Entries from Salisbury in Pollex-Online
Personal Communication
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pukapuka | Mui/a | Overwhelmed by abundance of women, work, food crowded around, swarm over |
| Pukapuka | Muko/muko | Nearly mature coconut; tender shoot of coconut palm |
| Pukapuka | Muli wenua | Northern end of Pukapuka towards cape |
| Pukapuka | Mumu | Gather, crowd around; passive form: muuia |
| Pukapuka | Nane | Mix, stir Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Nanea | To make much out of little, dextrous |
| Pukapuka | Naonao | Small flying insect by day and night |
| Pukapuka | Nape | Prise up, dig up; plaiting stroke |
| Pukapuka | Naupata | Plant name in chants only |
| Pukapuka | Neke | To lift ; move a little, edge along |
| Pukapuka | Neeneva | Absent-minded, dazed, frenzied ; crazy, silly |
| Pukapuka | Neva/neva | Wander aimlessly as an idiot |
| Pukapuka | Neve | Carry on back |
| Pukapuka | Noa | Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Noi/noi | Always begging Borrowed |
| Pukapuka | Tuu/ngou/ngou | Nodding the head in grief (old word) |
| Pukapuka | Oo | Response to a call |
| Pukapuka | Woo/mamai | Come (plural) |
| Pukapuka | Oo | Pass through a narrow space ; to get in, fit inside |
| Pukapuka | Oi | Move from side to side, shake hips in dancing |
| Pukapuka | Ope | Barnacle |
| Pukapuka | Opo | Gather up, heap up |
| Pukapuka | Oyo | Spring forward, appear suddenly or unxexpectedly > |
| Pukapuka | Oti | Enough ; finish, be over |
| Pukapuka | Paa | Strike (of wind) |
| Pukapuka | Paa | Perhaps, probably; to agree, give consent Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Pangole | Bald Phonologically Irregular |
| Pukapuka | Pange | Prop up, support; push, pass (in racing); to feel, touch, push away, refuse |
| Pukapuka | Peka | Sea crabs in general Phonologically Irregular |
| Pukapuka | Pakeva | Fish sp. (Carangoides orthogrammus) |
| Pukapuka | Paakiko | Seed inside pandanus key, kernel inside akanava seed Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Paakila/kila | Bald-headed Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Pakou | A fish, species of wrasse (Thalassoma trilobatum) Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Palata | A species of shark, very ferocious ; Alopias Vulpinus [Thresher shark] Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Paalau | Pearlshell (prob. post-contact borrowing) Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Pali | Drift sideways |
| Pukapuka | Akulaa paanokonoko | Marlin, describing stripes |
| Pukapuka | Papa | To lay down flooring |
| Pukapuka | Paaele | Comb used as hair ornament Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Payi/a | Satisfied (with food) |
| Pukapuka | Paayiiyii | Thin, slim, emaciated Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Pe(e) | Like (resembling); certainly |
| Pukapuka | Peenaa | Like that |
| Pukapuka | Peenei | Like this |
| Pukapuka | Pe/ia | Throw out, banish |
| Pukapuka | Peka | Wind wire on to a hook |
| Pukapuka | Pewu | Possess will power, strength of purpose Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Pewu | Custom, habit (poss. borr) Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Peva | Crescent-shaped (as moon, or tail of Peva fish (Carangoides ferdau)); a protruding part on the edge of an object |
| Pukapuka | Pii | Sprinkle, spray ; ooze, leak, flow . Sprinkle, spray, squirt |
