Entries from Salisbury in Pollex-Online
Personal Communication
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pukapuka | -a | Suffix forming adjectives from some nouns |
| Pukapuka | Awii | Wrap food with leaf covering |
| Pukapuka | Aawuu | To be agreed, unanimous |
| Pukapuka | Laaua | Like, resembling Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Aaua | Shoal, sandbank |
| Pukapuka | Akiaki | Black-naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana) |
| Pukapuka | Akoako | To practice, preach |
| Pukapuka | Laalaawutu | Golden Jack (Gnathanodon speciosus) |
| Pukapuka | L/alati | To be itchy |
| Pukapuka | Aalea | Space, area (prob. borrowed) |
| Pukapuka | Alo | Front side of the body or any object ; lagoon (front of island vs. tua) |
| Pukapuka | Aloa | Love, pity |
| Pukapuka | Alu | Go after, pursue |
| Pukapuka | Yama | Yellow butterflyfish (Chaetodon ephippium) Phonologically Irregular |
| Pukapuka | Manaki | Hope, long for |
| Pukapuka | Amo | Lift up, carry on head or shoulders |
| Pukapuka | Amu | To sing ; kind of short song, prob. used for ridiculing other groups Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Angatu | Go to where to hearer is (or will be) Phonologically Irregular |
| Pukapuka | Ano | Go. Said to be a shortened form of wano. (Sg. verb). Not recent borrowing. Common in old chants |
| Pukapuka | Kaapua/ao | Cloud |
| Pukapuka | Ao | Authority, domain e.g. Ao-laa-koo :abode of gods; ao kee (from old chants) |
| Pukapuka | Ayi/ayi | Keep a lookout for persons, animals |
| Pukapuka | Ata/ata | Red clouds at sunrise or sunset |
| Pukapuka | Ata | Preverbal particle denoting ability to perform action referred to by the verb; to be good at Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Atawai | Unselfish, generous, kind |
| Pukapuka | Atamai | Wish, desire ; intelligent, having common sense |
| Pukapuka | Aatea/tea | To expose, uncover. Wide, clear space (Sby). |
| Pukapuka | Ati | Heap up, build with stones |
| Pukapuka | Au/yulu | To prune |
| Pukapuka | Awaa- | Prefix to noun for pairs of objects (coconuts, taro, birds) Phonologically Irregular |
| Pukapuka | Avaava | Small opening in reef |
| Pukapuka | Ave | Subspecies of yellowfin tuna with very long fins almost reaching tail |
| Pukapuka | E | A tense marker ; non-specific tense marker |
| Pukapuka | E | Ergative-passive agent marker |
| Pukapuka | Ee/ke | Yes |
| Pukapuka | Ene | To cuff, slap with the hand Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Pukapuka | Eenei | These; here they are Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Epa/epa | Sleeping mat best type of mat made from laukie material |
| Pukapuka | Ete | Be respectful, heedful, show deference; afraid of, fear |
| Pukapuka | Lele i te eva! | Idiom, "Fly", run swiftly |
| Pukapuka | (Kau)waa | Stalk of taro plants |
| Pukapuka | Wawa | Carry a person on back |
| Pukapuka | Wawai | To completely harvest a taro patch Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Pukapuka | Waawaalua | Manta Ray (Manta birostris) |
| Pukapuka | Waawine | Women |
| Pukapuka | Wanga/wanga | Parts of hoop of flyingfish net |
| Pukapuka | Waangota | Generic term for rod-fishing (Clark 1991:79); a particular type of fishing |
| Pukapuka | Wai | Have, possess |
| Pukapuka | Waingaawie | Easily done |
| Pukapuka | Mawu waikai | Old name for taro with coconut cream |
