Entries from Shibata 2003 in Pollex-Online
Shibata, N. (2003). Penrhyn-English Dictionary. Kyoto, ELPR.
Language | Item | Description |
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Penrhyn | Kuru | Breadfruit |
Penrhyn | Kuumara | Sweet Potato |
Penrhyn | Kume | Bring; haul, pull, drag |
Penrhyn | Kumete | Wooden bowl for food or drink |
Penrhyn | Kumi | Ten fathoms |
Penrhyn | Kumu | Wring out; squeeze, extract (without using any tool), brew |
Penrhyn | Kupenga | Fishing net |
Penrhyn | Kutu | Louse |
Penrhyn | Ii | Rotten |
Penrhyn | Ia | Third person singular personal pronoun |
Penrhyn | Ia | Then (postposed) |
Penrhyn | Ihi | Tahitian Chestnut |
Penrhyn | Ika | Fish n |
Penrhyn | Ira | Mark on skin |
Penrhyn | Koo/ira/ira | Spotted, pitted |
Penrhyn | Iro | Bug, worm; worm parasitic to a fish, maggot, fly’s larva |
Penrhyn | Iinaho | Shoal (of tuna, bonito, etc.) |
Penrhyn | Inaina | Heat to soften (such plants as rauhara, rau maika, niikau, etc.) |
Penrhyn | (I)nakuanei, nakoanei | Just now, earlier today |
Penrhyn | (I)nanahi | Yesterday |
Penrhyn | (I)napoo | Last night |
Penrhyn | Inu | Drink |
Penrhyn | Io | Longitudinal strip of flesh, portion; half a fish |
Penrhyn | Ipu | Cup; endocarp of the coconut fruit, the hard shell |
Penrhyn | Isu | Nose; bow of canoe; beak of bird |
Penrhyn | Iti | Small, small portion |
Penrhyn | Ivi | Bone |
Penrhyn | Raa | Sail |
Penrhyn | Raa | Sun |
Penrhyn | Raa | Day |
Penrhyn | Rae | Forehead |
Penrhyn | Raharaha | Flat, broad, wide |
Penrhyn | Raahui | Forbidden; prohibit, ban; prohibition on gathering coconuts and pearl shells |
Penrhyn | Raa/ranga | Weave, plait |
Penrhyn | Rangi | Sky |
Penrhyn | Rango | Fly (n) |
Penrhyn | Raakau | The 18th to the 20th night of the lunar calendar |
Penrhyn | Rakia | Black noddy, white-capped noddy (Anous tenuirostris). Black Noddy (Anous minutus) (McC). |
Penrhyn | Rakoa | White-tailed tropic bird (Phaeton lepturus) |
Penrhyn | Ra/raku/ | Scratch with fingernails or claws |
Penrhyn | Raku/raku | Scratch |
Penrhyn | Rara | Roast, smoke fish |
Penrhyn | Raaraa | Small branch |
Penrhyn | Rari | Wet |
Penrhyn | Raro | Bottom, down |
Penrhyn | Raro | West |
Penrhyn | Raaua | Third person dual independent pronoun |
Penrhyn | Rama | Littoral shrub sp. (Ximena americana) |
Penrhyn | Ranu | Fluid; nasal discharge |
Penrhyn | Raava | To have something stuck in one's throat |