Entries from Salisbury in Pollex-Online
Personal Communication
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pukapuka | Yimu | Bluelined Triggerfish (Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus) Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Yina | Name of woman in stories and chants |
| Pukapuka | Yiva | A type of chant, usually associated with the underworld |
| Pukapuka | Ivi | Ridge of sand or gravel Phonologically Irregular |
| Pukapuka | Yoo/yoo | Move (used with directional mai, atu) |
| Pukapuka | (Yo)yongo | Smell of urine |
| Pukapuka | Yopu | Descend, swoop down (e.g. of wind); get off a canoe |
| Pukapuka | Yooyaa | Weary, bothered |
| Pukapuka | Yua | Start a chant |
| Pukapuka | Yuki | Pierce, stab |
| Pukapuka | Yulu | Finishing off plaiting-edge by use of a "needle"; to place in, fasten in ; insert |
| Pukapuka | Yuyulu | Shine ; illuminate, as light of the moon |
| Pukapuka | Umu/lenga | Orangelined Triggerfish (Balistapus undulatus) Phonologically Irregular |
| Pukapuka | Taa/tatau | Sp. of butterflyfish with four spots Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Taaea | Paddletail snapper (Lutjanus gibbus) |
| Pukapuka | Tawauli | Large size of black trevally (Caranx lugubris) |
| Pukapuka | Tawiti | Tahiti. |
| Pukapuka | -tanga | As in monotanga: island-wide feast; nootanga: group of people; wonotanga: ankle, joint |
| Pukapuka | Tangau | A red snapper fish ; yellow-margined Sea Perch (Lutjanus fulvus) |
| Pukapuka | Tai uli | Dark wood (esp. of Cordia subcordata) |
| Pukapuka | Taayao | Morning (modern form) |
| Pukapuka | Taenawa | Heavy Phonologically Irregular |
| Pukapuka | Taitea | Soft wood of Cordia subcordata and Guettarda speciosus |
| Pukapuka | Taaiva | Onespot Snapper (Lutjanus monostigma) |
| Pukapuka | Taka | Apart, separated |
| Pukapuka | Taaki | Pull out or up, hoist |
| Pukapuka | Tala/wue | Sterna sp. poss. Crested tern, Sterna bergii |
| Pukapuka | Kiikii | Holocentridae spp. Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Kiikii wuutalaloa | Soldierfish spp. Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Tamaki | Fight |
| Pukapuka | Taamule | Orange-finned Emperor (Lethrinus erythracanthus) Borrowed |
| Pukapuka | Tana | His, her a-class possession |
| Pukapuka | Tapayi/a | Break, split (archaic) |
| Pukapuka | Taa/tatau | Sp. of butterflyfish with four spots Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Ta/tau | Count |
| Pukapuka | Taua | A fight |
| Pukapuka | Taua | That one understood --- only in a few ancient chants, late 18th C. Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Taupoo | A kind of boil (prob. Rar. borrowing) |
| Pukapuka | Tautai | Fishing expert |
| Pukapuka | Tavai | Foreign tree sp. in chants |
| Pukapuka | Tavake toto | Red-tailed Tropicbird |
| Pukapuka | Teeia | This (in chants); limited to phrase "teeia wawine" |
| Pukapuka | Ta/teka | Roll |
| Pukapuka | Teenei | This |
| Pukapuka | Waka/teni/teni | Praise [prob. post-contact borrowing from RAR] Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Tiaki/na | Wait for, guard Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Tiitii taeyinu | Ornate butterflyfish (Chaetodon ornatissimus) Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Tuu/tiketike | Stand on tiptoe |
| Pukapuka | Tinilau | Male associated with Yina in stories |
| Pukapuka | Tiipuu | Cut, chop with an adze (old word) Problematic |
