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 | Apata | Sleeping hole of a fish; genitals of a woman. Submarine cave in reef (Sby). Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Taina | Sibling or classificatory sibling of same sex as speaker |
| Pukapuka | Taua | Name of a goddess (atua punupunu). Goddess of Pukapuka belonging to Loto village (Sby). |
| Pukapuka | Tau/tonu | Correct, right, agreed (of proposition or thing) |
| Pukapuka | Lolo/tonu | The middle |
| Pukapuka | Tuu tulivae | To kneel |
| Pukapuka | Tau/valo | To cry out, shout |
| Pukapuka | Nga/ngana | To answer (when spoken to). Utter, speak (Sby). |
| Pukapuka | Taatai | Small plank canoe with gunwales, bow and stern covers Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Pukapuka | Tai/tangata | Generation; birth class, group born in same year, a fellow member of the group |
| Pukapuka | Waka/oko | To fulfill, carry out (a desire, plan) |
| Pukapuka | Kooanga | Tree climbing bandage Phonologically Irregular |
| Pukapuka | Laalaa/ila | Small shark sp. |
| Pukapuka | Tawenga | Stone-walled fish weir |
| Pukapuka | Waka/ake(ake) | Ascend, climb; a hilly place |
| Pukapuka | Waka/ngaki | To long for, to persist in desire and hope for something or someone very difficult to achieve |
| Pukapuka | Kaakole | Emphatic negation, nothing at all, not at all Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Ee kole | No |
| Pukapuka | Mao- | Prefix used to indicate "further, more": maolunga 'shallow', maolalo 'deep', maoake 'east wind' |
| Pukapuka | Tuuta | To lash together (e.g. plank canoe with through and through lashing); house thatching section |
| Pukapuka | Tulutulu | Lower edge of roof sheets of house. Eaves (Mta). |
| Pukapuka | Pe(e) | Probably, perhaps, certainly |
| Pukapuka | Ili/ili | To swing, to fan |
| Pukapuka | Taute | To care for, to nurse |
| Pukapuka | Maluu | Gentle, quiet (person) |
| Pukapuka | Pi/pii | To come in (of the tide) |
| Pukapuka | Tauvalo | To cry out, shout |
| Pukapuka | Waka/ili | To throw onto, to load |
| Pukapuka | Kave pakipaki | Seaweed |
| Pukapuka | Pito | Just a moment ago, just now (pre-verbal) |
| Pukapuka | I | Preposition: at, on, in, along, at the time when |
| Pukapuka | I | Particle used to connect a verb with its object |
| Pukapuka | Totolo | Crawl, creep, slither, skim along the ground (of a thrown spear) |
| Pukapuka | Maaleka | Gentle, soothed |
| Pukapuka | Maa | The fish Hepatus fuliginosus [or Ctenochaetus striatus] |
| Pukapuka | Wakaangiangi | To cool oneself in a breeze |
| Pukapuka | Taa/wenu | To add new elements in plaiting |
| Pukapuka | Lau/enu | Element (plaiting) |
| Pukapuka | Taa/wenu | Plaiting element; ply of cordage |
| Pukapuka | Vaavaa | Spaced far apart |
| Pukapuka | Kumikumi | Whiskers, mustache |
| Pukapuka | Tolo/tolo | To crawl |
| Pukapuka | Kooua | Immature coconut |
| Pukapuka | Kau | Wooden fishhook... Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Puuniu | Enormous (of taro corms) |
| Pukapuka | Tautai | Single coconut hanging in a tree |
| Pukapuka | Vaayanga | Twins; the split sections of an object Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Alu | To go (infrequent) |
| Pukapuka | Laukava | A feast held at the command of the *aliki* |
| Pukapuka | Wakalau | To count Uncertain Semantic Connection |
