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/yopu Jump out of a canoe at sea
Pukapuka Maa/yuu Wet, moist
Pukapuka Tae/yuu To be flatulent
Pukapuka Yua Water, liquid
Pukapuka Yuaki Open out, expose; remove covering of leaves from a canoe Problematic
Pukapuka Yui Replace, substitute; follow; yii yui find revenge
Pukapuka Yu/yui To change, substitute for
Pukapuka (Yu)yuke To open, expose.
Pukapuka Yuki/yuki Pry out, pick out, push out; sharp pointed stick used to poke in rock crevices when groping for fish
Pukapuka Yula/a Expose, uncover. Prominent (Sby). Borrowed
Pukapuka Yuli A small branch, a sapling, shoots
Pukapuka Yume Clasp something between thighs; put on (as a loincloth); a sanitary pad
Pukapuka Yuuvale To spit; spittle, saliva Borrowed
Pukapuka Taa Strike
Pukapuka Taa Cut, cut out
Pukapuka Tae Net fish in air, make an overhead swoop with net
Pukapuka Tawa Edge, side
Pukapuka Tawanga Apart, separate; space between two places Uncertain Semantic Connection
Pukapuka Tawa/a/tai Seaside
Pukapuka Tawe Flow, run
Pukapuka Tawi To insult, swear at, curse; insult, oath Problematic
Pukapuka Tawito Old. Problematic
Pukapuka Tawolaa Whale
Pukapuka Tanga Common, not tapu
Pukapuka Tangaloa Descriptive of a class of gods
Pukapuka Tangata Person
Pukapuka Tangi Cry. complain
Pukapuka Tango Take hold, grasp
Pukapuka Tai Sea, beach, tide
Pukapuka Taina (pl. taaiina) Younger sibling of the same sex
Pukapuka Taeyao Early morning, tomorrow
Pukapuka Tayiki The dark inner wood of a tree
Pukapuka Taiko Dusky Shearwater (Puffinus obscurus)
Pukapuka Taka Unmarried, widowed
Pukapuka Taka/taka/i Shoal of fish Problematic
Pukapuka Takaa Snood (fishing) (Bge
Pukapuka Taakanga Chum, pal; two friends of same sex
Pukapuka Takapau Coconut leaf wall sheet
Pukapuka Takavili Twist, turn about
Pukapuka Take/e To pierce open the eye of a drinking nut, crack off top shell of drinking nut
Pukapuka Takele Old, ancient (of people, things, time) Uncertain Semantic Connection
Pukapuka Taki Lead, guide
Pukapuka Taki Distributive particle with numerals
Pukapuka Taakili To swing
Pukapuka Takoto Remain, be left over, be established
Pukapuka Taku(taku) Pray, worship, invoke in prayer
Pukapuka Taku Possessive pronoun, my
Pukapuka Takuu Cutting implement made from backbone of turtle
Pukapuka Tala Speak, say, relate
Pukapuka Tala (Sterna lunata)