Entries from Shibata 2003 in Pollex-Online
Shibata, N. (2003). Penrhyn-English Dictionary. Kyoto, ELPR.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Penrhyn | Kaumaatua | Old, experienced people |
| Penrhyn | Kau nati | Fire-making stick (the one set on the ground) |
| Penrhyn | Kaute | Hibiscus rosasinensis |
| Penrhyn | Kava | Liquor; wine, alcoholic drink |
| Penrhyn | Kava | Bitter, sour, salty, acrid |
| Penrhyn | Kavakava | Fish sp |
| Penrhyn | Kave | Take, bring; do, perform, practice |
| Penrhyn | Kaveau | A bad god; to be wrong |
| Penrhyn | Koekoeaa | Small fan-tailed white-spotted brown bird, rarely seen. Long-tailed cuckoo (Eudynamis taitensis) (McC). Problematic |
| Penrhyn | Kaavei | Plaits |
| Penrhyn | Kaavei | Tentacles Problematic |
| Penrhyn | Kea | Kind of disease; stomatitis, thrush |
| Penrhyn | Kee | Different, foreign; special, exceptional |
| Penrhyn | Keo | Sharp point; sharp |
| Penrhyn | Keekee | Armpit |
| Penrhyn | Kere/kere | Black |
| Penrhyn | Keri | Dig |
| Penrhyn | Kena | White morph of Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) |
| Penrhyn | AA/kena/kena | Stunted, dwarfed |
| Penrhyn | Kenu | Disturb earth, dig |
| Penrhyn | Keru | Dig (of pigs and fowls) Problematic |
| Penrhyn | Keta/keta | Hard |
| Penrhyn | Kete | Basket |
| Penrhyn | Ketu | Root up the ground (of pigs) |
| Penrhyn | Keu/keu | Shake, quake, move |
| Penrhyn | Ki | Movement towards |
| Penrhyn | Ki | With, by |
| Penrhyn | Kii | Covered, filled up, full |
| Penrhyn | Kiato | Outrigger boom |
| Penrhyn | Kie | Sail (n) |
| Penrhyn | Vira/vira | Bright, light, shining, shiny Phonologically Irregular |
| Penrhyn | Kikite | Clever, cunning, smart, crafty |
| Penrhyn | Kiko | Flesh; meat; flesh of green coconut |
| Penrhyn | Vira | Bald Problematic |
| Penrhyn | Kiri | Skin, bark |
| Penrhyn | Kimi | Seek, look for |
| Penrhyn | Kina | Short-spined sea urchin |
| Penrhyn | Kiinaki | Side dish, supplementary food. Food complement (Bck). |
| Penrhyn | Ki/kini | Pinch |
| Penrhyn | Kiokio | Bana fish [sic], Albula sp. |
| Penrhyn | Kiore | Rat, mouse |
| Penrhyn | Kisi/kisi | Narrow, skinny, thin |
| Penrhyn | Kisi | Small malformed pearl-like substance, often found in oyster’s intestines (loan from Japanese?) Problematic |
| Penrhyn | Kite-a, -hia | See, watch, know, notice, find; clever, bright, knowledgeable |
| Penrhyn | Kivi | Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitiensis) |
| Penrhyn | Koko | To bark Problematic |
| Penrhyn | Koo | That place, there |
| Penrhyn | Koe | You (Sing.) |
| Penrhyn | Koo(h)anga | Nest |
| Penrhyn | Kohe | Kind of bamboo |
