Entries from Salisbury in Pollex-Online
Personal Communication
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pukapuka | Tito | To pick up from the water when hovering (of birds) Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Too | Your (singular), o-class |
| Pukapuka | Toa | Warrior, champion; male animal |
| Pukapuka | Toi | Chip using an adze |
| Pukapuka | To/toyi | Drag Problematic |
| Pukapuka | To/toka | Coagulate, become solid |
| Pukapuka | Toko/tai | Alone |
| Pukapuka | Toli | Harvest nuts by dropping to ground ; throw down in wrestling |
| Pukapuka | Taumua | Early, arrive first Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Tonu | Coral Trout (Plectropomus leopardus) |
| Pukapuka | Toopata/pata | (1) Rain in small drops; (2) archaic word poss. meaning spotted |
| Pukapuka | Tootala | A fish (Tetrodon stellatus) ;(Diodon hystrix). Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Totototo | Bloody |
| Pukapuka | Tua- | Ordinalising prefix refering to layers |
| Pukapuka | Tuaaivi | Ridge, hillock |
| Pukapuka | Tukunga | Expert (presumed old form!) Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Tuungoungou | To nod the head (repeatedly) |
| Pukapuka | Tutuku | Sp. of damselfish including Stegastes nigricans Phonologically Irregular |
| Pukapuka | Tuli | Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis dominica fulva) |
| Pukapuka | Tuolo | Shout out (as a chant) |
| Pukapuka | Tuupuna | Plural form of tupuna Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Tuyi | To mark |
| Pukapuka | Uu | Collide, bump into, hit (intrans.) |
| Pukapuka | Ua/ua | Blood vessels (Mta); pulse (Sby) |
| Pukapuka | Ua | Neck, nape of neck ; modern spelling uwa |
| Pukapuka | U/uwi | Cover up |
| Pukapuka | Ui | Ask ; modern form Uwi |
| Pukapuka | Uila | Lightning ; preferred spelling uwila |
| Pukapuka | U(w)i | Call out |
| Pukapuka | Uka | Two-stranded cord ; two-ply sennit cord |
| Pukapuka | Ula | To blaze, flame |
| Pukapuka | Ula | Glow red |
| Pukapuka | Ulu | Grove, clump of trees |
| Pukapuka | Ulu/watu | Large Handfish (Cirrhites pinnulatus) Phonologically Irregular |
| Pukapuka | Ume/umele | Wondering in amazement (old word) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Pukapuka | Uwoa | Silvery /False Mullet (Neomyxus leuciscus) Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Upaupa | A dance (Beaglehole 1953:18); Tahitian in origin Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Uyi | Dark (of flora) :as tai uyi, dark heartwood; also leaves |
| Pukapuka | Uyo | Name of early warrior of Pukapuka Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Pukapuka | Uutu | Draw water, to fill |
| Pukapuka | Utu/poa | Name of a point on Pukapuka Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Mata/utu | Placename for point of islet |
| Pukapuka | Palu wutu | Grey Jobfish (Aprion virescens) |
| Pukapuka | Welangi | Horizon (archaic) Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Vaaele | Remove scrub, clear ground :Prob. post-contact borrowing Borrowed |
| Pukapuka | Vaelua | Spirit, soul; also god's name Te Atua Vaelua Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Vaayi | Place, side |
| Pukapuka | Vao | Outside Borrowed |
| Pukapuka | Waitawe | Name of large pond Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Vaakai | Neat, even Uncertain Semantic Connection |
