Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

talk, talk about, discuss

wave the hand or arms; call by waving

tentacles of octopus, squid, jellyfish, etc.

net bag used by men for carrying things on back

bamboo, Bambusa spp., probably Bambusa spinosa

carry, carry away

tentacles of octopus, squid, jellyfish, etc.; rays of the sun

tentacles of octopus, squid, jellyfish, etc.; rays of the sun

fishhook

bound together

link in a chain; joined together, as links in a chain, people in sexual intercourse or marriage; han…

left side or direction

hook

to hook something

to hook something

(gloss uncertain)

sickle for harvesting grain

dig a hole, as by scratching

able, capable, strong, wealthy

to flap, flutter, wave

outrigger boom

swing the arms

whittle, shave wood with knife

headhunting

scratch up, sweep or rake up

wood; tree

wood; strong; stiff; penis (colloquial)

strong, tough, inflexible

wood

improvised trail, trail made by passing through?

long; stilts (?)

palm leaf awning, usually on boats

rat

for the chest to tighten in excitement or fear; for the heart to pound

invulnerable, invulnerability

tie by binding around

to touch

touch or tap so as to draw someone's attention

to enclose, shut in

agitated, of water

to stand; stretch out, as the body

small in size or amount

small in size or amount

to blink

small in size or amount

to bind, tie tightly, probably of tying one thing which is moveable to another which is fixed

to pinch someone

intense green or blue-green

back of the head

squawk

to crunch; sound of crunching

to coil, bend

kind of plover and its cry

shrink, decrease

to cluck

dry

dim, of light

shine, sparkle, twinkle

crack, split

to peel, skin off

amaze, astonish

to shut, close

dark, overcast, visually obscure

groin, inner thigh where it joins the trunk

cut into pieces

inclination, leaning to the side

dim, of light

to dig up

to blink

to cuddle, cradle, as a baby

bend, curve

coil, curl, undulation

^ shield

swollen, expanding outward

swollen, filled out

take in the hand, clasp, grasp

grip, compress, squeeze

suckerfish, remora: Echineis naucrates; hold on by biting

urinate

hold in the fist

bite down hard

deflate

shrink, shrivel

grandchild

lower stomach, bladder

come to an end

to hold liquid in the mouth; to gargle

teem, swarm

it is said, people say.....

be ensnared, caught in a trap; suffer, undergo, be struck by something; be entrapped or deceived; hi…

dress up, be decked out in one’s finest clothing

preserved">preserved meat or fish

tough, elastic (of flesh)

a tree: Cordia spp.

tree sp.

loose, slack

sink, drown

hollow, resounding sound

stiff, as a corpse

hollow, resounding sound