Entries from Shibata 2003 in Pollex-Online
Shibata, N. (2003). Penrhyn-English Dictionary. Kyoto, ELPR.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Penrhyn | Nei | Particle marking nearness to the first person or speaker |
| Penrhyn | Neke(neke) | Crawl, move; get out of the way, stay aside, step aside |
| Penrhyn | Neeneva | Silly, stupid, idiot, fool |
| Penrhyn | Niho | Tooth |
| Penrhyn | Niikau | Coconut frond; palm sp |
| Penrhyn | Nini | Whirl of hair on the head Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Penrhyn | Niu (nii- with modifiers) | Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) |
| Penrhyn | Noo | Prep. marking realized subordinate possession: of, from |
| Penrhyn | Noa | Free from tapu |
| Penrhyn | Noho | Sit; stay, live; marry, stay with |
| Penrhyn | Nohu | Stonefish; reef stonefish, poison scorpionfish (Synaceia verrucosa and other species) |
| Penrhyn | Nono | Small night bug |
| Penrhyn | Nuku | Group, gang of people; war party; kind of theatrical performance |
| Penrhyn | Numi/numi | Fold |
| Penrhyn | Oou | Yeah! (the reply when one’s name is called); present! (this may be a reply when the roll is called at school) |
| Penrhyn | Oi | To move, start one's voyage; make room, move aside |
| Penrhyn | Oi | To mix, blend |
| Penrhyn | Oohire | Village |
| Penrhyn | Oko | Gather, pick up, collect |
| Penrhyn | Ora | To live, be alive, active; to be recovered from a disease, cured of disease; to escape. Be satisfied (Bck). |
| Penrhyn | Oma | Sponge (synthetic); styrofoam float |
| Penrhyn | Oomaki | Dish, side dish |
| Penrhyn | Omo | To smoke |
| Penrhyn | One | Sand; soil; to cover with sand/soil, bury |
| Penrhyn | Ono | Six |
| Penrhyn | Ono | Great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) |
| Penrhyn | Ota | Raw |
| Penrhyn | Ota | Residue; grated matured coconut flesh (after the milk being expressed) |
| Penrhyn | Oti | To finish, finished |
| Penrhyn | Paa | Row, line; door; enclosure |
| Penrhyn | Paa | Large round basin/bowl |
| Penrhyn | Paa | Papa! Father! Grandpa! |
| Penrhyn | Paa/paa | Father, uncle; grandfather, granduncle |
| Penrhyn | Pae vai | Eaves plate |
| Penrhyn | Pae | Part, side |
| Penrhyn | Pae | Drift, float |
| Penrhyn | Paha | Probably, perhaps, maybe |
| Penrhyn | Paahata | Scaffold; sedan; shelf |
| Penrhyn | Pange | To prop; piece of wood used to prop up/support something |
| Penrhyn | Paka/paka | Crusted; burnt, scorched, scalded |
| Penrhyn | Paka/paka | Dandruff, crust, cast-off skin/shell, shell, scab, layer |
| Penrhyn | Pakari | Matured, hard, old |
| Penrhyn | Pa/paki | Push Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Penrhyn | Paki/paki | Push, slap |
| Penrhyn | Pakia | Wounded, scratched, bruised; wound, scratch, abrasion, bruise |
| Penrhyn | Paakoti | Scissors, clipper, mower |
| Penrhyn | Paku | Dandruff |
| Penrhyn | Para | Ripe; cooked; over-ripe; inner fleshy part of pandanus fruit. Food prepared from pandanus fruit (Bck). |
| Penrhyn | Para | Dirt, dirty; left-over remnant, dregs, refuse; small bit |
| Penrhyn | Para/i | Trowel |
