Entries from Salisbury in Pollex-Online
Personal Communication
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pukapuka | Paa | Touch; strike against |
| Pukapuka | Ngalue/nga | Feast at the completion of a communal activity |
| Pukapuka | Utunga | Penalty, fine (possibly from RAR) Borrowed |
| Pukapuka | Taumuli | Person at stern of canoe guiding the canoe |
| Pukapuka | A | Possessive marker |
| Pukapuka | A/angi | Blow (of wind) |
| Pukapuka | W/aiaa | Why? Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Anue | Brown/black caterpillar |
| Pukapuka | Vai | Cursing chant or rite Phonologically Irregular |
| Pukapuka | Wakaatu | Arrange in a row or line |
| Pukapuka | Maawiti/witi | Agile; to escape. Vigorous, energetic. |
| Pukapuka | Wui aliki | Gathering of chiefs |
| Pukapuka | Piipii/ngaatai | Water's edge on (lagoon) beach |
| Pukapuka | Peia ngatai | All at once, immediately Phonologically Irregular |
| Pukapuka | Ngolo/au | Snore |
| Pukapuka | Laakau yili | Tree sp. Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Pukapuka | Ivituu | Spine |
| Pukapuka | Kakano | Wide, broad Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Kaa/kaliwi | Cricket; ghost moth |
| Pukapuka | Kauwana | Bow (archaic) |
| Pukapuka | Kaulama | Dried coconut leaves used as torch |
| Pukapuka | Ko | Present progressive |
| Pukapuka | Koo | Hollow guttural sound, e.g. when a wrestler is thrown down |
| Pukapuka | Mai(ti)kuku | Fingernail, toenail |
| Pukapuka | Kutu | Louse (archaic) |
| Pukapuka | Laalaa | Having many branches |
| Pukapuka | Lakalaka | Step out with long strides |
| Pukapuka | Lakalaka/i | Step carefully |
| Pukapuka | Lalii tua | Grouper (Cephalopholis sexmaculata) |
| Pukapuka | Yalo | Abdomen of coconut crab Phonologically Irregular |
| Pukapuka | Lavaa | (of a capable person) Able to do or understand more |
| Pukapuka | Lemo/yia | Oily, slippery, hence pleasant tasting |
| Pukapuka | Lepa | (of sail) Flap in the wind |
| Pukapuka | Leo | Ant Phonologically Irregular |
| Pukapuka | Lotu | Desire, beseech (archaic) |
| Pukapuka | Ma- | Stativiser |
| Pukapuka | Mala | Unidentified fish sp. |
| Pukapuka | Malie | Good, pleasant |
| Pukapuka | Matuu | To dry (from a wet state) |
| Pukapuka | Maolalo | Deep Phonologically Irregular |
| Pukapuka | Ngini ma/ngone | Abundant, countless |
| Pukapuka | Nukuloa | Traditional name for Motu Ko |
| Pukapuka | Paletua | To support, help |
| Pukapuka | Pana | Throb |
| Pukapuka | Te wii mea pau | Absolutely everything |
| Pukapuka | Ulaula | Descent line from an ancestor Phonologically Irregular |
| Pukapuka | Puupuu | Bundle of mulch |
| Pukapuka | Au/paa | Sling-jaw Wrasse (Epibulus insidiator) |
| Pukapuka | Yope | Irregular, misshapen, deformed Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Te ika a Yaawau | Spotfin Lionfish (Pterois antennata) Phonologically Irregular |
