S - s
sa1 dem. here, there. See: sago; san.
sa2 vintr. 1 • bad.
2 • very, used idiomatically to intensify an adjective or verb, e.g. ifsofus sa 'he is very young', ipios sa 'he cries out loudly', p̃ulp̃og sasa 'early morning'.
sa adj. bad.
saak n. yam sp, a 'strong' one, good for laplap, has prickles on the vine. Kalsarap has grown one that weighed 75 kg. Category: plants.
saap̃ vintr. mistake.
saaprei vambi. splash, throw water onto something. See: lup̃; lig; pi.
saar v. mix, combine.
safei vintr. pull or twist a banana from a bunch.
safeu vintr. whistle.
sago1 dem. there, that one close to the addressee. See: sanien; sa.
sago2 n. shellfish sp. shellfish, triton, big conch shell. Charonia tritonis. Category: aquatic creatures.
sai1 vintr. push. See: tu2.
sai suek vintr. poke the fire.
sai2 vintr. creep, way in which a plant grows along the ground (like kumol 'kumala' for example).
saisei vintr. meet, have a meeting.
nsaiseiwen n. See: seltra; neet; patlas.
sak1 vambi. sit.
sak2 vintr. land, come ashore.
sak3 vintr. ascend (a hill).
vtr. increase.
sal1 vintr. drift.
2 • vintr. float.
3 • vintr. swing, hang. See: salia.
sal2 vintr n. swing.
salia vintr. throw into the water, to make float. See: sal.
salsal vintr. light, to be light (not heavy).
pregi kesalsal vintr. enlighten, show someone how to do something.
saltae v. grasp, understand.
sam vintr. dunk, put something into liquid, as bread in tea, or laplap into coconut milk.
sampe over there.
san dem. there, that place.
sanien dem. there. See: esa; sanpe; sago; sago.
sanpe dem. there. See: sanien; esa; sago.
sao vambi. bale, scoop out.
saof vambi. visit.
saofak n. sea urchin. Category: aquatic creatures. See: somkol; nalwaniksu; sup̃sup̃.
saotog n. kastom gift.
1 • gift given with no obligation to repay it.
2 • rent. See: tigpiel.
sap interrog. where. See: sua.
sapre vintr. discard, chuck out.
sari vintr. wander.
sarpotpot n. basket, round basket, made of coconut leaf. Category: human artefact. See: nroog; likat; tip̃el; sp̃ol; tasal; polpol; nlafkir; napor; fuelig.
sarsok vambi. hold tight. See: puetsok.
sarti vambi. hug, immobilise, as in an animal.
sasaan vintr. sick, deformed.
saspe prep. behind, there.
sasu n. fish sp. Humpback grouper; Pantherfish; also Sweetlips. Cromileptes altivelis ; Haemulidae. Category: aquatic creatures.
sasupra n. fish sp. Lesson's Sweetlips. Plectorhinchus lessonii. Category: aquatic creatures.
satsok vintr. hold firmly.
saulu vambi. remove, bail (water).
seer n. coconut frond. Category: plants.
sees1 adj. small, narrow.
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sees2 n. shellfish sp. shellfish, general term for Nerites, snail shaped shells. Neritidae. Category: aquatic creatures.
seeskanrp̃on n. shellfish sp. Costate Nerite. The general term for Nerites is sees. Nerita costata. Category: aquatic creatures.
seesp̃al adj. tiny.
sef1 interrog. what, which.
sefmal when. See: ngas.
sef2 vintr. escape, run away.
sek vintr. paddle following the tide or wind, surf. See: suar.
sekska vintr. shake. See: krokur.
selsel vambi. rub.
seltra vintr. go and meet someone. See: saisei; neet; patlas.
selwan adv. while, at the time that.
semsem vintr. happy, be happy.
senae n. intestines of an animal. Category: body part or product.
ser1 quantifier. every. See: silu.
ser2 vambi. hang.
ser3 vambi. sweep.
ser4 vintr. flow; melt; circulate; float.
sernale n. everything.
sernaor adv. everywhere.
sernrak adv. always.
serpal n. bract, part of coconut tree shaped like a boat in which the flower grows. Can be burned to use as a torch. Category: plants.
sertao vambi. sweep. See: mas.
sertep̃al vintr. ignore, disobey, disbelieve.
seserik adj. small.
sestau n. sore, big head on the sore. Category: body part or product.
sfa v. give something to someone, but not to someone else, a jealous way of saying that something is given to someone else but not to the speaker. Gram: Most likely sif.
sfak v. shoot.
sfir n. Lorikeet (Green palm and Rainbow) (type of bird). Trichoglossus haematodus. Category: birds.
sfirmer n. Waxbills, Mannekins, birds of that type. Estrildidae. Category: birds.
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sfiu n. Whimbrel (type of bird). Gallicolumba bacarii solomonensis. Category: birds.
sger1 n. joint.
1 • prop used to support a leaning branch of a tree.
