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 Tonu Verbal suffix; correctly Problematic
Pukapuka Topa Subside (of wind, waves) Problematic
Pukapuka Tope(tope) To cut off, pull out, pluck. To cut away the taro corm from its shoot (Mta). Problematic
Pukapuka Toto Blood
Pukapuka Tuu Stand, arise
Pukapuka Tuu Strip of lauilu fibre used to hold pads of confined women in position
Pukapuka Tua Back
Pukapuka Tuawawine Sister of a male
Pukapuka Tuataane Brother of a woman speaker Problematic
Pukapuka Tuai Coconut grater
Pukapuka Tuaki Remove entrails of fish or animal
Pukapuka Tuaakoi Boundary of a village
Pukapuka Tuwunga Expert
Pukapuka Tui Netting needle
Pukapuka Tukelima Elbow
Pukapuka Tukemata Eyebrow
Pukapuka Tuki(tuki) Pound, beat
Pukapuka Tukipoo A cry warning of an approaching attack
Pukapuka Tuku Put, set
Pukapuka Tuulaalupe The planet Jupiter when visible to the west in the evening
Pukapuka Tuluki To guard
Pukapuka Tuluma Container for small valuables
Pukapuka Tuluma Grave
Pukapuka Tuumaa Or more
Pukapuka Tuma Blunt, dull; slow (of canoe)
Pukapuka Tumu Trunk of tree
Pukapuka Timutimu Tip, top, uppermost part
Pukapuka Tuna Striped lagoon eel
Pukapuka Tuna wenua Fresh-water eel
Pukapuka Tunu Grill on hot stones or embers; cook by boiling (modern)
Pukapuka Tupa A kind of crab
Pukapuka Tupe A shell disc; game of disc pitching; to pitch a disc
Pukapuka Tupu Grow, develop
Pukapuka Tupuna Ancestor, grandparent, classificatory grandparent
Pukapuka Tuutae Faeces, excrement
Pukapuka Tutu To build a fire
Pukapuka -u Second person singular (Possessive)
Pukapuka Uwi Taro or pulaka bed
Pukapuka U(w)i Taro or pulaka bed
Pukapuka Wuu General name for Parrot Fish
Pukapuka Unga To order, send
Pukapuka Unga Hermit crab
Pukapuka Unakoa, unukoa Univalve shell, a mollusc which lives in a tunnel in the coral Phonologically Irregular
Pukapuka Ua Rain
Pukapuka Ula Crayfish
Pukapuka Lawi Parrotfish sp. (Scarus harid?). Pacific Longnosed Parrotfish (Hipposcarus longiceps) (McC).
Pukapuka Ule Penis
Pukapuka Wuli To steer Phonologically Irregular
Pukapuka Uli Black
Pukapuka Yulu South-south-west wind. Problematic