Rarotongan entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| MP.PIA.1 | Pia | Polynesian Arrowroot (Tacca leontopetaloides) | (Whr) |
| MP.PIA.2A | Pia/pia | Discharge from eyes, smegma | (Bse) |
| CE.PIERE.1 | Piere | Banana figs, bananas peeled and dried in the sun | (Bse) |
| CK.PIIGOFI | Piingoʔi | Tongs, pick up with tongs | (Bse) |
| CK.PIIGOFI | Piringoʔi | (Use) tongs, tweezers Phonologically Irregular | (Bse) |
| MP.PIKI.1A | Piki | Clamber, swarm, cling on; mount (a female); lay hands on something and retain it | (Bse) |
| MP.PIKO.A | Piko | Bent | (Bse) |
| CE.PIKO.B | Piko | Bow, stoop, bend down | (Bse) |
| PN.PILAU | Piirau | Decayed, stinking | (Bse) |
| NP.PILI.1B | Piri | Close to; join, unite with; closed (of door); choked (of channel) etc. | (Bse) |
| EP.PIRI | Piri | Puzzle, riddle, secret, mystery | (Bse) |
| CE.PIRI-PIRI | Piripiri | An introduced herb, Beggar'-tick (Bidens pilosa); an indigenous grass Sandbur (Cenchrus echinatus) | (McC) |
| PN.PILITA | Pirita | Fingerleaf Yam (Dioscorea pentaphylla) | (McC) |
| MP.PIPI.1 | Pipi | Term applied to a number of small, ribbed, cockle-like bivalves | (Bse) |
| OC.PIPI.2 | Pipi | An indigenous vine with purple, trumpet-like flowers Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Bse) |
| TA.PIPI.3 | Pipi | Student or disciple of the ancient priests . Pupil, disciple | (Sve) |
| EP.PI-PIRI | Pipiri | Season September to November | (Sve) |
| EP.PISA.* | Piʔa | Box, chest, trunk, room | (Bse) |
| PN.PISI.2 | Maa/piʔi | Star Limpet (Patella flexuosa) | (Bse) |
| AN.PITO.1 | Pito | Navel | (Bse) |
| PN.PITO.2 | Pito | Heartland, central region | (Bse) |
| PN.PITO.2 | Pito/pito | Button; sucker on octopus tentacle | (Bse) |
| NP.PII-WAI | Piivai | Undeveloped fruit at end of banana bunch | (Mka) |
| MP.POO.1A | Poo | Night | (Bse) |
| MP.POA.1 | Poa | Fishy (smell or taste); scales, rust | (Bse) |
| EP.POE | Poe-a | Pearl, ear-ring; wear such | (Bse) |
| CE.POO-FATU.1* | Pooʔatu | Stone | (Mka) |
| CE.POO-FUE.* | Pooʔue | Indigenous beach pea (Vigna marina), also indigenous beach morning-glory (Ipomoea pes-caprae) and, on Mangaia, Ma`uke, Miti`aro, an aboriginally introduced vine (Luffa cylindrica) | (Whr) |
| TA.POO-FATU.2 | Po(o)ʔutu/kava | A coastal shrub with white berries (Sophora tomentosa) Ngaputoru name . (Scaevola sericea.) Phonologically Irregular | (Whr) |
| PN.POGA.1 | Ponga | A tree fern (Cyathea dealbata) ; knot (in wood), notch, nick, dent | (Sve) |
| NP.POGA.2 | Ponga | Dent; knot (wood); nick, notch Problematic | (Bse) |
| NP.POGA.3 | Ponga | Knot (in wood), notch, nick, dent; molar tooth | (Bse) |
| PN.POGI.1 | Pongi | Hungry, hunger Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Bse) |
| MP.POGI-POGI | Poo/pongi/ | Twilight, especially morning; tomorrow | (Bse) |
| CP.POQOI | Poi | Mashed banana, taro, etc., pudding | (Bse) |
| PN.POOKAI | Pookai | Coil, wrap up | (Bse) |
| NP.POKE | Poke | A pudding containing grated vegetables | (Bse) |
| CE.POKEA | Pokea | A fleshy herb (Portulaca lutea); purslane (P. cleracea) | (Bse) |
| CE.POO-KERE | Pookere | A black dress material | (Bse) |
| PN.POKI.1 | Po/poki | Cover over; break (of a wave); overtake | (Bse) |
| PN.POKI.1 | Poki-a | Bow or stern covers on a canoe; palm a playing-card, deal unfairly | (Bse) |
| PN.POO-KIA | Pookia | Covered, struck by waves, overtaken. Passive of popoki | (Bse) |
| PN.POKO.2 | Poko | Dent, hollow, sunken etc | (Bse) |
| PN.POKO.3 | Poko | Slap water | (Bse) |
| CE.POKO-SIWI.* | Pokoivi | Shoulder, alternative frm of pakuivi (Etn) | (Bse) |
| TA.POO-REHO | Pooreʔo | Cowrie (Cypraea spp.) | (Bse) |
| NP.POLI.B | ʔAre /pori/ | A beauty-school where all well-born girls were given special diet, blanching, etc | (Bse) |
| OC.POLO.1 | Poro | Solanum spp. (Aitutaki, Atiu).... | (Whr) |
| OC.POLO.1 | Poroʔiti | (Solanum viride) | (Whr) |
| OC.POLO.1 | Poro/poro | (Vaccinum cereum) or (Vaccinium reticulatum) | (Sve) |
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