Pukapuka entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PN.TAAU-GA.B | Taaunga | Basket container for coconut water guards | (Bge) |
| CE.TAUIRA | Tauila | Small fish driven into lagoon and to the beach shallows by electrical storms Problematic | (Bge) |
| PN.TAURA | Taula | Rope, thread, yarn | (Mta) |
| PN.TAAULA-QATUA | Taula/atua | Person who can perform miracles of foresee the future | (Mta) |
| PN.TAU-LAGA | Taulanga | Canoe anchorage; a roosting, resting or dwelling place | (Bge) |
| PN.TAU-LUA | Taulua | A pair | (Bge) |
| PN.TAUMAFA | Taumaya | To eat Problematic | (Bge) |
| NP.TAU-MATA | Taumata | Anything worn to protect the head from the sun | (Bge) |
| CP.TAUME | Taume | Flower-sheath of Coconut | (Bge) |
| TA.TAUPOO | Taupoo | A kind of boil (prob. Rar. borrowing) | (Sby) |
| PN.TAU-SALA | Tauyala | Good, fine, pleasant Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Mta) |
| EO.TAU-TAHI | Tautai | Fishing expert | (Sby) |
| OC.TAWAHI | Tavai | Foreign tree sp. in chants | (Sby) |
| PN.TAWAKE | Tavake mokomoko | White-tailed Tropic Bird (Phaeton lepturus) | (Bge) |
| PN.TAWAKE | Tavake toto | Red-tailed Tropicbird | (Sby) |
| PN.TAWA-TAWA | Tavatava | (Gymnosarda unicolor) | (Hpr) |
| PN.TE.1 | Te | Definite article | (Bge) |
| CP.TEA | Tea | Bright (of light, colour) | (Mta) |
| OC.TEFE | Teetee | Scrape or peel taro with downward motion Problematic | (Bge) |
| PN.TEGA.1B | Puu/tenga/ | Thigh | (Bge) |
| NP.TEE-IA.* | Teia | This | (Bge) |
| NP.TEE-IA.* | Teeia | This (in chants); limited to phrase "teeia wawine" | (Sby) |
| PN.TEKA.1 | Ta/teka | Roll | (Sby) |
| FJ.TEKE.2 | Teke | Lean on, rest against; wooden back-rest | (Bge) |
| NP.TEKI.1 | Teki | Hop on one foot; to rise Problematic | (Bge) |
| PN.TELE.1 | Tele | To slice ; scraped taro or puraka | (Mta) |
| PN.TERE.B | Tele | Journey, voyage (n) | (Bge) |
| NP.TEE-NEI | Teenei | This | (Sby) |
| TA.TENI | Waka/teni/teni | Praise [prob. post-contact borrowing from RAR] Problematic | (Sby) |
| PN.TETE | Tete | To shake, shudder ; shiver, tremble | (Mta) |
| AN.TIA.2 | Tia | Sexual organs | (Bge) |
| EP.TIAKI | Tiaki/na | Wait for, guard Problematic | (Sby) |
| PN.TIALE | Tiale | (Gardenia taitensis) | (Bge) |
| OC.TIFI-TIFI | Tiwitiwi | Fish spp. (Chaetodon spp.) | (Bge) |
| OC.TIFI-TIFI | Tiitii taeyinu | Ornate butterflyfish (Chaetodon ornatissimus) Problematic | (Sby) |
| OC.TIKA.A | Tika | Dart | (Bge) |
| EP.TIKA.B | Tika | True, correct Problematic | (Bge) |
| EC.TIKE.1B | Tiketike | High, height Problematic | (Bge) |
| ??.TIKE.1C | Tuu/tiketike | Stand on tiptoe | (Sby) |
| CP.TIKO.A | Ti(ti)ko | To defecate | (Bge) |
| PN.TILA | Tila | Mast | (Bge) |
| PN.TILI.1A | Tili(tili) | To throw | (Bge) |
| MP.TIRO | Tilo | To gaze upon | (Bge) |
| NP.TIMO.2 | Timo | To grip in wrestling; lie in wait for a woman | (Bge) |
| AN.TIMU.1 | Timu | Wind | (Bge) |
| TA.TIMU.2 | Timutimu | Tip, top, uppermost part Problematic | (Bge) |
| EP.TINI.1B | Tini | Many, countless; number 10000 Problematic | (Bge) |
| PN.TINIFU | Te tiniu | The women-folk | (Bge) |
| PN.TINI-LAU | Tinilau | Male associated with Yina in stories | (Sby) |
| OC.TINO.A | Tino | Body ; trunk of tree. Main part of canoe without outrigger (Sby). | (Mta) |
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