Entries from Shibata 2003 in Pollex-Online
Shibata, N. (2003). Penrhyn-English Dictionary. Kyoto, ELPR.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Penrhyn | Miti/ore | Fermented coconut sauce |
| Penrhyn | Moo | For |
| Penrhyn | Moa | Fowl. hen |
| Penrhyn | Moamoa | Boxfish Ostracio spp.) |
| Penrhyn | Moana | Ocean; blue |
| Penrhyn | Moemoeaa | Dream, longing |
| Penrhyn | Monga | Nostril, wing of nose Problematic |
| Penrhyn | Moe | Sleep |
| Penrhyn | Moenga | Mat, sleeping mat |
| Penrhyn | Mokoraa | Duck |
| Penrhyn | More/more | Smooth, undecorated, bald |
| Penrhyn | Morii | Lamp |
| Penrhyn | Haka/mori/ | Worship act of worship |
| Penrhyn | Moomona | Fat part of fish; delicious |
| Penrhyn | Moo/mono | Plug (n) |
| Penrhyn | Mono | Replace, relieve, represent |
| Penrhyn | Moo/te/tea | Pale |
| Penrhyn | Moto | Fight, box, punch |
| Penrhyn | Mootoro | To meet a girlfriend at night in her sleeping room |
| Penrhyn | Motu | Be severed, snap; be cut, wounded |
| Penrhyn | Motu (henua) | Islet |
| Penrhyn | Muu | Snapper sp |
| Penrhyn | Muu/muu | Not sharp, blunt (of husking stick, scissors, knives, etc) |
| Penrhyn | Mua | Front, before |
| Penrhyn | (Niimata) muko/muko | Maturation stage of coconut fruit (still has edible husk, no flesh inside) |
| Penrhyn | Mura | To flame up |
| Penrhyn | Muurare | Dumb |
| Penrhyn | Muri | Rear, back, behind |
| Penrhyn | Muru/muru | Singe (of food animals) |
| Penrhyn | Muna | Secret (n) |
| Penrhyn | Musi/musi | Whisper, murmur Problematic |
| Penrhyn | Mutu | To end, cease; end (n). Blunt-ended (Bck). |
| Penrhyn | Koo/mutu/mutu | Humbug dascyllus Dascylluaruanu) |
| Penrhyn | Na | Particle marking nearness to the second person (hearer, addressee). The particle lengthens the final vowel of the preceding word. |
| Penrhyn | Naa | Possessive particle |
| Penrhyn | -na | 3rd person singular possession marker |
| Penrhyn | Namu | Mosquito |
| Penrhyn | Nana | Erect (penis) |
| Penrhyn | Naanaa | Wild (animal) |
| Penrhyn | Nane | To knead |
| Penrhyn | Nanea | Sufficient |
| Penrhyn | Noo | Open tridacna shells, separate flesh from shell; shell opener, a pointed stick made from ngangie wood |
| Penrhyn | Noo/noo | To grope a fish, put a hand into a hole in a rock to search for a fish |
| Penrhyn | Nao/nao | Small fly, gnat, etc. |
| Penrhyn | Noonoo | Small fly-like insect of any kind such as sand-fly, fruit-fly, midge and so on |
| Penrhyn | Nati | Draw tight; to bind (Rarotongan word) Borrowed |
| Penrhyn | Natu(natu) | Mix, knead |
| Penrhyn | Nau/nau | Parasitic vine sp. that looks like entangled fishing net (Cassytha filiformis). (Lepidium bidentatum) (McC). |
| Penrhyn | Nee | Please! |
| Penrhyn | Nehu | Muddy (water) |
