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 | Maulu | To creep under, creep through; to swim under water |
| Samoan | Tumu | A hollow place in a tree where water lodges |
| Samoan | Uai | A chief's spear or walking-stick |
| Samoan | Ulaula/atu | A stinging mollusc |
| Samoan | Ulaula/fiti | A small sea shrimp |
| Samoan | Asa | The fin of the bonito (Thynnus) |
| Samoan | Vanu | A valley, a ravine, a chasm |
| Samoan | Fai/fesia | To apologize Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Samoan | Fai/fesi/a | To apologize Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Samoan | Feiloaʔi | To see one another |
| Samoan | Faʔa/tefua | Widower; single man |
| Samoan | Faʔaolo/olo | To ask sideways by hints |
| Samoan | Faʔapulupulu | To wrap oneself up |
| Samoan | Leaga | Bad; common (of men) |
| Samoan | Uga | Rotten, of teeth |
| Samoan | Ugauga | Partially grey, of hair; small [ex. house] Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Samoan | Faʔaʔumiʔumi/noa | To lose interest in everything through grief; to be melancholy |
| Samoan | Si/sina | To drop down (of liquids) |
| Samoan | Maalie | Interjection "well done" to show approval of dancers; well, agreeable |
| Samoan | Alofilima | The palm of the hand |
| Samoan | Alofi | The circle of chiefs; to sit in a circle, sitting round a house |
| Samoan | Moʔo | The name of a fish |
| Samoan | Moʔo/tai | The name of a fish, and in some places also of a sea snake (Pelamis bicolor). Name given to fishes belonging to genera Coris and Malacanthus (Mnr). |
| Samoan | Maloaa | To be a great talker; to get no bonito; to be free from visitors Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Samoan | Mata/tupa | Blunt Phonologically Irregular |
| Samoan | Foemuli | A steering paddle; to steer |
| Samoan | Maagamaga | Branched, forked |
| Samoan | Mataaua | A drop of rain |
| Samoan | Ga/gaʔe/e | Eastward, at some distance, as at the next village |
| Samoan | Ga/gaifo | Westward, a little toward the west |
| Samoan | Leva | Long, of time; to be long since |
| Samoan | Misi/alofa | Click tongue as a sign of pity or sympathy |
| Samoan | Laafu/lafu | Dingy, dusky, as the body for want of oiling |
| Samoan | Lafu/lafu (adv. lafulafu/aa) | Barren, unproductive, exhausted (of land) |
| Samoan | ʔEle/ʔele | Blood (chiefly); euphemism for the menses |
| Samoan | Vili | The name of a game hazard; applied to lots |
| Samoan | Uli | Sprouts from the taro |
| Samoan | Ula | Term of respect to a woman Problematic |
| Samoan | Maua | Get, obtain, acquire |
| Samoan | Vaia | To be wet. Watery (Mnr). |
| Samoan | Aavaa | Wife |
| Samoan | Ava | The wife of a common man |
| Samoan | Faʔaite/ite | A prodigy, as a monster with three legs |
| Samoan | Fiamoe | To be sleepy |
| Samoan | Mate | To die away, of wind |
| Samoan | Ea | To return home, as war captives. Free, release (from bondage, famine etc.) (Mnr). |
| Samoan | ʔAiga/mea | A part of some food, as part of a joint of meat; a contemptuous term for a diseased person |
| Samoan | ʔAiga | The act of eating; a meal (a foreign application of the word). Meal, feast (Mnr). |
| Samoan | ʔElo | Reddish-brown (regarded as a mark of beauty in those whose skins are thus) |
| Samoan | Fenuu | Make a join in plaiting etc. |
