Pukapuka entries in Pollex-Online

Protoform Item Description Source
PN.EE Ee/ke Yes (Sby)
PN.EQA.A Ea Emerge; rise to the surface (Mta)
PN.QELO Elo(elo) Putrid, stinking (Bge)
PN.QENE Ene To cuff, slap with the hand Uncertain Semantic Connection (Sby)
NP.EE-NEI Eenei These; here they are Problematic (Sby)
OC.QEPA Epa/epa Sleeping mat best type of mat made from laukie material (Sby)
PN.QETE-QETE Waka/eteete Make something frightening to keep people away (Sby)
PN.QETE-QETE Ete Be respectful, heedful, show deference; afraid of, fear (Sby)
PN.QETE-QETE Waka/ete/ngia Draw back, retreat (Bge)
SO.EVA Lele i te eva! Idiom, "Fly", run swiftly (Sby)
PN.QEWA Eva(eva) Walk, wander (Bge)
EP.WEWE.B Veve Worn out, exhausted (resources), as of poor people; poor, destitute (Sby)
NP.EWE.2 Eve (Epinephelus hexagonatus) (Hpr)
AN.FAA.1 Waa Four (Mta)
MP.FAA.2 Waa Hoarse (Mta)
PN.FAA-.4 Waa/inu To offer a drink (Mta)
PN.FAA-.4 Waa/wuu Feed at the breast (Bge)
AN.FAQA.1 (Kau)waa Stalk of taro plants (Sby)
AN.FAQA.1 Waa/waa Taro corm or plant (Colocasia antiquorum var. esculenta) (Bge)
AN.FAFA.1 Wawa Carry a person on back (Sby)
SO.FAFA.3 Wawa Sheet of main sail (Bge)
PN.FAA-FAA Waawaa Grope, or feel round in the dark (Mta)
AN.FAFAGO Wawangu To awake, arouse (Bge)
PN.FAFAI Wawai To completely harvest a taro patch Uncertain Semantic Connection (Sby)
NP.FAAFAA-LUA Waawaalua Manta Ray (Manta birostris) (Sby)
AN.FAFINE Wawine Woman, wife (Bge)
AN.FAFINE Waawine Women (Sby)
NP.FAGA.2 Wanga- Bay (in a placename) (Bge)
PN.FAGA.4 Wanga/wanga Parts of hoop of flyingfish net (Sby)
NP.FAAGAI.A Waangai Feed tr. (Mta)
PN.FAGA-MEA Wanga A fish (Lutjanus bohar) Problematic (Bge)
OC.FAAGOTA Waangota Generic term for rod-fishing (Clark 1991:79); a particular type of fishing (Sby)
AN.FAI.1 Wai Stingray (Bge)
PN.FAI.2B Wai Copulate (Bge)
PN.FAI.2B Wai/nga Sexual intercourse (Bge)
NP.FAI.4 Waiwai Cat's cradle; to make string figures (Mta)
PN.FAI.3B Wai Have, possess (Sby)
PN.FAI-GAOFIE Waingaawie Easily done (Sby)
PN.FAI-GATAQA Waingataa Difficult to do (Bge)
PN.FAI-KAI Wai kai Prepare food (Bge)
PN.FAI-KAI Mawu waikai Old name for taro with coconut cream (Sby)
CE.FAI-REPO Wai lepu A kind of ray Borrowed (Sby)
CE.FAA-ITE.B Waaiteite Be equal, the same (archaic) Problematic (Sby)
PN.FAIWA Waiva A special skill; skilful, clever (Bge)
EO.FAKA-.1 Waka- Causative prefix (Bge)
PN.FAKA-LAQAA Wakalaa To expose to the sun (Bge)
PN.FAKA-LAWA Wakalava Stretch across (Sby)
PN.FAKA-QALI Wakaaali To show (prob. borrowing from RAR) (Sby)
PN.FAKA-ROGO Wakalongo To believe (Bge)
PN.FAKA-ROGO Wakalongo/longo Listen (Bge)

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