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 | Poo/pongi/ | Twilight, especially morning; tomorrow |
| Rarotongan | Poi | Mashed banana, taro, etc., pudding |
| Rarotongan | Pookai | Coil, wrap up |
| Rarotongan | Poke | A pudding containing grated vegetables |
| Rarotongan | Pokea | A fleshy herb (Portulaca lutea); purslane (P. cleracea) |
| Rarotongan | Pookere | A black dress material |
| Rarotongan | Po/poki | Cover over; break (of a wave); overtake |
| Rarotongan | Poki-a | Bow or stern covers on a canoe; palm a playing-card, deal unfairly |
| Rarotongan | Pookia | Covered, struck by waves, overtaken. Passive of popoki |
| Rarotongan | Poko | Dent, hollow, sunken etc |
| Rarotongan | Poko | Slap water |
| Rarotongan | Pokoivi | Shoulder, alternative frm of pakuivi (Etn) |
| Rarotongan | Pooreʔo | Cowrie (Cypraea spp.) |
| Rarotongan | ʔAre /pori/ | A beauty-school where all well-born girls were given special diet, blanching, etc |
| Rarotongan | Poroaaki | Leave instructions on departing, bespeak |
| Rarotongan | Poro(a)ki | Issue final injunctions (esp. before parting or death), enjoin, summon urgently |
| Rarotongan | Poorutu | Pour down heavily, in torrents (rain, waterfall) |
| Rarotongan | Pona | Knot, joint, swelling |
| Rarotongan | Popo | Decay |
| Rarotongan | Poopoo | Knead or pat dough into a loaf; roll or mould into a ball |
| Rarotongan | Poʔe | Dwindle, die down (of flame, light); screwed up (of eyes), dazzled |
| Rarotongan | Pootaka | Hoop made from coconut leaflet; roll, spin, twirl |
| Rarotongan | Po/poti/ | General name for beetles |
| Rarotongan | Poti/poti | Sandfly |
| Rarotongan | Pootiki | Favourite child |
| Rarotongan | Pootiki | Youngest child in a family (Etn) |
| Rarotongan | Poto | Short |
| Rarotongan | Pou | Post |
| Rarotongan | Pooiri | Dark, dusky; in the dark, without lights; murky, obscure, indistinct; ignorant; secretly |
| Rarotongan | Poouto | Float attached to fishing net; buoy, secured piece of floating timber for mooring boats |
| Rarotongan | Poutokomanava | The post supporting the middle part of the roof (Etn) |
| Rarotongan | Puu | Trumpet |
| Rarotongan | Puu | Chief, root, principal, source, origin |
| Rarotongan | Puu | Stem |
| Rarotongan | Pua | Flower, blossom |
| Rarotongan | Puaka | Quadruped |
| Rarotongan | Puaka maaori ~ puaka parakava | Pig |
| Rarotongan | Puaki | Spew, belch, spit out |
| Rarotongan | Puaaʔioʔio | Whirlwind |
| Rarotongan | Pueʔu | Dust, scattered |
| Rarotongan | Puuʔaa | A tall-stemmed wild plant boiled as greens |
| Rarotongan | Punga | Coral |
| Rarotongan | Punga | Mould |
| Rarotongan | Pui/pui | Enclose, surround |
| Rarotongan | Puka/puka | Coastal tree...(Ceodes [= Pisonia] umbraculifera) |
| Rarotongan | Puke | Mound, heap |
| Rarotongan | Puke | Flood, overflow |
| Rarotongan | Puke/na | Take hold of |
| Rarotongan | Puku | Protuberance, lump, swelling, hill |
| Rarotongan | Pura | Shine, glow v; flash |
