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 | Ati | Copulating place or group of people gathered together for cohabitation Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Pukapuka | Wakaete | To get out of the way to make room |
| Pukapuka | Wakaete/ngia | To draw back, retreat |
| Pukapuka | Wina/ko | Cheeky, brazen [in making advances towards opposite sex (Sby)] Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Wuai-vaka | Coffin. Dead body in canoe section for burial (Sby). Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Le/io | To spring down, jump down; (of fish) to rush into shore (after a thunderstorm). Climb down, descend, come from the east (Sby). |
| Pukapuka | Paalawa/lawa | Splayed, rent in two. Of the broad splayed tail of the right whale (Sby). |
| Pukapuka | Lau | One hundred |
| Pukapuka | Lau | An army |
| Pukapuka | Laulau | Food platter of coconut leaf |
| Pukapuka | Lemo/yi | Delicious, good tasting Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Pukapuka | Lewa | Dead Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Looto/a | Deeply in love |
| Pukapuka | Mou | Often, over and over again. Pre-verbal particle of frequency (with verbs of motion) (Sby). Phonologically Irregular |
| Pukapuka | Mii/kia | Smack the lips in admiration |
| Pukapuka | Na/naa | To hide |
| Pukapuka | O | Of |
| Pukapuka | Waka/oli/oli | To feint (with a weapon) |
| Pukapuka | Pana/pana te uaua | Slow pulse |
| Pukapuka | Pi/pii | Sprinkle, drip, come in (of tide). Spurt, gush out (Sby). |
| Pukapuka | Po/poa | Food Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Pukapuka | Polapola | Coconut leaf mat or platter. Flat coconut-leaf platter braided from one end and knotted (Sby). |
| Pukapuka | Yue | The balloon fish, Tetrodon [Arothron] meleagris. Globefish (Arothron and Canthigaster spp.) (Sby). |
| Pukapuka | Taka | Division of the village guard (pule) assigned to one watch-house. Small work group (Sby). |
| Pukapuka | Tama taane | Son |
| Pukapuka | Tike | To stay still, to lie (of things). Sit for a while waiting (Sby). |
| Pukapuka | To/ki | To plant; to dig up soil (for taro planting) |
| Pukapuka | Tuukau | Butt holder of bonito pole |
| Pukapuka | Tuke/nio | Gum of mouth |
| Pukapuka | Tupu | Face, features. Image, likeness (Sby). |
| Pukapuka | Takavili/vili | To spin (as a top) |
| Pukapuka | Ve/vele | To clear away brush |
| Pukapuka | Anga/anga | To work, to do; activity, occupation Borrowed |
| Pukapuka | Alonga a lima | Palm of hand Phonologically Irregular |
| Pukapuka | Aloga a vae | Sole of foot Phonologically Irregular |
| Pukapuka | Alo/nga a wuu | Portion of body below breast |
| Pukapuka | Wakaali(ali) | To gesture |
| Pukapuka | Wo/wou | To repair, renew; to build (house or canoe) Phonologically Irregular |
| Pukapuka | Tau/mako/mako | Plant sp., Achyranthes velutina. Polynesian Chaff-flower (Sby). |
| Pukapuka | Tikitiki | Attendant god or spirit |
| Pukapuka | Vi(li)vili | Tremble, shiver |
| Pukapuka | Waka/vili/ate | To startle |
| Pukapuka | Waka/vi/vili | To have mind set on something or someone; to attract or fascinate (one of the opposite sex) |
| Pukapuka | Ngawa mangamanga a lima | Span of hand from thumb to longest finger (measurement of length) |
| Pukapuka | Waka/lea/lea | A high-pitched call to a god following the lupe and followed next by wakatatoo, rapid movements |
| Pukapuka | Lepa | To pile up Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Pukapuka | Te lua loa | Southern half of the sun's ecliptic |
| Pukapuka | Luku/luku | To scoop up; to sweep in shells in sixth figure in game of jackstones |
| Pukapuka | Watu mauli ola | Commemorative stones where people prayed to dead ancestors accidentally killed (Ethnology) |
| Pukapuka | Muli/muli | Tail, hind end, hind quarter; base of [coconut] (opposite end from eyes); blunt end of object. Buttocks (Sby). |
