Entries from Salisbury in Pollex-Online
Personal Communication
Language | Item | Description |
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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 | 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 |
Pukapuka | Yele | Trip someone in wrestling |
Pukapuka | Lau yikuyiku, lau yukuyuku | End of coconut frond thrown as a challenge |
Pukapuka | Yikuyiku | Tip of coconut frond; left over pieces of mat that are cut off and used again |
Pukapuka | Paatuki yiva | Dark colour phase of Paracirrhites hemistictus (Whitespot Hawkfish) |
Pukapuka | Tawito | Base of tree |