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 | Nene/ne | Sensory pleasure |
| Rarotongan | Neeneva | Foolish, stupid, insane; idiot, fool; insanity, insanely |
| Rarotongan | Mata /neva/neva | Distraught |
| Rarotongan | Niʔaniʔa | Exalted, of high renown Problematic |
| Rarotongan | Niʔi/niʔi | High point of cliff |
| Rarotongan | Niʔo | Tooth |
| Rarotongan | Kiikau | Coconut frond |
| Rarotongan | Korotaka/nimo/ | Make an encircling movement |
| Rarotongan | Nina | Devastate (e.g. of a flood); ravage, lay waste, sack |
| Rarotongan | Nini | Vertigo |
| Rarotongan | Noo | Belonging to, of (where the possession is...inherent, inalienable, non-agentive); for (the future inherent possession of); for (a particular purpose); engaged in (an activity); from (a place); because of, as a result of, for (a reason); |
| Rarotongan | Noa | Ordinary, not sacred, unsanctified, free from tapu |
| Rarotongan | Noa atu | In spite of, notwithstanding, no matter |
| Rarotongan | Noʔo | Sit, dwell |
| Rarotongan | Noʔu | Stonefish |
| Rarotongan | Noi/noi | Desire greedily |
| Rarotongan | Noko | Stern, stern decking of a canoe |
| Rarotongan | Noni | A tree (Morinda citrifolia) (arch.) |
| Rarotongan | Nui | Vast, large, important, plentiful, loud |
| Rarotongan | Nuu | Coconut palm Problematic |
| Rarotongan | Nuka | Terrace, ledge |
| Rarotongan | Nuku | Earth, land |
| Rarotongan | Nuku | Crowd, regiment |
| Rarotongan | Nukuroa | An old name for Mitiaaroo |
| Rarotongan | Numi | Disappear |
| Rarotongan | Oo | Find room, fit into, get into, become involved in |
| Rarotongan | Oa | Sideboards of a canoe |
| Rarotongan | Ongaonga | Any biting midge or sandfly |
| Rarotongan | Ongoongo | Any biting midge or sandfly |
| Rarotongan | Oi | Move while in a sitting position |
| Rarotongan | Oi | A kind of rush |
| Rarotongan | Oi | To knead |
| Rarotongan | Oi | Agitate, movement of bird's wing |
| Rarotongan | ʔOoire | District, town, village |
| Rarotongan | Oko-ʔia | Gather (from the ground), pick up |
| Rarotongan | Ora | Live, survive, be alive, living; get better (of an illness); be safe; lively, vigorous, energetic, expressive... |
| Rarotongan | Ori | Move, stir |
| Rarotongan | Oma | Sponge |
| Rarotongan | Oma | Lose flesh, grow thin (of the body) |
| Rarotongan | One | Soil, earth, sand |
| Rarotongan | Ono | Barracuda (Sphyraena sp(p).) |
| Rarotongan | ʔOno-ʔia | To replace (torn cord or thread, esp. repair the meshes of a fishing net, or strips of leaf in a plaited net, or a plant or post missing from a row) |
| Rarotongan | Ono | Appear, show, come into view |
| Rarotongan | Ope-a | Sweep or scoop up |
| Rarotongan | Ope-a | Wash something up (of waves) |
| Rarotongan | Ota | Raw |
| Rarotongan | Ota | Dregs |
| Rarotongan | Oti | Finish, finished, to be |
| Rarotongan | Ooti/ra | Used as a concluding formula at the end of letters |
| Rarotongan | Tira/ raai | All that there is, the last one(s) |
