Entries from Salisbury in Pollex-Online
Personal Communication
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pukapuka | Pia/pia | Eye infections |
| Pukapuka | Ngoo/pili | A kind of lizard, gecko |
| Pukapuka | Pilipili | Introduced weed Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Pii/a | To be affected from a type of disease |
| Pukapuka | Poa | Bait ; fishing ground, shoal of fish . |
| Pukapuka | Poouwe | Creeping legume plant (Ipomoea grandiflora) |
| Pukapuka | Ponga | Deformed, misshapen (of fruit) |
| Pukapuka | Pongipongi | Dull, not shiny, dark (sky, colours) > Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Poke | Name of a taro pudding ; pudding of fruit or arrowroot mixed with coconut milk |
| Pukapuka | Poouli pookelekele | Pitch darkness Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Pookia | Grabbed |
| Pukapuka | Poko | Wrestling match to wrestle (incl. slapping arms) |
| Pukapuka | Poo/poko | Wrestling |
| Pukapuka | Pokoivi | Shoulder Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Pola | A coconut leaf plaited and used on houses |
| Pukapuka | Pole/pole | Always agreeable, submissive, easily preyed on |
| Pukapuka | Pone/pone | Butterfly Fish sp. (Chaetodon reticulatus) |
| Pukapuka | Pota | A kind of food: taro leaves cooked with grated coconut then beaten |
| Pukapuka | Puu | Base of tree or plant |
| Pukapuka | Puaki | Spit out, spew out, cough up spit out, burp |
| Pukapuka | Puungaawelewele | Cobweb Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Puka | (Ceodes [= Pisonia] umbellifera) (Bge); tree sp. (Pisonia grandis) |
| Pukapuka | Pukatea | Alternate name for Puka in old chant |
| Pukapuka | Puke/a | Be affected by disease |
| Pukapuka | Pu/puku | Small, rounded (of people) |
| Pukapuka | Pula | To spark ; to sparkle, shine |
| Pukapuka | Tau/pulapula | Spotted Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Puulou | Tree species, Hibiscus tiliaceus Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Pule/pule | Cowrie |
| Pukapuka | Puleva | Slimy brown slick on water (from coral) |
| Pukapuka | Pulotu | Beautiful ; beauty, handsome person |
| Pukapuka | Puumanava | Pit of stomach Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Puni | Fully occupied ; closed, shut |
| Pukapuka | Pu/puni | Close, shut, concealed |
| Pukapuka | Puunou | Stoop, bend down |
| Pukapuka | Pui | Blow, spit s.th. out of mouth cf. puyi |
| Pukapuka | Yaele | To walk ; yaaele (pl) |
| Pukapuka | Yawe | to conclude, reach the end |
| Pukapuka | Yakali | Modern name for mature coconut in niu papaku stage ; also in old chants Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Yaa/yaaki | Commence Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Pukapuka | Yalulu | Any kind of pain Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Wakatau/yani | Fondle, caress; lure, entice, attract |
| Pukapuka | Yapai | Carry or lift up ; lift, carry in hands |
| Pukapuka | Yala | Search for, go looking for something |
| Pukapuka | Yau/aaliki | Gentle (of breeze) |
| Pukapuka | Avayiki | Place name in chants; prob. Savai'i in Samoa Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Ye/yee | To be mistaken, confused, foolish, blank-minded ; err, go astray, be mistaken |
| Pukapuka | Tae/yii | Have diarrhoea |
| Pukapuka | Yiapo | Foreign product recorded in chants |
| Pukapuka | Yiku | Tail, e.g. of animal, fish; tip, extremity |