2 • joint, small piece of wood that holds two beams running in different planes or at right-angles to each other. Category: human artefact.
sger2 v. nourish.
si1 vambi. shoot (bullet). Category: human artefact.
si2 vambi. divide a leaf using a knife, as you do to pandanus or to make a coconut broom (nier).
si3 v. pick a flower.
si4 particle. completive particle, used to indicate that the action of the verb it is attached to has been completely achieved. pamsi eat all of, slatsi take all of. It seems to only be allowed with these two and a small set of other verbs.
sif vambi. flick with fingers, sling, using a slingshot. See: sifsif.
sifsif n. slingshot. Category: human artefact.
sigpir vambi. ignore, don't listen to. See: psig.
siig v. show one's bottom, a sign of disrespect.
siik n. Kingfisher (type of bird). Alcedinidae. Category: birds, birds.
siil1 n. chilli. From: English Category: plants.
siil2 n. shield. From: English Category: human artefact.
sik n. banana sp. Category: plants.
sik vambi. raise, lift.
sikpol v. carry balanced on the shoulder.
siksik vintr. play a game, using a large stick to hit a smaller stick out of a hole in the ground, a game that is not played much now.
sikskar adj. messy hair.
sikskei adj. individual, separate, each. See: skei.
sil1 n. shellfish sp. Turritellas (general term). Turritellidae. Category: aquatic creatures.
sil2 vintr. 1 • enter.
2 • join, come into the company of, meet.
silfe v. push somthing in between something else, typically flat such as paper money in between sheets of pages in a book.
silu quantifier. every, every one. See: ser.
sin vintr. finish (only of rain).
sinrakat vambi. frighten someone.
sip̃ol v. carry balanced on the shoulder.
siriu vintr. give a gift in return for a gift brought (for example to a wedding).
sirsir vintr. drizzle.
1 • drizzle.
2 • sow (seeds).
3 • germinating seed, shoot sprouting (e.g. hibiscus stick planted in the ground).
sisi1 n. gun.
sisi p̃ur n. rifle.
sisi sees n. revolver. Category: human artefact.
sisi2 vintr. blow.
si blow.
vambi. blow.
siti vambi. carry something heavy. See: wes; slat.
siwer vintr. walk.
skar vambi. add, join. See: paskar.
skarkar1 vintr. scratch, of a chicken scratching the ground. See: sarsar.
skarkar2 v. messy, as in messy hair.
skasook vintr. jump around, more than once. See: sook.
skatur vintr ?. pass through.
skei adj. one.
1 • one.
2 • same, as in malskei one time, at the same time. Category: numeral.
3 • one, also used following a noun to indicate specificity of the noun.
skei quantifier. same. See: sikskei.
skitrai n. coconut grater. See: fatma. Category: human artefact.
skof vambi. catch something as it falls.
skosuk vintr. backward.
skot vambi prep. with.
1 • with, go with.
2 • with, used of sexual relationship (tmer skotir, 'they go with each other').
slaor n. route, passage, as in the way through coral to get around the lagoon or to get to shore. Category: natural features.
slasol carry, can also be used to mean 'to take on', as in taking on a new task.
slat vambi. take, carry, bring, e.g., sati pa. See: siti; wes.
slati mai bring.
slei vambi. action of wedging a door or window open, or a table leg to make it balance.
slif vambi. hug. See: taasok.
slo See: rakek; pagotut.
n. plate used for pounding laplap.
smaan n. rudder, steering paddle, now used of a steering wheel of a car.
sm̃ai vambi. chew (kava, chewing gum).
sman v. praise.
sm̃anr vambi. slap.
smoklen n inposs. echo.
sm̃ol vintr. make a noise with your mouth to call, usually a long kissing noise to call an animal or a person.
sm̃ol vambi. close a hole, plug, mend, caulk a hole in a canoe.
sm̃os n. fish sp. Rabbitfish. See: tof; tofkas; fser. Siganidae. Category: aquatic creatures.
snom n. fish sp. Spotted halfbeak. Hemiramphus far. Category: aquatic creatures.
sog vambi. hug.
sog vambi. fall, of a tree.
sogsog vambi. encircle fish, pushing it to the shore.
sok1 jump; to.
vambi. throw.
sok2 adj. child who is not growing.
sok vambi. 1 • jump.
2 • to get to the place of.
sokfal n. owl (type of bird). Tyto alba. See: mlapuas. Category: birds.
soklep adj. rich.
soklkau vambi. jump over.
soksmanr vambi. slip. See: kursmanr.
soksok used to emphasise a verb. e.g. mrosoksoki - think carefully.
solsla vambi. rub.
1 • rub.
2 • caress.
somkol n. sea urchin (long black spines). Diadema savignyi. See: sup̃sup̃; saofak; nalwaniksu. Category: aquatic creatures.
sook 1 • vintr. jump, leap (once). See: skasook.
2 • vambi. collide.
3 • vambi. rise (as in the sun, the moon or a star rising).
sook palkau ; sook nrilkau ; soklkau vtr. jump over.
4 • vambi. to get to the place of.
