Pukapuka entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PN.AMU | Amu | To sing ; kind of short song, prob. used for ridiculing other groups Problematic | (Sby) |
| PN.AMU | Waka/amu/ | Be envious; grumble because of envy | (Bge) |
| PN.QANA.1 | Ana | Mosquito net made of Pandanus matting Problematic | (Bge) |
| SO.AN-ATU | Angatu | Go to where to hearer is (or will be) Phonologically Irregular | (Sby) |
| FJ.AA-NINI | Y/aanini | Giddy Phonologically Irregular | (Bge) |
| SO.ANO.2 | Ano | Go. Said to be a shortened form of wano. (Sg. verb). Not recent borrowing. Common in old chants | (Sby) |
| NP.QANU.1 | Anu. Ano (Mta). | Cold, cool | (Bge) |
| PN.AO.3 | Ao | Lashing used to tighten other lashings | (Mta) |
| OC.QAO.1 | Kaapua/ao | Cloud | (Sby) |
| NP.QAO.2 | Ao | Heir to a position | (Mta) |
| NP.QAO.2 | Ao | Authority, domain e.g. Ao-laa-koo :abode of gods; ao kee (from old chants) | (Sby) |
| NP.QAO.3 | Kaae mea e /ao/ ai | There is nothing to be done about it | (Bge) |
| MP.QAPI.2 | Apiapi | Crowded, packed tight | (Bge) |
| PN.APO | Apo | Stand guard with a weapon | (Bge) |
| PN.ASEU | Aayeu | (Caranx melampygus) | (Bge) |
| PN.QASI | Ayi/ayi | Keep a lookout for persons, animals | (Sby) |
| FJ.QASO.1 | Aayou | Large deep-sea shark with flabby skin Problematic | (Bge) |
| AN.QASO.2 | Ayo | Day | (Bge) |
| PN.ATA.1 | Ata | Light of dawn | (Mta) |
| PN.ATA.1 | Ata/ata | Red clouds at sunrise or sunset | (Sby) |
| CE.ATA.2 | Ata | Preverbal particle denoting ability to perform action referred to by the verb; to be good at Problematic | (Sby) |
| AN.QATA | Ata | Shadow | (Bge) |
| EC.ATA-FAI | Atawai | Unselfish, generous, kind | (Sby) |
| EO.QATAMAI.A | Atamai | Wish, desire ; intelligent, having common sense | (Sby) |
| EO.QATAMAI.A | Atamai kole | Stupid | (Bge) |
| AN.QATE.1 | Ate | Liver | (Bge) |
| PN.QAATEA | Aatea/tea | To expose, uncover. Wide, clear space (Sby). | (Sby) |
| PN.QATI.3 | Ati | Heap up, build with stones | (Sby) |
| NP.AATI | Ati | Copulating place or group of people gathered together for cohabitation | (Bge) |
| AN.QATO | Ato | Thatch | (Bge) |
| OC.ATU | Atu | Away from speaker | (Mta) |
| OC.QATU.1 | Atu | Bonito (Katsuwonus pelamis) | (Bge) |
| MP.QATU.2 | Atu | Line or row (of people or things) | (Bge) |
| MP.QATUA | Atua | God | (Bge) |
| MP.QATULE | Atule | A fish (Selar crumenophthalmus) | (Bge) |
| AN.AU.1 | Au | First person singular pronoun (Focus) | (Bge) |
| MP.QAU.1 | Au | Ocean current | (Bge) |
| PN.QAU.2 | Au/yulu | To prune | (Sby) |
| MP.QAUA.1 | Aua | Mullet sp. (Mugil cephalus) | (Bge) |
| PN.QAUEE | Auee | Alas | (Bge) |
| PN.QAU-MAI | Aumai | Bring | (Bge) |
| MP.AWA | Ava | Reef passage | (Mta) |
| SO.AVA | Awaa- | Prefix to noun for pairs of objects (coconuts, taro, birds) Phonologically Irregular | (Sby) |
| MP.QAWA | Ava | A fish (Chanos chanos) | (Bge) |
| XW.QAAWAGA.B | Waka/aavanga | The lover's act of copulating with his deceased beloved's body while it is laid out for the funeral wake | (Bge) |
| PN.QAW-ATU | Ava/atu | To give, to tell, to announce | (Bge) |
| NP.AWA-AWA | Avaava | Small opening in reef | (Sby) |
| PN.AWE.A | Ave | Subspecies of yellowfin tuna with very long fins almost reaching tail | (Sby) |
| OC.E.1A | E | A tense marker ; non-specific tense marker | (Sby) |
| PN.E.2 | E | Ergative-passive agent marker | (Sby) |
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