Entries from Salisbury in Pollex-Online
Personal Communication
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pukapuka | Wai lepu | A kind of ray Borrowed |
| Pukapuka | Waaiteite | Be equal, the same (archaic) Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Wakalava | Stretch across |
| Pukapuka | Wakaaali | To show (prob. borrowing from RAR) |
| Pukapuka | Wakalua | North-north-east Borrowed |
| Pukapuka | Wa/walo | Reach for, bending over to reach |
| Pukapuka | Waanongo | Story, tale (archaic) Phonologically Irregular |
| Pukapuka | Wenake | To rise, arise, grow up |
| Pukapuka | Waanau | Offspring; family |
| Pukapuka | Wanaunga | Prob. birth group (archaic); offspring, as of lizards etc. |
| Pukapuka | Wao | Jump onto, dive into |
| Pukapuka | Wawao | Put into, pack in |
| Pukapuka | Waapuku | (Epinephelus polyphekadion) |
| Pukapuka | Watitili | Thunder |
| Pukapuka | Watu | Weave, plait; make (a wreath) |
| Pukapuka | Wa/watu | To fold clothes |
| Pukapuka | We- | Plural prefix |
| Pukapuka | Wekiki | To be equal in some attribute Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Welaavei | Meet up with, encounter |
| Pukapuka | Wenua | Afterbirth |
| Pukapuka | Wiwi | Tangled; criss-crossed |
| Pukapuka | Wea | How many? Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Wili | Large seabird species; perh. Crested Tern (Sterna bergii) |
| Pukapuka | Wili | Ply (in cordage) ; plait ; braid, twist sennit strands |
| Pukapuka | Yiiloa | Fish sp. (Lethrinus olivaceus, L. xanthochilus) Phonologically Irregular |
| Pukapuka | Winangalo | Want, desire |
| Pukapuka | Witi/nui | Traditional name for Fiji. |
| Pukapuka | Wola | Executive of the high chief (who announced decisions) Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Wolo/mia | To swallow |
| Pukapuka | Wono/wono/tia | Chant ref. to planning for a voyage Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Wotu | Come to the surface (of fish) ; distinctive, unusual |
| Pukapuka | Uaua | Pimple, boil sp. perh. Uwauwa. |
| Pukapuka | Wuaanga | Family, clan ; offspring, children; a flock of birds |
| Pukapuka | Wuanga | Archaic word associated with sharpening |
| Pukapuka | Wuatai | Only child |
| Pukapuka | Wue/wue | Reference in chants to foreign vegetation in Tongan region |
| Pukapuka | Wunga | Waste sennit fibre; used to scrape pots etc. |
| Pukapuka | Unga/unga | Reduced to dust, powder; dashed to pieces |
| Pukapuka | Wui | All, assembled, united (of chiefs, men etc) archaic use, now "wii" all |
| Pukapuka | Wula | Swell up |
| Pukapuka | Wule | To pluck leaves off, stunting growth |
| Pukapuka | Wu/wule | Senseless destroying of numerous leaves (e.g. ofcoconut) ; to mutilate |
| Pukapuka | Wuti | Pull up a line, pluck out hair, nits |
| Pukapuka | Wutu | Tree sp. (Barringtonia asiatica) |
| Pukapuka | -nga | Gerundive suffix |
| Pukapuka | Naa | Plural definite article Phonologically Irregular |
| Pukapuka | Ngawaa | Crack, break ; burst open, split, break, Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Ngangie | A sort of ironwood tree growing along the coastline ; a tree (Pemphis acidula) |
| Pukapuka | Ngaki | Try hard to obtain something or someone Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Ngali | Nibble, gnaw, bite in scooping motion |
