Sikaiana entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
| AN.POPO.1 | Popo | Rotten | (Sps) |
| OC.POTO.1 | P/poto/ | Short (sg.) | (Dnr) |
| OC.POTO.1 | Poto/poto | Short (pl.) | (Dnr) |
| OC.POU.1 | Pou | Post | (Dnr) |
| PN.POO-QULI | Pouli | To be dark at night | (Dnr) |
| OC.PUU.1 | Puu | Conch shell, generic term for several different species; conch shell trumpet | (Dnr) |
| SO.PUU.3 | Puu | Start an oven | (Dnr) |
| EC.PASA.1 | P/pasa | Slightly swollen, inflamed | (Hwd) |
| MP.PUGA.1 | Puna | Coral | (Dnr) |
| PN.PUI.A | P/pui | Shut, be shut (as a door); prevent, stop; forbid, forbidden | (Dnr) |
| RO.PUKA | Puka | A tree sp | (Dnr) |
| MP.PUKU.1A | Puku | Mound; fat of a turtle; stump of a tree branch; to swell from an injury. | (Dnr) |
| PN.PUKU.2 | Puku | A hunchback's hump Problematic | (Dnr) |
| XO.PUKU-LIMA | Puku lima | The elbow | (Dnr) |
| OC.PULAKA | Ka/pulaka | A type of swamp taro (Cyrtosperma chamissonis) that is an important staple of the Sikaiana diet | (Dnr) |
| XO.PULAU.* | Pulau | To stink, to smell rotten | (Dnr) |
| MP.PULE.1 | Pule | Cowrie | (Dnr) |
| PN.PULOTU.2 | Pulotu | Dance drum; beat dance drum | (Dnr) |
| CP.PUULOU.A | Pulou | Hat | (Dnr) |
| MP.PUNA | Puna | Bubbles of air that come to the surface of the water, as when someone lets out air under water | (Dnr) |
| PN.PUNI.1A | Puni | Closed up, stopped up; in descent lines, to have a line without any children, or, for some speakers, with only female children | (Dnr) |
| PN.PUNUA | Punua | Young, small, little, of animals: punua kulii, ‘puppy’; punua moa, ‘chick’; punua piki, ‘piglet’ | (Dnr) |
| PN.PUPU.A | Pupu | Dirty, unclean | (Dnr) |
| MP.PULA.1 | P/pula | To shine with a low light, as a fire from a far distance or a star | (Dnr) |
| FJ.PUSI.2 | Pusi | Eel | (Sps) |
| NP.PUSI-LOKILOKI | Pusilokiloki | Eel sp. | (Sps) |
| PN.PUTO | Puto | The central part of bird and fish nets where the mesh is more closely tied and the bird or fish will become caught | (Dnr) |
| OC.SAE.1 | S/sae/ | To tear calico | (Dnr) |
| PN.SAQELE | Haele, saele | Walk, go by walking | (Dnr) |
| NP.SAFE.1 | Sahe | Lucky, fortunate; to catch (as a bird or fish), find a spouse | (Dnr) |
| MP.SAKA.1 | Saka | Type of song composed for secret lovers {hina} or to insult the opposite sex... | (Dnr) |
| MP.SAFE.2 | Sahe | To tie a cord around something; lock or hook arms while walking; fold arms while sitting | (Dnr) |
| SO.SAAFEA | Saahea | To be caught in the act of adultery | (Dnr) |
| PN.QAFALI | Ahali | Sturgeon [sic] fish species | (Dnr) |
| FJ.SAGA.1B | Sana | To face towards a certain direction | (Dnr) |
| MP.SAQI | Sai | A rope used to hold a person to a tree when he is trying to catch birds | (Dnr) |
| PN.SAKI | Saki | Expel | (Dnr) |
| PN.SAKI | S/saki/ | Dismiss | (Dnr) |
| PN.SAA-KILI.1 | V/akili/ | Open a wrapped material bit by bit Phonologically Irregular | (Dnr) |
| MP.SAKU-LAA | Sakulaa | Swordfish | (Dnr) |
| AN.SALA.1 | Sala | Be mistaken, make a mistake, be incorrect, wrong; sin (in Christian doctrine), especially through adultery and premarital sex; do by mistake, incorrectly, in a way that was unintended or unexpected | (Dnr) |
| AN.SALATO | Salato | Tree sp. (used for fertilizing the cultivated gardens; also used in play because it will cause itching) | (Dnr) |
| MP.SALI.1 | Sali | To turn from a solid into a liquid, to melt, to water, to shed tears | (Dnr) |
| EO.SAQALO | Saalo | Make the surface smooth, of a canoe; whip with a knife in order to make soft, as in softening pandanus {kie} for weaving; whip, as in whipping a child | (Dnr) |
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