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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pukapuka | Waka/naa/ | To desist from |
| Pukapuka | Nawa | Small, wooden gong |
| Pukapuka | Namu | To be odorous |
| Pukapuka | Namu | Mosquito |
| Pukapuka | Nau | (Lepidium bidentoides). Native Peppergrass (Lepidium bidentatum) (McC) |
| Pukapuka | Newu/newu | Dim, misty |
| Pukapuka | Nei | Here |
| Pukapuka | Nene | Semen |
| Pukapuka | Ni | Particle denoting a part of the whole, some, any |
| Pukapuka | Niwi | Go off track accidentally Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Niwi | Penis |
| Pukapuka | Nio | Tooth Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Niko | To return |
| Pukapuka | Taka/nimonimo | Giddiness |
| Pukapuka | Noa/noa | Tie together |
| Pukapuka | No/noa | Tie, lash |
| Pukapuka | Noo | Sit, stay, dwell Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Nou | Stonefish |
| Pukapuka | Nonu | (Morinda citrifolia) |
| Pukapuka | Nuanua | Rainbow |
| Pukapuka | Nui | Very large |
| Pukapuka | Nuku | Island; dwelling-place |
| Pukapuka | Numi | Roll over, crush, conceal |
| Pukapuka | Woo | Plural of wano, to go |
| Pukapuka | Oa | Washstrake of canoe |
| Pukapuka | Oyo | Lunch for journey or feast |
| Pukapuka | Ola | Flourish, live, life |
| Pukapuka | Ola | General name for coconut leaflet baskets |
| Pukapuka | Waka/oli | Dance, move in rhythm |
| Pukapuka | Wakaoli/oli | Sway from side to side; swoop back and forth (of a bird) |
| Pukapuka | Olo | Plantation place name, Te Olo a Valu Problematic |
| Pukapuka | One | Sand |
| Pukapuka | Ono | Six |
| Pukapuka | Wono | Barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) |
| Pukapuka | Ono/ono | Look at |
| Pukapuka | Ota | Eat raw |
| Pukapuka | Ota | Refuse after coconut cream is expressed |
| Pukapuka | Pae/pae | Platform of coral rubble on which house is built |
| Pukapuka | Pae | Float, drift |
| Pukapuka | Paka | Empty Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Paka/paka | Dry |
| Pukapuka | Pakayau | Bird's wing Phonologically Irregular |
| Pukapuka | Paka(paka)kina | Loud cracking sound (e.g. thunder, or a gun) Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Paki, paki/paki | Clap hands, strike; (metaphorically) copulate |
| Pukapuka | Papaku | Dry |
| Pukapuka | Paku | Dandruff; crust (e.g. on bread); sores on head |
| Pukapuka | Palelawa | Midrib of coconut leaf |
| Pukapuka | Paalapu | West-south-west wind. ["the wind that strikes and pounds"] |
| Pukapuka | Pale/pale | Setting (of sun) |
| Pukapuka | Waka/pale/tai | Canoe part, additional section of wood lashed to base of gunwale when gunwale not deep enough |
