Pukapuka entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PN.POKI.1 | Poki | Smear with oil; bury food for preservation | (Bge) |
| PN.POO-KIA | Pookia | Grabbed | (Sby) |
| PN.POKO.3 | Poko | Wrestling match to wrestle (incl. slapping arms) | (Sby) |
| PN.POKO.3 | Poo/poko | Wrestling | (Sby) |
| PN.POKO.3 | Poko/poko | Grip opponents hands then slap own buttocks (opening movement in wrestling) | (Bge) |
| CE.POKO-SIWI.* | Pokoivi | Shoulder Problematic | (Sby) |
| SO.PUU.3 | Puu (te imu) | Prepare and light oven | (Sby) |
| EP.POO-TAKA | Pooteka | Spinning top Phonologically Irregular | (Sby) |
| PN.TAQO-PATU | Taupotu | House ridge. Ridgepole of a house (Sby). Phonologically Irregular | (Bge) |
| MP.POLA.1 | Pola | A coconut leaf plaited and used on houses | (Sby) |
| CE.PONO.2 | Waka/pono | To promise | (Sby) |
| FJ.POLE.A | Pole | Need, want something ; desire, longing | (Mta) |
| FJ.POLE.A | Pole/pole | Always agreeable, submissive, easily preyed on | (Sby) |
| CE.PORI | Poli | Offspring, all one's children Borrowed | (Bge) |
| CE.PORI | Poli/poli | A bilateral kin or kin group Borrowed | (Bge) |
| OC.POLO.1 | Polo | A plant (Hedyotis romanzoffiensis) | (Bge) |
| OC.POLO.1 | Polo/puka | Plant sp. (Solanum viride) | (Bge) |
| PN.PORO-QAKI | Poloaki | Love message, plot or scheme for a meeting of lovers | (Bge) |
| PN.PONA | Pona | A piece of flesh or sugarcane | (Mta) |
| PN.PONA | Pona/ponaavae | Ankle | (Bge) |
| PN.PONE | Pone/pone | Butterfly Fish sp. (Chaetodon reticulatus) | (Sby) |
| CE.PONO.2 | Pono | Sure, certain; confirm Problematic | (Mta) |
| AN.POPO.1 | Popo/popo | Freckles Problematic | (Bge) |
| AN.POO-POO.A | Poopoo | To clap hands; comfort a person in trouble | (Mta) |
| NP.POTA | Pota | A kind of food: taro leaves cooked with grated coconut then beaten | (Sby) |
| EP.POTI.2 | Poti/poti | Caterpillar | (Mta) |
| CK.POOTIKI.B | Pootiki | Last-born in a family Problematic | (Mta) |
| OC.POTO.1 | Poto | Short | (Mta) |
| PN.POTU.1 | Potu | Stone seat of priests in a god house; a simple shrine | (Bge) |
| OC.POU.1 | Pou | Post | (Mta) |
| PN.POO-QULI | Poouli | Dark | (Mta) |
| CE.POO-UTO.* | Poouto | A float for a net; fishing float Borrowed | (Mta) |
| OC.PUU.1 | Puu | Conch shell blown as trumpet | (Bge) |
| PN.PUU.2 | Puu | Hole, entrance, gate | (Bge) |
| NP.PUQU | Puu | Base of tree or plant | (Sby) |
| EP.PUA.B | Pua | Flowering of plants, starting to bear fruit | (Mta) |
| OC.PUAKA | Puaka | Pig | (Bge) |
| PN.PU-QAKI | Puaki | Spit out, spew out, cough up spit out, burp | (Sby) |
| MP.PUA-PUA.1 | Puapua | A tree used to make canoes . Used figuratively for vagina | (Mta) |
| FJ.PUA-PUA.2 | Puapua | (Guettarda speciosa) | (Bge) |
| MP.PUGA.1 | Punga | Coral lime, rock | (Bge) |
| CE.PUGA-A-WEREWERE.* | Puungaawelewele | Cobweb Problematic | (Sby) |
| PN.PUI.A | Pui/pui | Erect a blind; to cover, shut off | (Mta) |
| RO.PUKA | Puka | (Ceodes [= Pisonia] umbellifera) (Bge); tree sp. (Pisonia grandis) | (Sby) |
| RO.PUKA | Puka/ama | Lantern Tree (Hernandia mymphaeifolia) | (McC) |
| PN.PUKA-TEA | Pukatea | Alternate name for Puka in old chant | (Sby) |
| FJ.PUKE.1A | Pukenga | Pile, heap | (Bge) |
| PN.PUKE.3 | Puke | Catch, seize, overtake | (Bge) |
| PN.PUKE.4 | Puka | Section of bow covering of canoe | (Bge) |
| XW.PUKE.5 | Puke/a | Be affected by disease | (Sby) |
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