Entries from Peter Sharples in Pollex-Online

Personal Communication

Language Item Description
Sikaiana Kanohi Vulva
Sikaiana Kapi Something obscured from view
Sikaiana Kaapua Fish sp. Problematic
Sikaiana Kehu Very white
Tokelau Ki Preposition marking instrument
Sikaiana Koi/koi Shellfish sp.
Sikaiana Koki Be lame, limp
Sikaiana K/kona/ Corner
Sikaiana Koulua You (for two people)
Sikaiana Kumala Sweet Potato
Sikaiana Lape Fish sp.
Sikaiana Lapiti Seabird
Sikaiana Lele Fly, flow (as a river)
Sikaiana L/lemo To drown someone
Sikaiana Lika/lika Untamed, fierce Problematic
Sikaiana Liu Bilge
Sikaiana Lue To rock one's one body; quake
Sikaiana Luha/luha Type of lashing for a house
Sikaiana Ma And, with . With, from, than
Sikaiana Mahetua Sneeze
Sikaiana Mahuta Flee, run away and be scattered
Sikaiana Maki/unu Tuberculosis
Sikaiana Maluu Soft
Sikaiana Mania Shudder, set on edge
Sikaiana Mania Smooth, glassy feeling
Sikaiana Mannii Five-banded Surgeon-fish
Sikaiana Maaoni True, genuine
Sikaiana Mataliki Pleiades
Sikaiana Maatino Clear to see Problematic
Sikaiana Maatolu Thick
Sikaiana Mmini Wrinkle
Sikaiana Molokau Centipede
Sikaiana Muaai First Phonologically Irregular
Sikaiana Noa Unrestrictive; very weak
Sikaiana N/niu Big (plural)
Sikaiana Numi(numi) To wrap up
Sikaiana Paa Enclosure, fence
Sikaiana P/pala A sore
Sikaiana Palani A fish
Sikaiana Paapaa Very flat
Sikaiana Papu Scarlet-breasted Maori Wrasse
Sikaiana P/pau To read
Sikaiana Pela Dirty, decayed ; mud
Sikaiana Pese Sing
Sikaiana Pipi Shellfish sp.
Sikaiana Pookai To coil, wrap up
Sikaiana Popo Rotten
Sikaiana Pusi Eel
Sikaiana Pusilokiloki Eel sp.
Sikaiana Sapa Overlap