Entries from Beaglehole 1991 in Pollex-Online
Beaglehole, E. P. (1991). Pukapukan Dictionary Manuscript. Auckland, Pukapuka Dictionary Project, Department of Anthropology, University of Auckland.
Language | Item | Description |
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Pukapuka | I/a | Personal article |
Pukapuka | Ae | Yes (prob. post-contact borrowing) |
Pukapuka | Awanga | Open space used as a meeting place |
Pukapuka | Awi | Fire |
Pukapuka | Wao | Cord, especially fishing line |
Pukapuka | Awu | Hot |
Pukapuka | Ao | Dawn; light |
Pukapuka | Au | Gall bladder |
Pukapuka | Au | Smoke, breath |
Pukapuka | Ai | Verbal directive particle |
Pukapuka | Aitu | Spirit, ghost |
Pukapuka | Aka | Root of a plant or tree |
Pukapuka | Aka | Kick, stamp |
Pukapuka | Ala | To awake |
Pukapuka | Aalai | That which wards off, protects or defends as barrier; reef, in the sense of the outside reef considered as warding off the sea and protecting the land; reef heads and barriers in the lagoon |
Pukapuka | Aalea/lea | Spacious |
Pukapuka | Alelo | Tongue |
Pukapuka | Aliki | Chief, head of a major paternal descent group |
Pukapuka | Alili | Periwinkle |
Pukapuka | Alo(alo) | To paddle |
Pukapuka | Waka/amu/ | Be envious; grumble because of envy |
Pukapuka | Ana | Mosquito net made of Pandanus matting Problematic |
Pukapuka | Y/aanini | Giddy Phonologically Irregular |
Pukapuka | Anu. Ano (Mta). | Cold, cool |
Pukapuka | Kaae mea e /ao/ ai | There is nothing to be done about it |
Pukapuka | Apiapi | Crowded, packed tight |
Pukapuka | Apo | Stand guard with a weapon |
Pukapuka | Aayeu | (Caranx melampygus) |
Pukapuka | Aayou | Large deep-sea shark with flabby skin Problematic |
Pukapuka | Ayo | Day |
Pukapuka | Ata | Shadow |
Pukapuka | Atamai kole | Stupid |
Pukapuka | Ate | Liver |
Pukapuka | Ati | Copulating place or group of people gathered together for cohabitation |
Pukapuka | Ato | Thatch |
Pukapuka | Atu | Bonito (Katsuwonus pelamis) |
Pukapuka | Atu | Line or row (of people or things) |
Pukapuka | Atua | God |
Pukapuka | Atule | A fish (Selar crumenophthalmus) |
Pukapuka | Au | First person singular pronoun (Focus) |
Pukapuka | Au | Ocean current |
Pukapuka | Aua | Mullet sp. (Mugil cephalus) |
Pukapuka | Auee | Alas |
Pukapuka | Aumai | Bring |
Pukapuka | Ava | A fish (Chanos chanos) |
Pukapuka | Ava/atu | To give, to tell, to announce |
Pukapuka | Elo(elo) | Putrid, stinking |
Pukapuka | Waka/ete/ngia | Draw back, retreat |
Pukapuka | Eva(eva) | Walk, wander |
Pukapuka | Waa/wuu | Feed at the breast |