Rarotongan entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PN.HUI-TUQA | Ivi mokotua | Backbone, the necessary basis of anything Problematic | (Bse) |
| EP.PEE-IA | Peeia | LIke this | (Bse) |
| EP.I.2B | I | Preposition marking the immediate goal (object) of a transitive verb | (Bse) |
| NP.KULA.1C | Kura | A gift which a travelling party sends on ahead to their prospective hosts... | (Bse) |
| CE.PUU.7 | Puu | Completely, entirely, as a whole, altogether, all at once, suddenly | (Bse) |
| TA.TAA-PARU | Taaparu | Make something lax, limp, flabby, yielding...; coax, cajole, flatter, persuade | (Bse) |
| PN.WAHA-WAHA | Vaavaa | Spaced out, well apart; gaps, spaces | (Bse) |
| FJ.TOLO.2A | Toro/toro | Creep, slither, crawl; stretch out, extend (as tendrils etc.) | (Bse) |
| PN.TO-TOLO | Totoro | Crawl, creep | (Bse) |
| CE.TAGO.C | Pooiri tango/tango | Pitch dark(ness), benighted ignorance | (Bse) |
| EP.PORO.2 | Poro | Heel, kneecap, elbow; heel of axe; head of hammer or nail | (Bse) |
| CE.TAPARURU | Tapariri | Wriggle, squirm Phonologically Irregular | (Bse) |
| MQ.TAKEO | Taakeo | Poisoned, stupefied; poisonous | (Bse) |
| CE.PUUTIKI | Puutiki | Tie the hair up in a knot, topknot (traditionally of men's hair) | (Bse) |
| AN.FUFU.2 | Pere/ʔuu | Run or strip sthg through the hand or fingers, as in squeezing water from a lock of hair, or unrolling sleeves quickly and carelessly | (Bse) |
| PN.FAKA-KITE | ʔAkakite(kite) | Disclose, reveal, tell | (Bse) |
| PN.FIA-MOHE | ʔIamoe (AIT) | Sleepy | (Bse) |
| PN.MATE.1E | Tai mate | Low tide | (Bse) |
| PN.FAKA-AGI | ʔAkaʔangiʔangi | Start to blow (of a breeze) | (Bse) |
| CE.IWI.C | Ivi | Race (of people), stock | (Bse) |
| NP.KAI-GA.A | Kainga | Table or mat spread with food; meal, feast | (Bse) |
| CE.NO-TE-MEA | Noo te mea | Because, for the (following) reason | (Bse) |
| FJ.FIHI | ʔI/ʔii | Catch on a snag; entangle; strike (gold, fish, luck), encounter | (Bse) |
| FJ.FIHI | Aka/ii | Ensnare, entangle | (Sve) |
| FJ.PUTU-KI | Putu | Heap up, pile | (Bse) |
| PN.LAGI.5 | Rangi | A word used to denote: supreme in authority...the paramount high chief... | (Sve) |
| PN.LOLO.1B | Roro | Full-flavoured, delicious; sweet [Atiu] | (Bse) |
| CE.POU.2 | Tuu/pou | Bow, bend down, stoop forward, lower the head | (Bse) |
| CE.POU.2 | Pou | Dive (through the air) | (Bse) |
| FJ.TOFA.1A | To/toʔa | Spread (vt, vi) | (Bse) |
| CE.VAI | Vai | Keep, remain, stay, last, exist (over a period of time or in a given place) | (Bse) |
| EP.MAMAIA | Mama-ʔia | Disseminate by word of mouth Problematic | (Bse) |
| CE.RAAKAU.2 | Vai/raakau | Medicine (general term); treat (with medicine etc.)... | (Bse) |
| PN.RAQA-KAU.B | Raakau | Timber, piece of wood, stick, pole, plank, board, bat, racquet, etc.; made of wood, wooden | (Bse) |
| PN.SAFOLE | Aʔore | A fish, about a foot long with small silvery scales, black stripe along the back and black spot on tail-fin; edible; mountain bass (Duleidae) | (Bse) |
| NP.FILOA | ʔIiroa | Name of fish: coloured grey and brown; orange around the mouth with projecting upper teeth; one of the snappers (Lutjanidae) | (Bse) |
| PN.TOLO.2B | Toro | Stretch, reach, spread out, extend, creep along (as creeping plant); stick out, project; cape, promontory, spit of land, projection | (Bse) |
| PN.TAU-SOA | Tauʔoaʔoa | To make friends (reciprocal); [friendship] | (Bse) |
| PN.TAU-SOA | Tauoa/oa | To entreat, to ask earnestly, to beg, to endeavour to make friendly overtures etc., according to context; to make close friendship | (Sve) |
| PN.AA- | A(a) | Like, resembling, in the manner of (often used without a following article) | (Bse) |
| CE.AA.2 | Ee | And, or | (Bse) |
| PN.AA- | Aa- | Alternative or diminutive in meaning: rather, somewhat, -ish | (Bse) |
| PN.FUAFUA.2B | ʔUaʔua | Swelling, rising, as some part of the body | (Sve) |
| PN.HAFA.B | ʔE aʔa...ei? No te aʔa...ei? | What for? why? | (Bse) |
| FU.FAKA-TILI | Kaatiri | Breed, produce a line of offspring; breed, strain, race | (Bse) |
| PN.MAQU-LALO | Mooraro | Bowed down, bent over; defer (Bib.). Problematic | (Bse) |
| CE.MOREFU.1 | Moo/re/reʔu | Dim, weak (of light) | (Bse) |
| CK.GUTU-PAA | Nguutupa | Door, doorway, gate(way), entrance | (Bse) |
| CK.PU-FERA | Puʔera | Open, unfold(ed), of blossoms, eyes, umbrella; blossom, flower (n). | (Bse) |
| CK.PUU-NIU | Puu nuu | Coconut palm | (Bse) |
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