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 | Kai | Point or score in a game |
| Pukapuka | Kei | I don't know (expression of uncertainty) Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Kaainga | Sibling of opposite sex; paternal lineage |
| Pukapuka | Keinanga | A maternal sub-lineage in a grouping of maternal lineages |
| Pukapuka | Kaipea | A kind of crab. (Cardisoma rotundum) (Sby). |
| Pukapuka | Kaka | Fibrous stipule surrounding base of coconut leaf as it grows from trunk |
| Pukapuka | Kaakau | Clothes Borrowed |
| Pukapuka | Kakala | Sweet smelling |
| Pukapuka | Kakano | Clitoris female genitals |
| Pukapuka | Kakau | Swim |
| Pukapuka | Kake | To climb |
| Pukapuka | Kakii | Windpipe |
| Pukapuka | Kala | Imported volcanic stone |
| Pukapuka | Kala/kalalaa | Crackling noise like fire |
| Pukapuka | Kalami | White crab Borrowed |
| Pukapuka | Kalapa | To flash Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Kalava | Fibres from coconut frond midrib membrane |
| Pukapuka | Kalele | A messenger; undertow of the sea |
| Pukapuka | Kaaleva | Long-tailed Cuckoo (Urodynamis taitensis) |
| Pukapuka | Kalokalo/awi | Sparks of fire Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Kalo/kalo awi | Sparks of fire |
| Pukapuka | Ka(a)mata | To begin |
| Pukapuka | Kamu | To thrust; throw overhand Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Kamu | A univalve shell. Very sharp splinter of coral (Sby). |
| Pukapuka | Ka(a)napa(napa) | Shine, flash |
| Pukapuka | Kano | Lovely, pretty Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Pukapuka | Kano/kano | Anus Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Ka(a)noni | Mixed, joined (of plaiting elements) |
| Pukapuka | Kape | Dry land taro |
| Pukapuka | Kapoa | Snake mackerel (Promethichthys prometheus) |
| Pukapuka | Kapu | Surrounding, encircling |
| Pukapuka | Kaapua/ao | Cloud Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Kaya/a | To fail, get nothing |
| Pukapuka | Ivi kayokayo | Rib; spinous process in vertebrae |
| Pukapuka | Kata | A small reef and shallows fish (a Serranus) |
| Pukapuka | Koto | Pick, pluck (of flowers, leaves) |
| Pukapuka | Taa/katoa | All, every altogether |
| Pukapuka | Kaatoa | All; number ten Borrowed |
| Pukapuka | Kau/aa | Stalk or petiole of plant |
| Pukapuka | Kau | To join in, become a member of |
| Pukapuka | Kauvae | Chin |
| Pukapuka | Kaungutu | Bow of canoe [in chants] |
| Pukapuka | Kaui/nga | Commencement in plaiting |
| Pukapuka | Kaunati | Rubbing stick in making fire with fire-plough Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Kaupapa | A block of coral conglomerate |
| Pukapuka | Kava | Pubic hair |
| Pukapuka | Kave | Take, remove, carry, give |
| Pukapuka | Kavenga | Load, burden |
| Pukapuka | Keletuu | Hard, strong (of an object) |
| Pukapuka | Kemo/kemo | Blink (eyes); flicker (flame) |
