Entries from Mataora 1981 in Pollex-Online
Mataora, T., M. Tutai, et al. (1981). Pukapukan-English dictionary: a preliminary edition.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pukapuka | Puapua | A tree used to make canoes . Used figuratively for vagina |
| Pukapuka | Pui/pui | Erect a blind; to cover, shut off |
| Pukapuka | Pulapula | Young coconut plants |
| Pukapuka | Pule | A prayer, pray ; guard, keep watch |
| Pukapuka | Pulu | Coconut husks |
| Pukapuka | Pulu | Menstrual pad |
| Pukapuka | Pulu/i | Lashing or string around a wire to stop the main fishing line from getting cut |
| Pukapuka | Puna | Water spring |
| Pukapuka | Puunanga | A hideout; fort ; fishing place |
| Pukapuka | Punua | Young of non-humans |
| Pukapuka | Puya/puya | Getting rough (of the sea) |
| Pukapuka | Pu/puyi | Blow |
| Pukapuka | Putu | Crowded |
| Pukapuka | Yaa | Prohibited, sacred; deserving of respect |
| Pukapuka | Yae | Tear, rip, strip apart |
| Pukapuka | Yae | Gluttonous Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Yawe/a | To recuperate from an illness |
| Pukapuka | Yanga | To work, work |
| Pukapuka | Yaka | A style of dancing |
| Pukapuka | Yaka/yaka | Low, not high; low in pitch |
| Pukapuka | Yaka | To put into (as fish into a basket) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Pukapuka | Yake | Trip someone by using hand or foot as a hook |
| Pukapuka | Yaakili | Look for, search, hunt for food |
| Pukapuka | Yako | Straight (not curved or crooked); upright; correct, true |
| Pukapuka | Yala | Wrong, misdeed |
| Pukapuka | Yalu | Straighten out a pandanus leaf before coiling |
| Pukapuka | Alu | To advance in a forceful manner Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Alulu | Explode; booming sound like thunder Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Ye/yeke | To flow; to defecate |
| Pukapuka | Ao | Circular lashing to bind or tie other lashings Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Apo | Lift up with hands Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Yayake | Unknown land from which migrants came to Pukapuka |
| Pukapuka | Yau | Dew |
| Pukapuka | Au | Under the protection or sovereignty of another country Phonologically Irregular |
| Pukapuka | Yaunga | Fishy smell |
| Pukapuka | Yei | Garland of flowers ; necklace, garland |
| Pukapuka | Yeke | To slip or slide |
| Pukapuka | Yele | To tie; a tether |
| Pukapuka | Yelu | To comb |
| Pukapuka | Yengayenga | Blue, green or yellow |
| Pukapuka | Ye/yengi/ | To set (of sun or moon) |
| Pukapuka | Yengi/a | Be full moon |
| Pukapuka | Yepo | To lick |
| Pukapuka | Yeu | Flick off, knock off |
| Pukapuka | Yii/yii | Liquid flowing or dripping down. To spurt, squirt, flow out in a torrent (Sby). |
| Pukapuka | Yi/yila/ | Eyes opened wide |
| Pukapuka | Yila | Good leadership or guidance |
| Pukapuka | Yina | Grey hair |
| Pukapuka | Yioyio | Tornado ; a waterspout in the sea |
| Pukapuka | Yongi | Smell, sniff, kiss |
