Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

tool for cutting with a forward digging motion

go against the current, oppose, go in the opposite direction

to oppose, go against

spoon, ladle, scoop

spoon, ladle, spade, shovel

spoon, ladle

clean the teeth

to provoke, annoy or irritate

rush forward, charge

a fruit tree, the pomelo: Citrus decumana

lever (?)

a bird: the sandpiper (?)

pitfall or trail spikes made of sharpened bamboo

fine-toothed lice comb

a tree: Gnetum gnemon

to vomit

make fire with a fireplow

harsh throaty sound

to measure

to measure, be measured

to search for lice, as by parting the hair

be deloused

prop, support; to prop up or support

kind of basket with cover

trouble, toil, difficulty

pierce, penetrate; insert

to insert, cram, stuff

one quarter; designation for a division of society, probably a lineage

walking stick, cane, staff

struggle against, resist

cornered, unable to escape

to measure vertically

breadfruit sp.

prop, support, as the boom of a sail

horn

play games

skewer, pointed stick

pierce or remove with a needle

horn

to pass one another in coming from opposite directions

snake

worm (= earthworm?)

do secretly

insert, plug

dim

insert, plug

insert, plug

oppose, attack

plant shoot, sprout, cutting

to reverse, turn around

secret place

string, twine, thread

a fish, the fusilier: Caesionidae sp.

lie or sleep next to

a fish, the fusilier: Caesionidae sp.

bamboo flute

to reverse, turn around

difficult, complicated

substitute, replacement

to masturbate

ignite; kindle; set fire to

follow the edge of a body of water, as in going upstream

to press against, crowd in on

to burn

fingernail, toenail, claw

comb

push

shelter

put on clothing, wrap around body

torch, probably of dried palm frond

to illuminate, cast light on

lower or let down, as on a rope

to wear or put on clothing

kind of medicinal plant

to hook, catch onto something

(gloss uncertain)

to walk

become painful (?)

to carry, transport, move something

do something wrong, make a mistake; miss the target

to lean on or against

soul of a living being; soul of the rice plant

soul of the rice plant

unroll, spread out a mat

(gloss uncertain)

to scoop up, skim from the surface

accompany, escort

to cloy, satiate, do something to excess and so lose interest

plug, stopper, cork

incest

dented, having a jagged edge; hare-lipped

rim, edge, border

to hiss or steam, of water touching a fire

to hiss or steam, of water touching a fire

(gloss uncertain)

to breathe

vapor

to suck, sip

tighten, fasten firmly

to blow