Entries from Shibata 2003 in Pollex-Online
Shibata, N. (2003). Penrhyn-English Dictionary. Kyoto, ELPR.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Penrhyn | Pooreho | Cowry shell spp. |
| Penrhyn | Pona | Node, joint; dress, one-piece dress-shirt |
| Penrhyn | Popo | Decayed |
| Penrhyn | Poopoo-hia | To knead |
| Penrhyn | Poopoo | Boiled dumpling; young breadfruit; young fruit, fruit bud |
| Penrhyn | Poso | Kind of large bluish green parrotfish Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Penrhyn | Pootaka | Round, spherical |
| Penrhyn | Poti/poti | Cockroach |
| Penrhyn | Pootiki | Last born child (us. son); one's dear poor little child; weakest one in litter of piglets |
| Penrhyn | Poto | Short |
| Penrhyn | Pou | Post |
| Penrhyn | Poo | Dig holes for pillars, construct a building Problematic |
| Penrhyn | Pooiri | Dark, moonless |
| Penrhyn | Pooito | Plastic float |
| Penrhyn | Puu | Trumpet; Triton shell, trumpet shell |
| Penrhyn | Puu | Principal part of something; tree, stem of tree; master, employer; handle; upright part of hat; hat-block; butt end of pandanus leaf |
| Penrhyn | Puu raakau | Tree |
| Penrhyn | Pua | To bloom |
| Penrhyn | Puaka | Pig |
| Penrhyn | Puuehu | Dust; broken in pieces |
| Penrhyn | Punga | Coral; young soft coral; porite corals (Porites spp.); coral lime |
| Penrhyn | Pungaa verevere | Cobweb |
| Penrhyn | Pui/pui | Conceal, cover, plug; close (doorway) |
| Penrhyn | Puka ama | Sea hearse, Chinese Lantern Tree (Hernandia nymphaefolia) |
| Penrhyn | Puke | Mound, heap; heap up |
| Penrhyn | Puke | Gather |
| Penrhyn | Puku | Swelling, tumour; swell, become swollen |
| Penrhyn | Puku/puku | Muscles |
| Penrhyn | Pura | Luminescence, flash; to be flashed |
| Penrhyn | Pura/pura | Twinkle; glow with an unsteady light |
| Penrhyn | Aa/pura | Rise (of the new moon) |
| Penrhyn | Puraka | Wild taro, swamp taro (Cyrtosperma chamissonis) |
| Penrhyn | Purapura | Young coconut tree stage... |
| Penrhyn | Puurau | Hibiscus tiliaceus |
| Penrhyn | Pure | Pray |
| Penrhyn | Puuroku | To cover a person with the gifts, give a gift to; bride's veil; gift-giving feast for a leaving person; farewell meeting |
| Penrhyn | Puru | Coconut husk fibre |
| Penrhyn | Puru/puru | Ten (in a traditional coconut counting system) |
| Penrhyn | Puru/sia | To be welcome |
| Penrhyn | Puna | Small water pool on a rock |
| Penrhyn | Saa/puna | Pool, spurt forth, well up |
| Penrhyn | Pinia | Young animal Problematic |
| Penrhyn | Punua | Young animal (from Rarotongan) Problematic |
| Penrhyn | Puupuu | Rinse the mouth |
| Penrhyn | Puupuu | Shell used in making necklaces; land snails in general |
| Penrhyn | Pua | Soap, to wash Borrowed |
| Penrhyn | Pu/pusi | Blow, exhale; splash, spray; smoke; blowpipe |
| Penrhyn | Pusi(pusi) | To smoke |
| Penrhyn | Pu/puhi | Shoot, gun Problematic |
| Penrhyn | Pusi | Moray eel; roundworm |
