Sikaiana entries in Pollex-Online

Protoform Item Description Source
MP.PAKU.A Paku/paku Dry; low (tide) (Dnr)
MP.PAKU.B Paku (Cooked side of food) burnt (Dnr)
SO.PAKUU.B Pakuu Fall down (Dnr)
PN.PALA.1B Pala Rotten (of fruit) (Dnr)
PN.PALA.3 P/pala A sore (Sps)
PN.PALAA Palaa Feather (Dnr)
PN.PAQALA Paala Fish sp., marlin (Dnr)
OC.PALAGI Palani A fish (Sps)
NO.PA-LALA Uli pal(a)lai Very black (Dnr)
OC.TAMA.1A Tama True child (as opposed to classificatory child); adopted child; classificatory relative (Dnr)
OC.PALI.3 P/pali To mourn for the death of someone (traditionally mourners separated themselves from the rest of society during their mourning) (Dnr)
PN.PANE.A Pane Comb of fowl (Dnr)
MP.PAPA.1A Papa Wooden box, coffin; timber, lumber; board in front of the weaver that supports the warp-threads (Dnr)
PN.PAPA.1B Paapaa Very flat (Sps)
NP.PAPA.3 Papa Box (Dnr)
SO.PAPO Papu Scarlet-breasted Maori Wrasse (Sps)
EO.PAASUA Pasua Edible clam sp. (?Tridacna hippopus hippopus) (Dnr)
NO.PAU.2 P/pau To read (Sps)
PN.PAQAUA Paaua Fish sp (Dnr)
PN.PEE- Pee- Like this, like that (followed by deictics) (Dnr)
OC.PEAU Peau The waves of the sea; to be rough seas (Dnr)
NP.PEE-FEA Pehea How? (Dnr)
OC.PEKA.1 Peka Flying-fox (Dnr)
OC.PELA Pela Dirty, decayed ; mud (Sps)
OC.PELA Pela/pela Muddy (Dnr)
OC.PELA P/pela Soft (Dnr)
OC.PEPE Pep/pepe/ Butterfly (Dnr)
NP.PESE.1 Pese Sing (Sps)
NP.PEQE-SI.B Pehi Throw with an underhand motion (Dnr)
NP.PETI Peti Fat (Dnr)
MP.PIKI.1A Piki To roll together something using the fingers [exs cigarette, braided cord] Uncertain Semantic Connection (Dnr)
MP.PIA.1 Pia Arrowroot (Dnr)
PN.PIKI.2 P/piki Feel numb (Dnr)
MP.PIKO.A Piko Bent, crooked, curved (Dnr)
MP.PILI.1A P/pili To be stuck, to adhere; (of soup) to be thick (Dnr)
PN.PILO P/pilo To smell of feces (Dnr)
MP.PIPI.1 Pipi Shellfish sp. (Sps)
EC.GA-AKE A/naake East (Dnr)
MP.POO.1A Poo Night (Dnr)
MP.POA.1 Poa Legs of a hermit crab, used as bait (Dnr)
PN.POGI-A Ponia To be unable to see (Dnr)
PN.POOKAI Pookai To coil, wrap up (Sps)
NP.POKO-POKO P/poko Atrophic vulva (Dnr)
PN.PUSO.2 Poho/ulu Head of man or animal; overseer of a piece of land, especially land that has been transferred matrilaterally (Dnr)
EC.POKUA Pukua Mouth (Dnr)
MP.POLA.1 Pola Roof mats of a house, woven from coconut leaves (Dnr)
FJ.POLE.A Pole Desire (Dnr)
SO.POLE.B Pole Tremble, spasm, convulse; go into convulsions as a result of spirit possession (Dnr)
PN.PORO.1 Polo/polo To promise, to make a commitment; (often) to marry (Dnr)
MP.PONO.1 P/pono Put inside a container, cover a bottle top, patch a leak; put in jail; bottle cap (Dnr)

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