Entries from Salisbury in Pollex-Online
Personal Communication
Language | Item | Description |
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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 |