Entries from Kauraka 1982,1983 in Pollex-Online
Kauraka, Kauraka (1982). Tales of Manihiki. (1983). Legends from the Atolls. Suva: University of the South Pacific.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Matua vahine | Mother |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Maatua (tangata) | Father |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Mau | Hold (in hand); catch |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Maaunga | Mountain |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Mauri | A ghost; spirit |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Me | When (relative) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Mea | Thing |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Mei | From, after |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Moana | Open sea, ocean |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Moe | To sleep |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Moenga | Sleeping mat |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Moko | Lizard |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Mole/mole | Smooth Phonologically Irregular |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Momoo | Far Phonologically Irregular |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Moto | To fight |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Motoro | To secretly enter a house in order to sleep with a woman |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Motu | Islet |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Mua | Before; first |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Mura | Burn (vi) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Muri | Back, behind |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Namu | Mosquito |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Nei | This (N___) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Neke/neke | Move along |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Niho | Tooth. Teeth (Sve). |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Nikau | Coconut leaf |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | No | The act of collecting clam shells Phonologically Irregular |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | No | Possessive: belonging to |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Noho | To sit, live; marry |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Ngaa/iro | Maggots |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Ngaakau | Guts |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Ngangie | A kind of ironwood (Pemphis acidula) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Ngari | Result; continue? Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Ngaro | Lost |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Ngaru | Wave |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Ngote | To suck |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Ohire | Village |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Ooi | Hey! |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | One | Sand |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Oni/oni | Have sexual intercourse |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Ono | Six |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Ora | To be alive |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Oti | Finished |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Pae | To float |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Paehau | Wing Phonologically Irregular |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Paahata | Platform, loft (of house). A staging (Sve). |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Pahu | Drum |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Pahua | Clam (Tridacna) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Paka/paka | Be burned |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Pakee | Sound, noise |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Paraku | To scratch |
