Entries from Mataora 1981 in Pollex-Online
Mataora, T., M. Tutai, et al. (1981). Pukapukan-English dictionary: a preliminary edition.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pukapuka | Yoka | To husk coconuts; pierce |
| Pukapuka | Yoka | A brace or supporting beam; strut of house framework |
| Pukapuka | Yoko | To bribe (member of the opposite sex to maintain a relationship) . To try to attract (a woman) with repeated gifts |
| Pukapuka | Yola | Return to the wild (of a domesticated animal or bird). Escape, flee in all directions (Sby). |
| Pukapuka | Yoli | Step, stamp |
| Pukapuka | Yolo | Go, move. To move along or over (of people) (Bge). |
| Pukapuka | Yu/yuu/ | Wet |
| Pukapuka | Pui/pui | A blind |
| Pukapuka | Yu/yuke | Turn over (as a stone, pages of a book) |
| Pukapuka | Yuupee | Nasal mucus |
| Pukapuka | Taa | Hand of bananas |
| Pukapuka | Tawatawaalangi | Horizon. Lower part of the sky (Sby). |
| Pukapuka | Tau | Set, make a fire |
| Pukapuka | Taua | Floor Borrowed |
| Pukapuka | Taiki | Log of wood |
| Pukapuka | Taka | Change round (of wind) |
| Pukapuka | Waka/taka | Make something spin round |
| Pukapuka | Taakai | Cooked taro wrapped in coconut leaflets |
| Pukapuka | Takele | Keel of a boat |
| Pukapuka | Tala | Point, projection ; spine, spike, thorn, barb |
| Pukapuka | Ta/tala | Untie, undo |
| Pukapuka | Talai | Hew, carve, shape wood |
| Pukapuka | Tale | To cough ; phlegm |
| Pukapuka | Taalo | Beckon, indicate to come |
| Pukapuka | Taomi | Press down |
| Pukapuka | Taawi | Hold on, keep on for a long time; carry away in arms Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Taukupu | Waistline |
| Pukapuka | Tapa | End, edge of something |
| Pukapuka | Taapola | Coconut thatch made from whole frond |
| Pukapuka | Tai | Shape or carve wood |
| Pukapuka | Tatau | Wring out, express |
| Pukapuka | Tau/tau | Hang, suspend |
| Pukapuka | Taula | Rope, thread, yarn |
| Pukapuka | Taula/atua | Person who can perform miracles of foresee the future |
| Pukapuka | Tauyala | Good, fine, pleasant Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Pukapuka | Tea | Bright (of light, colour) |
| Pukapuka | Tele | To slice ; scraped taro or puraka |
| Pukapuka | Tete | To shake, shudder ; shiver, tremble |
| Pukapuka | Tino | Body ; trunk of tree. Main part of canoe without outrigger (Sby). |
| Pukapuka | Tio | Wart, lump, barnacle |
| Pukapuka | Tipa | To turn aside, toward ; swerve, turn |
| Pukapuka | Tipi | Strike, chop with the hand |
| Pukapuka | Tipi | Edge, brim Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Too | Conceive (of a woman) |
| Pukapuka | Tongi | To taste ; nibble at bait |
| Pukapuka | To/too | Drag, draw out |
| Pukapuka | Toka | To satisfy (desire, hunger), quench (thirst); subside (of pain) ; become calm (of sea, anger) |
| Pukapuka | Tookele | Small wooden gong (post contact) Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Tolo | To scoop out, push, poke, tickle ; push aside; turn over soil; thrust burning stick into ground Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Tona | Wart |
