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 | Paatia-ʔia | Stab, inject, nail, pierce; stake (a plant) |
| Rarotongan | Paatiki | Flounder (fish sp.) |
| Rarotongan | Paatiti-a, -ʔia | Drive in (a nail, stake, peg) |
| Rarotongan | Patito | A sea-slug found on coral reefs, edible |
| Rarotongan | Paatoʔi-a, -ʔia | Object to, protest against, oppose, deny, refuse Phonologically Irregular |
| Rarotongan | Paatootoo | Tug or jerk (a fishing line) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Rarotongan | Patu | Strike, knock with sudden short blow |
| Rarotongan | Patu-a | Build (in stone, concrete or coral-lime) |
| Rarotongan | Paatuki toka | (Cirrhites pinnulatus) |
| Rarotongan | Paaua | Floor mat or food mat plaited from coconut leaves |
| Rarotongan | Pe | Like (Resembling) |
| Rarotongan | Pee | Rotten decayed; overripe, soft, easily crushed |
| Rarotongan | Peʔea | How? |
| Rarotongan | Peenaa-ʔia | Like that, in the way that you are doing it |
| Rarotongan | Peka | Swiftlet (Collocalia sp.) |
| Rarotongan | Peka | Criss-crossed, branched off, tangled; branch stream |
| Rarotongan | Pekapeka | (Have) quarrel, dispute, disagreement, trouble etc. |
| Rarotongan | Pere/pere | Beloved |
| Rarotongan | Pere | Go around (of a working party) |
| Rarotongan | A/pere/ | A game |
| Rarotongan | Pepe | Butterfly |
| Rarotongan | Peeʔau | Wing; pectoral fin |
| Rarotongan | Peʔe | A chant (usually commemorating some historical event); to chant such |
| Rarotongan | Peʔu | Leaves covering earth-oven (Ngaa-puu-toru dial.) |
| Rarotongan | Pete | Be fat Borrowed |
| Rarotongan | Petu | Kick the legs out, strike out (with the legs, as in swimming), flap tail (of a fish), paw or scrape ground (of horse or dog |
| Rarotongan | Peu | Custom, habit, practice, fashion |
| Rarotongan | Pii | Unripe, immature, green (of fruit, timber) |
| Rarotongan | Pii | Splash, spray, sprinkle |
| Rarotongan | Pia/pia | Discharge from eyes, smegma |
| Rarotongan | Piere | Banana figs, bananas peeled and dried in the sun |
| Rarotongan | Piingoʔi | Tongs, pick up with tongs |
| Rarotongan | Piringoʔi | (Use) tongs, tweezers Phonologically Irregular |
| Rarotongan | Piki | Clamber, swarm, cling on; mount (a female); lay hands on something and retain it |
| Rarotongan | Piko | Bent |
| Rarotongan | Piko | Bow, stoop, bend down |
| Rarotongan | Piirau | Decayed, stinking |
| Rarotongan | Piri | Puzzle, riddle, secret, mystery |
| Rarotongan | Pipi | Term applied to a number of small, ribbed, cockle-like bivalves |
| Rarotongan | Pipi | An indigenous vine with purple, trumpet-like flowers Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Rarotongan | Piʔa | Box, chest, trunk, room |
| Rarotongan | Maa/piʔi | Star Limpet (Patella flexuosa) |
| Rarotongan | Pito | Navel |
| Rarotongan | Pito | Heartland, central region |
| Rarotongan | Pito/pito | Button; sucker on octopus tentacle |
| Rarotongan | Poo | Night |
| Rarotongan | Poe-a | Pearl, ear-ring; wear such |
| Rarotongan | Ponga | Dent; knot (wood); nick, notch Problematic |
| Rarotongan | Ponga | Knot (in wood), notch, nick, dent; molar tooth |
| Rarotongan | Pongi | Hungry, hunger Uncertain Semantic Connection |
