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 | Maanu | Float about |
| Rarotongan | Manuʔiri | Stranger, visitor, guest from distant parts |
| Rarotongan | Manuia | Successful, fortunate |
| Rarotongan | Manu rere | Birds that fly |
| Rarotongan | Manumanu | All small insects |
| Rarotongan | Manunu | Sprained, strained |
| Rarotongan | Mao | Cease raining |
| Rarotongan | Maoa | Fully cooked |
| Rarotongan | Maaori | Of native origin, indigenous |
| Rarotongan | Moori | Indigenous |
| Rarotongan | Maapee | The Tahitian Chestnut tree and its nuts |
| Rarotongan | Mapu | Breathe hard |
| Rarotongan | Maaʔanga | Twins |
| Rarotongan | Maʔara | Thought, memory, recollection; come to mind |
| Rarotongan | Maʔami | A spreading hardwood tree (? Glochidion sp.) |
| Rarotongan | Maʔani | Build, create, make; prepare Problematic |
| Rarotongan | Maʔi | Fermented Breadfruit ; acid, fermented |
| Rarotongan | Maʔimaʔi | Dolphin (Coryphaena hippurus) |
| Rarotongan | Maainu-ʔia | Anoint |
| Rarotongan | Mata | Eye, face |
| Rarotongan | Mata/kupenga | Mesh of net |
| Rarotongan | Mata | Blade, cutting edge, point |
| Rarotongan | Mata | A spy |
| Rarotongan | Mata | Unripe, green (of fruit); not seasoned (of timber); raw, uncooked, insufficiently cooked |
| Rarotongan | Mataʔiti | Year |
| Rarotongan | Matangi | Wind, air |
| Rarotongan | Maa/taitai | Salty, brackish |
| Rarotongan | Matakeinanga | A settlement, inhabitants of a district or neighbourhood |
| Rarotongan | Matakana | Have a blemish in the eye |
| Rarotongan | Maataki | Visit (go and) see something or somebody, watch (as spectator) |
| Rarotongan | Matakite | Wary, watchful, circumspect, cautious |
| Rarotongan | Matakite | Wary, watchful, circumspect, cautious, careful |
| Rarotongan | Mataku | Fear v, afraid, to be |
| Rarotongan | Matara | Untied, undone |
| Rarotongan | Matariki | Narrowly, intently (of looking) Problematic |
| Rarotongan | Matariki | Pleiades |
| Rarotongan | Maataamua | Firstborn, the eldest child |
| Rarotongan | Matapoo | Blind(ness) |
| Rarotongan | Matapooiri | To faint, become unconscious, pass out |
| Rarotongan | Mataʔiapo | First-born; head of a subtribe |
| Rarotongan | Maatata | Extensively cracked, as a board |
| Rarotongan | Matau | Fishhook |
| Rarotongan | Maatau | Have knowledge of, be accustomed to, be in the habit of |
| Rarotongan | Mate | Die |
| Rarotongan | Mate | Unconscious |
| Rarotongan | Mate | Extinguished (as a light) |
| Rarotongan | Matie(e) | Green; grass |
| Rarotongan | Matikao | Toe, finger (dialectal) |
| Rarotongan | Maatira | Fishing-rod |
| Rarotongan | Maatoru | Thick through, stout and solid |
