Entries from Mataora 1981 in Pollex-Online
Mataora, T., M. Tutai, et al. (1981). Pukapukan-English dictionary: a preliminary edition.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pukapuka | Kau | Stalk |
| Pukapuka | Kaukau | Swimming ; swim |
| Pukapuka | Kaulu | The top or crown of a tree |
| Pukapuka | Kava | Feast commanded by a chief ; any intoxicating beverage |
| Pukapuka | Kava | Bitter or sour or lacking in taste |
| Pukapuka | Kee | Unrelated ; strange, foreign |
| Pukapuka | Ke/keo | Sharp-pointed, needle-like |
| Pukapuka | Keekee | Armpit ; tickle Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Kele/kele | Sand |
| Pukapuka | Keli-a | To dig |
| Pukapuka | Ke/kemo/ | To close the eyes |
| Pukapuka | Kete | A basket |
| Pukapuka | Ketuketu | Scratch ground (as a hen) |
| Pukapuka | Ki | Preposition meaning "to, where to" |
| Pukapuka | Kiato | Crosspole crossing the two poles to the outrigger |
| Pukapuka | Kie | Specially made mat sometimes used as sail Borrowed |
| Pukapuka | Kie | Specially made mat (sometimes used as sail |
| Pukapuka | Kie | Specially made mat sometimes used as a sail |
| Pukapuka | Kikila | Show teeth conspicuously; nearly ripe of Pandanus fruit (Mta) |
| Pukapuka | Puu/kiko | Vagina of female genital organs |
| Pukapuka | Ki/kila/ | Exposed, showing (as of teeth) (Mta) |
| Pukapuka | Kili | Black Triggerfish (which has an abrasive skin) Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Kilia | Fed up, not wanting to do something again |
| Pukapuka | Ki/kini | To pinch with the fingers |
| Pukapuka | Kiole | Rat |
| Pukapuka | Kite | To witness, be a winess ; see, find |
| Pukapuka | Koe | You |
| Pukapuka | Konga | Place; section of land. Piece of food cut off (Sby). |
| Pukapuka | Koa | Tense marker indicating a state that is beginning to develop |
| Pukapuka | Lapa/lapa | Wide, width |
| Pukapuka | Aleale | Queasy to the stomach |
| Pukapuka | Liaki(na) | To put up a sail. Raise up, show (Bge). Lift up, display, expose (Sby). Borrowed |
| Pukapuka | Luki/poko | Challenge opposition to shoulder pushing |
| Pukapuka | Malo/na | To stretch something Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Mania | Orgasm |
| Pukapuka | Maayui | Left (not right) |
| Pukapuka | Me/melo/ | Deep red in colour |
| Pukapuka | Me/mene | Withdraw, retreat from an original location |
| Pukapuka | Mingi | Wrinkle, as skin or surface of cloth |
| Pukapuka | Mingi/mingi | Frizzy (hair), curly, wrinkle (skin) |
| Pukapuka | Miti | To dream |
| Pukapuka | Mi/miti/ | To sip |
| Pukapuka | Miti/miti | Sucking |
| Pukapuka | Miti | Salt |
| Pukapuka | Moo | Possessive marks possession not yet realised |
| Pukapuka | Mongamonga | A type of skin rash Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Moko | A lizard, a dragon, a type of fish |
| Pukapuka | Mole | Finished completely, nothing left |
| Pukapuka | Moolii | Lantern |
| Pukapuka | Molokau | Centipede |
