short of breath

Feinberg 1977

to breathe, rest; pant

Fox, C. 1970

life, health; (fig.) salvation; erection (of penis); character; be alive, healthy, recovered (from illness), saved (spiritually); erect (of penis)

Goodenough and Sugita 1980

abdomen, belly

to breathe; to rest; to catch one’s breath

be patient; able to endure; marathon (race)

pit of the stomach

Sabatier 1971

time, turn, season; chronology; for a short time, infrequent; affections, feelings, disposition; anterior fontanel in the heads of infants; top of the head in adults at position of the fontanel

Pukui and Elbert 1971

to throb (as pulse or pain)

Lieber and Dikepa 1974

heart; predisposed to; disposition; come up to the surface (from diving)

Lieber and Dikepa 1974

calmness, tranquility (of a person); freedom from worry (lit. ‘level heart’)

Lieber and Dikepa 1974

to rest, take a rest, repose

Böhm 1975

belly, bowels; bowels of the earth; heart; breath; patience; mind, spirit

Williams 1971

to encourage, render confident

Williams 1971

short of breath; out of breath

Abo, Bender, Capelle and deBrum 1976

to breathe; heart; respiration; breath

Abo, Bender, Capelle and deBrum 1976

stomach, belly, womb; health (occasionally)

McEwen 1970

overdone with work

McEwen 1970

breath; breathe; having a good lung capacity (able to remain under water for a long time)

Carroll and Soulik 1973

breathing

Carroll and Soulik 1973

life, life span, salvation; to be alive; to function, as a machine; to be saved, cured; to survive, recover, live

Elbert 1972

to come to life again, resuscitate; to recover, be cured

Elbert 1972

mythology: one of the senses of human intelligence, said to be the seat of human emotions, affections, etc., bestowed by the supreme deity I’o on the creation of man; the heart; courage, bravery, spirit, endurance, long-winded, as of a person of exceptional staying power

Savage 1980

long-lived, full vitality, physical vigor, etc.

Savage 1980

abdomen, navel, navel cord; breath; fontanel (rare); center of emotions; to breathe; to answer calls of nature; to derive life or substance

Elbert 1975

to hold one’s breath a long time; to hold a breath-holding contest, either on land or under water, as done by children

Elbert 1975

heart (in the physical sense only)

Churchward 1940

belly; waist

Milner 1966

to breathe; stand still, break off, stop (for a rest); be relieved (from duty); breath

Milner 1966

to breathe

womb; heart; bowels (in Old English) as the seat of affections, of courage, etc.; stomach

Churchward 1959

breathe; breathing, breath

Churchward 1959

suffering from lack of sufficient nourishment; undernourished

Churchward 1959

stomach; feel pain

beat (of the heart); throb

liver (= the seat of life)

Tryon and Hackman 1983

to rest

Blust n.d. (1975)

to be alive; give birth to a baby

Sohn and Tawerilmang 1976

fontanelle

Blust n.d. (1975)