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soptao n. shellfish sp., small shells like Olive-shaped Imbricaria. Imbricaria olivaeformis. Category: aquatic creatures.
sor1 vintr. light, as of fire, be alight. If the fire is glowing or smoking then it is refered to as fag. See: fag.
sor2 vambi. sell.
sor3 v. force someone to do something.
sor4 vambi. scrub, e.g. with coconut husk.
sorsor vambi. praise.
soru adj. decayed. See: npatsoru.
sos1 n. grasshopper. Orthoptera spp. Category: insects, grubs etc..
sos2 vditr. call, name. See: pios.
sp̃il adj. tangle.
sap̃el ; sap̃le ; sp̃il vambi. tie.
sp̃ol n. basket (for the garden). Category: human artefact. See: fuelig; nroog; likat; tip̃el; tasal; polpol; nlafkir; napor; sarpotpot.
sputan n. dwarf, dangerous creature which lives in the bush and may eat people. Category: other supernatural.
sraf vintr. miss.
srafnoi vambi. mix.
srak n. insect, stick insect. Category: plants.
srakor vambi. hide something.
sralesok vintr. believe.
sraletu vambi. confess.
1 • confess.
2 • sorry, be sorry.
sreniu n. fish sp. Squirrelfish. Holocentridae. See: trakap. Category: aquatic creatures.
srof vambi. suck.
1 • suck, breathe in.
2 • grunt, the noise a pig makes.
sto n. store.
1 • store. Category: human artefact.
2 • Vila, also known as sto p̃ur. Category: human artefact.
su1 vambi. catch (as in sickness).
su3 vintr. descend (from a hill), get out of a canoe.
su4 v. 1 • to wear on the head. See: of.
2 • headbutt.
su5 v. root, as in a pig rooting in the ground.
sua Variant: sap. where. Variant: wa.
interrog. where.
suan n. fish sp. Category: aquatic creatures.
suar vintr. paddle against the tide or wind. See: sek.
suarip n. Common Waxbill (type of bird). Estrilda astrild. Category: birds.
suek vintr. put wood in fire.
suekor vambi. smoke, as in drying copra, or smoking a fish.
suer vambi. shit, excrete.
sul1 vintr. hesitate, be a little scared of, as with an in-law who you have to avoid.
sul2 vintr. pull the head back to duck, to avoid something by pulling the head back.
sul3 vintr. fish by torchlight.
sul n. child, term used by parent for its child. Also a mother's brother's child.
sul vambi. cut the eye out of a coconut.
sulfra v. scare.
sulkor vambi ?. glare, blind by light.
sulok n. umbrella. Category: human artefact.
sulprog n. lizard that you find under rocks. Category: other animals.
sulsul vambi. soften something in the fire.
sum̃ n. house. See main entry: nasum̃.
suman vambi. 1 • praise.
2 • thanks. See: psawi; ta; faftae.
sumat n. vine. Category: plants.
sum̃kai n. yam, dark red inside, under the outside skin is white. Category: plants.
sum̃sm̃o v. get wet, as in being wet by the rain.
sunra n. Red-bellied fruit dove, bird which cries out when someone has died. Ptilinopus greyii. Category: birds.
sunref vintr. sniff.
sup̃1 n inposs. fashion, habit.
sup̃2 vambi. stab with something sharp. See: tnus.
sup̃lu take out by stabbing (e.g. the head of a boil).
sup̃fu vambi. pierce boil.
sup̃neki vambi. not know, be ignorant of, otherwise, use atap tae mau, 'I don't know'.
sup̃otunr vintr. bow one's head in shame.
sup̃rai vambi ?. stab and break.
sup̃sup̃1 n. sea urchin. See: sup̃sup̃; saofak; nalwaniksu. Category: aquatic creatures.
sup̃sup̃2 n. horn of an animal like a cow or a goat. Category: body part or product.
sup̃tap̃ n. punishment.
sur vambi. take out flesh of coconut, also surlua.
surfunfnoi vintr. erase, obliterate. See: funfnoi; krakfunfnoi.
surnaot n. beam, crossbeam at ceiling level of a house. See: npou.
surosur n. tool for taking coconut meat out of the shell.
sursap̃ vintr. miss,
sursur vambi. deceive, pretend to do something. See: gien; tusur.
surwel vambi. replace.
sus mraknaniu n. fish sp. Goatfish (Goldband, Blackstriped, Yellowbanded). Upeneus. See: konafnako. Category: aquatic creatures.
sus vintr. suck at the breast. See: mimi.
p̃kasus adj. woman still breast-feeding.
susa n. jaw harp. Category: human artefact.
suskei n. caterpillar. Category: insects, grubs etc..
suski v. plant, to put a plant in the ground.
susu natog n. Robin (type of bird). Category: birds.
susu vintr. cradle a child (rock it side to side).
suulin Variant: suul. grandchild.
n inposs. grandchild.
suul kaaru n. great grandchild.
suun vintr. carry on the head.
suur vambi. cut grass, weed the ground.
suus n. fish sp. Yellowstripe goatfish, Yellowfin goatfish. Note that the Yellowtail barracuda is suspwok. Mullidae. See: konafnako. Category: aquatic creatures.
swei n. kitchen, place to prepare food.
swit n. banana, lady's finger. Category: plants.
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