Entries from Buse 1996 in Pollex-Online
Buse, J. (1996). Cook Islands Maori dictionary with English-Cook Islands Maori finderlist. Canberra, Pacific Linguistics.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rarotongan | I | Past tense marker |
| Rarotongan | Ia | He, she |
| Rarotongan | Ia | This (one), that (one)...esp. the ones indicated, referred to... |
| Rarotongan | Ia | So, then, in that case, for that reason |
| Rarotongan | Iʔi | Tahitian chestnut, (Inocarpus edulis) |
| Rarotongan | Ingo | Placid or limp, to be, lazy, disinclined to exertion, averse to labour, sluggish, tedious |
| Rarotongan | Ike | Tapa beater |
| Rarotongan | Ira | Natural mark on skin |
| Rarotongan | Iro | Maggot |
| Rarotongan | Iro | Sign, symbol, that by which something is known Problematic |
| Rarotongan | Nak/iro | Realise, become aware, understand Problematic |
| Rarotongan | ʔIna/ʔina | Angry, violent Phonologically Irregular |
| Rarotongan | (I)naʔea | When? |
| Rarotongan | (I)nakoonei | Earlier today |
| Rarotongan | (I)nanaʔi | Yesterday |
| Rarotongan | (I)napoo | Last night |
| Rarotongan | Inu | Drink |
| Rarotongan | I/io/o | Yes |
| Rarotongan | Io | Portion of fat or flesh |
| Rarotongan | Iʔo | Strand of hair Phonologically Irregular |
| Rarotongan | Iʔo | Core, marrow, umbilical cord |
| Rarotongan | Putaang/iʔu/ | Nose |
| Rarotongan | ʔIta | Annoyance, anger |
| Rarotongan | Iti | Small |
| Rarotongan | Ivi | Bone |
| Rarotongan | Raa | There |
| Rarotongan | Raa | Ancient mat-sail |
| Rarotongan | Raa | Sun |
| Rarotongan | Raa | Day |
| Rarotongan | Rae | Forehead |
| Rarotongan | Raʔi/raʔi | Thin, as saplings, lean, as animals (Etn) |
| Rarotongan | Rairai | Thin, flimsy (material, paper) |
| Rarotongan | Raʔiraʔi | Forehead, temple (Aitutaki dialect) |
| Rarotongan | Raaʔui | A restriction, prohibition, close season (Etn) |
| Rarotongan | Ranga | Lever up |
| Rarotongan | Ra(ra)nga | Plait |
| Rarotongan | Rangi | Sky, heaven |
| Rarotongan | Rangimaarie | Be fine (of weather), stop (of rain, the clouds having passed; sober up |
| Rarotongan | Rango | Fly (insect) |
| Rarotongan | Rai | A fish |
| Rarotongan | Raka | Shift (of the wind) Problematic |
| Rarotongan | Raakau- | Sixteenth to eighteenth nights of the moon |
| Rarotongan | Raakau | Tree, bush, plant |
| Rarotongan | Rakia | White-capped Noddy (Anous tenuirostris), which is very common in the Northern Group |
| Rarotongan | Raakoa | White-tailed Tropic Bird (Phaethon lepturus) |
| Rarotongan | Raku(raku) | Scratch with fingernails or claws |
| Rarotongan | Raraku | Scratched |
| Rarotongan | Rara | Cook food by turning over on fire |
| Rarotongan | Raaraa | Branch, twig, off-shoot |
| Rarotongan | Rare | Slurred, indistinct, stammering, (of speech); to blurt out |
