Entries from Shibata 2003 in Pollex-Online
Shibata, N. (2003). Penrhyn-English Dictionary. Kyoto, ELPR.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Penrhyn | Kaainga | Home, planted land of a family |
| Penrhyn | Kaiaa | Steal |
| Penrhyn | Kaka | Mesh-like brown substance on coconut tree, stipule of coconut frond |
| Penrhyn | Kakaa | Shine brightly |
| Penrhyn | Kaakaa/ia | White tern (Gygis alba) |
| Penrhyn | Kakara | Fragrant |
| Penrhyn | Kara/sia | Sweet, tasty |
| Penrhyn | Kakau | Float (n) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Penrhyn | Kake-a | Climb, ride, rise; coitus |
| Penrhyn | Kakii | Throat, neck |
| Penrhyn | Kara(a)/ea | Old harder coral, forming flat slab layers; upright limestone slab forming a part of marae |
| Penrhyn | Karanga | Shout; inform, tell |
| Penrhyn | Kaare | No, nothing, zero; no! [loan from Rarotongan] Borrowed |
| Penrhyn | Karere | Messenger, herald |
| Penrhyn | Karo | Leave, argue; leave, dismiss, sack, fire |
| Penrhyn | Kama/kama | Talkative |
| Penrhyn | Kamo | Wink; agree |
| Penrhyn | Kana | Grate; stool-type coconut grater; kind of coral. Vegetable substance growing in flat rounded masses on the coral heads in the lagoon…used like sandpaper (Bck). |
| Penrhyn | Kanae | Mullet |
| Penrhyn | Kaapu | Brown booby (Sula leucogaster) |
| Penrhyn | Kanohi | Eye |
| Penrhyn | Koo | Bud |
| Penrhyn | Kookoo | Side |
| Penrhyn | Kapa | Dance |
| Penrhyn | Kapakapa | Flap wings |
| Penrhyn | Kape | Giant taro |
| Penrhyn | Kape | Flick aside (e.g. a pawpaw with a stick, in order to harvest) |
| Penrhyn | Kapi/kapi | Kind of shellfish growing on pearl shells; kind of shellfish, shells thick, hard to remove from rock; oyster sp., Spondylus varius |
| Penrhyn | Kapo | Catch (something thrown such as ball), grasp |
| Penrhyn | Kapu | Cup |
| Penrhyn | Aapua | Handle of harpoon Problematic |
| Penrhyn | Kasi | (Asaphis violacea) ; k.clam, Pacific asaphis (Asaphis violacens); small shellfish of various kinds; shell scraper, hand grater |
| Penrhyn | Ka/kasi | Tuna (Thunnus spp.) |
| Penrhyn | Ka/kahi/ | Albacore (Germo germo (Lacepede)) Problematic |
| Penrhyn | Kasikasi | Crunchy (e.g. biscuits) Problematic |
| Penrhyn | Kaso | Part of house frame; a rod over which *rauhara* is bent to form thatch sheet |
| Penrhyn | Kata | Laugh |
| Penrhyn | Kata (niikau) | Coconut leaflet Problematic |
| Penrhyn | Katau | Right, dextral side |
| Penrhyn | Ka/kati | Bite |
| Penrhyn | Kato | Pick, pluck |
| Penrhyn | Katoa | All |
| Penrhyn | Kaatoa/toa | All, total |
| Penrhyn | Kaaturi | A kind of purslane (Portulaca lutea) growing on dry land |
| Penrhyn | Kau | Swim |
| Penrhyn | Kau | Wood, stick, pole |
| Penrhyn | Kau/tahu | Firewood |
| Penrhyn | Kau(v)ae | Chin |
| Penrhyn | Kausanga | Lower abdomen, bottom, private parts (of men or women) |
| Penrhyn | Kauii | Left |
