Pukapuka entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| OC.PALAGI | Palangi | Ringtail Surgeonfish (Acanthurus blochii) | (McC) |
| MP.PALALAFA | Palelawa | Midrib of coconut leaf | (Bge) |
| SO.PAA-LAPU | Paalapu | West-south-west wind. ["the wind that strikes and pounds"] | (Bge) |
| CE.PARATA | Palata | A species of shark, very ferocious ; Alopias Vulpinus [Thresher shark] Problematic | (Sby) |
| TA.PAA-RAU | Paalau | Pearlshell (prob. post-contact borrowing) Problematic | (Sby) |
| PN.PALE.1A | Pale | To catch a ball; guard reserves | (Mta) |
| PN.PALE.2 | Pale | Hat | (Mta) |
| FJ.PALE.3C | Pale/pale | Setting (of sun) | (Bge) |
| NP.PALE-TAI | Waka/pale/tai | Canoe part, additional section of wood lashed to base of gunwale when gunwale not deep enough | (Bge) |
| PN.PALI.2 | Pali | Mons Veneris | (Bge) |
| FJ.PALI.1B | Pali | Drift sideways | (Sby) |
| PN.PALU.1 | Palu | Oilfish (Ruvettus pretiosus) and other spp | (Bge) |
| AN.PALU.2 | Palu | Wash clothes | (Mta) |
| AN.PANA.1A | Pana | Bounce | (Mta) |
| PN.PANE.A | Pane | Snout of shark, back of a fish's head | (Bge) |
| EC.PANE.B | Pane | Glans of penis | (Bge) |
| OC.PANI.1 | Pani | To put marks on something (e.g. face) | (Mta) |
| NP.PANOKO | Paanoko/noko | Adjective describing any large man-eating fish | (Bge) |
| NP.PANOKO | Akulaa paanokonoko | Marlin, describing stripes | (Sby) |
| PN.PAO.1 | Pao/pao | Pound, tap smartly with a mallet | (Bge) |
| MP.PAPA.1A | Papa | To lay down flooring | (Sby) |
| MP.PAPA.1A | Papa/naki | Driftwood, boards off foreign vessels | (Bge) |
| PN.PALA.1D | Pala | Very wet | (Mta) |
| PN.PAPA.1B | Papa | Hard bedrock that rises above water at certain times | (Mta) |
| SO.PAPA.2 | Papa | A fish (Variola louti) | (Bge) |
| PN.PAPA-A-TUQA | Papaatua | Lower back | (Bge) |
| TA.PAPI | Pape | Upward movement of the hips (as in intercourse, dancing) Problematic | (Mta) |
| TA.PAPI | Waka/pape/ | (With reference to the sex act) raise the woman's buttocks Problematic | (Bge) |
| SO.PAPO | Papo | (Cheilinus trilobatus) ; Scarlet-breasted Maori-Wrasse (Cheilinus fasciatus) | (Hpr) |
| SO.PAPO | Papo/papo | (Cheilinus trilobatus) when juvenile | (Hpr) |
| PN.PA-SEKE | Payeke | Slip | (Mta) |
| CE.PAA-SERE.2 | Paaele | Comb used as hair ornament Problematic | (Sby) |
| PN.PAASI | Payi/a | Satisfied (with food) | (Sby) |
| CK.PAA-SII.1 | Paayiiyii | Thin, slim, emaciated Problematic | (Sby) |
| CE.PASU.1B | Payu | Single-ended drum | (Bge) |
| EO.PAASUA | Paayua | Tridacna | (Bge) |
| PN.PATA.3 | Pata/pata | Big in size; wide (of plaiting element) | (Bge) |
| NP.PAATEE.1 | Paatee | Gong | (Bge) |
| EP.PA-TII | Pati | Ooze, spatter | (Bge) |
| PN.PATOO.1 | Patoo | To touch ground lightly (as a dart which ricochets) | (Mta) |
| AN.PATU.1A | Patu | Strike, kill | (Bge) |
| FJ.PAATUKI | Paatuki | (Cirrhites pinnulatus) | (Bge) |
| EP.PAU.1D | Pau | All gone, used up Borrowed | (Bge) |
| NP.PAU.1C | Pau | Completed, finished | (Bge) |
| PN.PE | Pe | Or, whether | (Bge) |
| PN.PEE- | Pe(e) | Like (resembling); certainly | (Sby) |
| PN.PEE- | Pe/ia | Like this | (Mta) |
| OC.PEQE | Pee | Pus ; ooze | (Mta) |
| OC.PEAU | Peau | A rough sea | (Bge) |
| NP.PEE-FEA | Peewea | How? | (Mta) |
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