Pukapuka entries in Pollex-Online

Protoform Item Description Source
PN.GANA.2A Nga/ngana Make a noise (Sby)
OC.GAO.1 Ngao Molar tooth (Sby)
PN.GAOGAO Ngaongao Deserted, uninhabited (Sby)
SO.GASOLO.*B Ngaolo Move, slide along Phonologically Irregular (Sby)
PN.GATA.3 Ngata Finish, end, terminate (Sby)
PN.GATAQA Ngataa Difficult (of actions or personality) (Sby)
SO.GAA-TAI Ngaatai Seawards (Sby)
PN.GATALA Ngatala Several species of grouper (Sby)
PN.GATOLO.1 Ngatolo Crawl all over (Sby)
PN.GUTU-KAO Ngutukeo Porpoise, dolphin Phonologically Irregular (Sby)
MP.GULU Ngu/ngulu Grunt, rumble (Sby)
PN.A-IA Aia laa Exclamation of approval: "There it is!" (Sby)
EP.HIWA.2 Yiva Name of distant land, probably Marquesas group; te atu Yiva: foreigners, esp. Europeans whose ships always came from the east (Sby)
PN.HOKA.1 Oka Main beam of house (Sby)
EO.HUQI.1 Uwi Take off clothes (Sby)
FJ.IRI-FIA.1 Ili/wia Blown by the wind (Sby)
PN.KAA.1 Ka/kaa Screech (of birds); shout (Sby)
CK.KAAKAA.1B Kaakaa White tern (Gygis alba) Problematic (Sby)
CE.KAREWA Kaalevaleva Fish sp., Scribbled Leatherjacket (Aleuteres scriptus) (Sby)
EC.KALEVE Kaulewelewe Coconut spathe Uncertain Semantic Connection (Sby)
PN.KATOA Katoa/nga Whole, all of something (Sby)
XE.KIO.2 Kio Game of chasing at sea (Sby)
PN.KONA.3 Kona Drunk (Sby)
EP.KOTI.2 Wuu/koti Cut Parrotfish (Scarus schlegeli) (Sby)
CE.KOTI-GA Kootinga Boundary line (Sby)
EP.KUKU.1B Kuku Bunch together (of people) (Sby)
EP.KUKU.1B Waka/kuku/kuku Huddle up with cold (Sby)
PN.LAFU.1 Lau Collective term for a group of people Phonologically Irregular (Sby)
PN.LEI.1 Lei Necklace or ornament (in chants) (Sby)
EP.RUTU Lu/lutu To rain heavily (Sby)
MP.MALU.A Malu awiawi Early evening, dusk (Sby)
PN.MANA-QIA Maanaia Decorative design figure (as on a wrestling belt) (Sby)
CE.MANU-FIRI Manuyili Guest, stranger Borrowed (Sby)
PN.MAASINA Maayina Moon (archaic) (Sby)
EP.MATAFITI Matawiti Year Borrowed (Sby)
PN.MATE.1D Mate Extinguished (Sby)
PN.MATE.1D Mate/mate Going out, flickering (Sby)
PN.MATUQA.B Mata/matua Main, important (Sby)
NP.MITA Waka/mita/mita Intrude, act foolishly, try to be funny during serious business. Show off (Sby). (Bge)
??.MOKA.2 Yii/moka/moka Completely finish off, destroy (Sby)
MP.MUU.2 Muu/longalonga Fish sp. Yellowspot Emperor Gnathodentex aurolineatus (Sby)
PN.MUKA.1A Muko Shoot of a plant (Sby)
PN.MUKA.2 Muka/lele Very white (Sby)
TA.MURA Mu/mula To burn, singe. Glowing red, flaming red (in chants) (Sby). Borrowed (Bge)
MP.MURI.1A Muli Behind, last (Sby)
PN.MURI.1B Muli Back (Sby)
CE.MUTU.1C Mutu Become silent, cease speaking (Sby)
EP.NO Noo Belonging to, of, from (Sby)
PN.OO.1 Woo Tiny reef fish on which bonito feed, Caesio spp. (Sby)
NP.MUKA.1B Muko/muko Coconut in sixth stage of growth; the edible flesh inside the mesocarp of the nut at the point of attachment of stalk to nut (Sby)

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