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 | 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 |
| Pukapuka | Pali | Mons Veneris |
| Pukapuka | Palu | Oilfish (Ruvettus pretiosus) and other spp |
| Pukapuka | Pane | Snout of shark, back of a fish's head |
| Pukapuka | Pane | Glans of penis |
| Pukapuka | Paanoko/noko | Adjective describing any large man-eating fish |
| Pukapuka | Pao/pao | Pound, tap smartly with a mallet |
| Pukapuka | Papa/naki | Driftwood, boards off foreign vessels |
| Pukapuka | Papa | A fish (Variola louti) |
| Pukapuka | Papaatua | Lower back |
| Pukapuka | Waka/pape/ | (With reference to the sex act) raise the woman's buttocks Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Payu | Single-ended drum |
| Pukapuka | Paayua | Tridacna |
| Pukapuka | Pata/pata | Big in size; wide (of plaiting element) |
| Pukapuka | Paatee | Gong |
| Pukapuka | Pati | Ooze, spatter |
| Pukapuka | Patu | Strike, kill |
| Pukapuka | Paatuki | (Cirrhites pinnulatus) |
| Pukapuka | Pe | Or, whether |
| Pukapuka | Peau | A rough sea |
| Pukapuka | Waka/peka | Used in term, yimu wakapeka "lashing using circumferential turns" |
| Pukapuka | Pele/ua | Variety of taro Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Pelu | To gird on |
| Pukapuka | Pena/pena | Get ready, prepare |
| Pukapuka | Penu/penu | Paraphernalia, objects, possessions |
| Pukapuka | Pepe | Dragonfly |
| Pukapuka | Peva | The edge of an object; name of a fish (Carangoides gilberti) Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Piingoi | Tongs Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Pi/piki/ | Stick; close together |
| Pukapuka | Pilipili weke | A kind of octopus |
| Pukapuka | Pipi | Generic names for clams |
| Pukapuka | Pito | Navel |
| Pukapuka | Lau/pooue/ | (Ipomoea micrantha) |
| Pukapuka | Pookelekele | Black with rage, furious ; to do something vigorously: eg. extremely fast drumming; Borrowed |
| Pukapuka | Poki | Smear with oil; bury food for preservation |
| Pukapuka | Poko/poko | Grip opponents hands then slap own buttocks (opening movement in wrestling) |
| Pukapuka | Poli | Offspring, all one's children Borrowed |
| Pukapuka | Poli/poli | A bilateral kin or kin group Borrowed |
| Pukapuka | Polo | A plant (Hedyotis romanzoffiensis) |
| Pukapuka | Polo/puka | Plant sp. (Solanum viride) |
| Pukapuka | Poloaki | Love message, plot or scheme for a meeting of lovers |
| Pukapuka | Pona/ponaavae | Ankle |
| Pukapuka | Popo/popo | Freckles Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Potu | Stone seat of priests in a god house; a simple shrine |
| Pukapuka | Puu | Conch shell blown as trumpet |
| Pukapuka | Puu | Hole, entrance, gate |
| Pukapuka | Puaka | Pig |
| Pukapuka | Puapua | (Guettarda speciosa) |
| Pukapuka | Punga | Coral lime, rock |
