Entries from Salisbury in Pollex-Online
Personal Communication
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pukapuka | Waatua | Single strand of rope, incl. wrestling belt Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Wo/wou | Construct (a house or canoe) |
| Pukapuka | Wenua | People of the land. In poetry, the people of a land (Bge) |
| Pukapuka | Winako | Brazen in making advances towards opposite sex Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Wiu | Fling, throw away |
| Pukapuka | Woo/wonu | High tide |
| Pukapuka | Uwi | Taro swamp Phonologically Irregular |
| Pukapuka | Nga/ngana | Make a noise |
| Pukapuka | Ngao | Molar tooth |
| Pukapuka | Ngaongao | Deserted, uninhabited |
| Pukapuka | Ngaolo | Move, slide along Phonologically Irregular |
| Pukapuka | Ngata | Finish, end, terminate |
| Pukapuka | Ngataa | Difficult (of actions or personality) |
| Pukapuka | Ngaatai | Seawards |
| Pukapuka | Ngatala | Several species of grouper |
| Pukapuka | Ngatolo | Crawl all over |
| Pukapuka | Ngaavali/vali | Pliable, slack (of movements) |
| Pukapuka | Ngu/ngulu | Grunt, rumble |
| Pukapuka | Ngutukeo | Porpoise, dolphin Phonologically Irregular |
| Pukapuka | Aia laa | Exclamation of approval: "There it is!" |
| Pukapuka | Yiva | Name of distant land, probably Marquesas group; te atu Yiva: foreigners, esp. Europeans whose ships always came from the east |
| Pukapuka | Oka | Main beam of house |
| Pukapuka | Uwi | Take off clothes |
| Pukapuka | Ili/wia | Blown by the wind |
| Pukapuka | Ka/kaa | Screech (of birds); shout |
| Pukapuka | Kaakaa | White tern (Gygis alba) Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Kaalevaleva | Fish sp., Scribbled Leatherjacket (Aleuteres scriptus) |
| Pukapuka | Kaulewelewe | Coconut spathe Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Pukapuka | Katoa/nga | Whole, all of something |
| Pukapuka | Kio | Game of chasing at sea |
| Pukapuka | Kona | Drunk |
| Pukapuka | Wuu/koti | Cut Parrotfish (Scarus schlegeli) |
| Pukapuka | Kootinga | Boundary line |
| Pukapuka | Kuku | Bunch together (of people) |
| Pukapuka | Waka/kuku/kuku | Huddle up with cold |
| Pukapuka | Lau | Collective term for a group of people Phonologically Irregular |
| Pukapuka | Lei | Necklace or ornament (in chants) |
| Pukapuka | Luaki | Vomit |
| Pukapuka | Lutu | To beat the shark-skin drum |
| Pukapuka | Lu/lutu | To rain heavily |
| Pukapuka | Mai | Come here! |
| Pukapuka | Malu awiawi | Early evening, dusk |
| Pukapuka | Maanaia | Decorative design figure (as on a wrestling belt) |
| Pukapuka | Manuyili | Guest, stranger Borrowed |
| Pukapuka | Maayina | Moon (archaic) |
| Pukapuka | Matawiti | Year Borrowed |
| Pukapuka | Mate | Extinguished |
| Pukapuka | Mate/mate | Going out, flickering |
| Pukapuka | Mata/matua | Main, important |
| Pukapuka | Yii/moka/moka | Completely finish off, destroy |
