; property given to one who saves another in war; property given to redeem the life of a prisoner of war Uncertain Semantic Connection
Samoan Tipi To give a back handed blow; to play "duck and drake"
Samoan Faiumu To make or cook a baking of food; a cook
Samoan Futa/mea Fat to excess (of pigeons and jocularly of men)
Samoan Faʔasiʔu/gutu To talk to a person and look away from him, as in anger Uncertain Semantic Connection
Samoan Solo Wipe (esp. body)
Samoan Manavasee Fearful
Samoan Maaoa Dense, of the bush beyond the cultivated land Uncertain Semantic Connection
Samoan Ute The tail part of a shell-fish
Samoan Ta/tao Sit on eggs
Samoan Tafoʔi To return
Samoan Talanoa To chat, converse together; to talk nonsense; to act thoughtlessly and carelessly
Samoan Vaoa Overgrown with weeds
Samoan Sunuʔi To thrust in, as a stick into the ground
Samoan Paogo The name of a tree, from the leaves of which a house mat is made (Pandanus odoratissimus)
Samoan ʔAumea An associate; to participate with another as a friend
Samoan Soni A water-bottle
Samoan Loa The name of an introduced tree (Bixa orellana)
Samoan Totonu In the midst, within
Samoan Mamana To desire, to love (of the sexes)
Samoan Maasima Salt (from Fiji)
Samoan Taaga The motion of the hands in dancing. Gesture, movement (Mnr).