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 Tuku Let be; permit; hand to; leave until, wait
Rarotongan Tuku Release
Pukapuka Vene Delicious, sweet Borrowed
Pukapuka Pulu tau/tape Menstrual pad
Pukapuka Kamai (Elegatis bipinnulatus)
Pukapuka Poo The Underworld; burial ground...
Pukapuka To/ki To erect
Pukapuka Tua a mata Temple bones
Pukapuka Yiki To remove
Pukapuka Ngaaipu Split coconut shell from which flesh has been removed
Pukapuka Tae Gather, collect
Pukapuka Ta/tapi To suffer from diarrhoea Problematic
Pukapuka Taa/pii Splash, sprinkle
Pukapuka E Particle used before numbers and numerical compounds meaning how man of the people or things in question
Pukapuka To/toi Drag, pull; jerk (as on line in fishing); crawl along
Pukapuka Tuuleki Push over or down
Pukapuka Tiigaa To hurt, to ache; pain, ache.
Pukapuka Puku/puku Round
Pukapuka Taapena(pena) To prepare, get ready
Pukapuka Tumu To adze out Uncertain Semantic Connection
Pukapuka Taka Division of the village guard (pule) assigned to one watch-house. Small work group (Sby).
Pukapuka Kapa To clap hands in beating time
Pukapuka Kapa Corner
Pukapuka Kapakapa Fin (fish), wing (bird), claw (turtle), arm (of a baby)