Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

stolen goods (?)

be stolen

embrace from behind, copulate by mounting from behind (of animals, or coarsely of humans)

stem of a plant, stalk

tie down, fasten by binding

back of leg

climb

tightly capped

to roof a house

a bird, the fantail: Rhipidura sp.

to wrap around

feces, excreta

a cover; to cover

cover

sword

steal or rob

to fall, of many things at once; to dislodge the contents of a container by knocking it against some…

clatter, clack

quick, rapid

dipper, scoop; to scoop, ladle up

patch, thin covering

(gloss uncertain)

eyelid

to patch, cover with something

cover, enclose

covering structure

back (anat.)

fear

easily frightened, cowardly

to frighten someone

kind of shellfish, probably oyster

truly, surely, really, in fact

kind of marine fish

toss up, throw into the air

a marine fish: probably the horse mackerel

the morning ( evening) star: Venus

married couple

break, burst

fear, fearful; coward

taro: Colocasia esculenta

rope, string, cord

to bend, coil or wind up

rope, cord, twine, string

mooring place, place where a boat is tied

to be manufactured, of string or rope

umbilicus, navel cord

turn the back on

turn the back to someone

ear

kind of tree fungus

wood ear, semicircular edible fungus which grows on tree trunks

spilt

a shore tree with edible nuts: Terminalia catappa

a shore tree with edible nuts: Terminalia catappa

crab sp.

plant sp.

turn, go around

taro: Colocasia esculenta

loosen by pounding

quarrel

shout at

to lose, be defeated

grow rapidly, thrive, be healthy

young plant shoot

eyelid

kind of fabric ( silk?)

hummock, small rise of land

fallow land; secondary forest

wild fowl, jungle fowl

clear land for cultivation

father

appropriate, suitable, right; fit together; hit the mark

enter, penetrate; bold, of persons

kind of wild ruminant

provisions, food for a journey

sterile, barren, childless

a tree: Calophyllum inophyllum

appropriate, suitable; fit together

enter, penetrate; bold, of persons

hit, pound on

dam, dyke, embankment; to heap up

(gloss uncertain)

to mend, patch

a fish: sardine spp.

large catfish that lives in river estuaries: genus Arius

add to, increase; addition, supplement

antidote (as for snakebite)

tie up, bind tightly

block, obstruct

dam, obstruction of flow

attach, fasten

forbidden, taboo

puffy area around the throat of some birds

kind of bamboo

type of shield

to taste, try

to taste, try

slap, strike with the hand

flatfish, flounder

slap, clap on the ear