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 | Pura | Foreign body in eye, impairment of vision |
| Rarotongan | Purara | Scatter or spread out |
| Rarotongan | Purapura | Seedling |
| Rarotongan | Pure | Prayer, ceremony to remove tapu |
| Rarotongan | Puroku | Cover |
| Rarotongan | Puru | Coconut husk |
| Rarotongan | Puru | Plug, compress (n) |
| Rarotongan | Puru | Sticky |
| Rarotongan | Purunga | Parent-in-law (Etn) |
| Rarotongan | Puumanava | Heart |
| Rarotongan | Puna | Spring |
| Rarotongan | Piinanga | Refuge |
| Rarotongan | Pininga | Hiding place, refuge |
| Rarotongan | Puunanga | Fortress, trench |
| Rarotongan | Punarua | Having two wives or husbands |
| Rarotongan | Puni | Enclose, shut in, secrete (Intrans) |
| Rarotongan | Puni | Hide (obs.) |
| Rarotongan | Pi(i)pini | Hide |
| Rarotongan | Punua | Young of bird/animal (not usual re humans) |
| Rarotongan | Pupuu | Bubble up, boil |
| Rarotongan | Puupuu- | Shellfish (sp.) (in shellfish names) |
| Rarotongan | Puʔi, puuʔi/a | Blow |
| Rarotongan | Puta | Appear, come forth, etc. |
| Rarotongan | Puutee | Bag, sack |
| Rarotongan | Putuputu | Gathered together, to be |
| Rarotongan | ʔAe/ʔae | Rip, tear (clothing, paper) |
| Rarotongan | ʔAe | Woe, intense grief, misery |
| Rarotongan | ʔAere | Go, walk, proceed, progress |
| Rarotongan | ʔAnga | Make, create |
| Rarotongan | ʔAnga/ʔanga | Work, labour, deed |
| Rarotongan | ʔAka | Dance |
| Rarotongan | Akari | Mature or dry coconut; feast (Etn) |
| Rarotongan | ʔAkuraa | Swordfish |
| Rarotongan | Akuraa taamaru | Pacific Sailfish (Istophorus orientalis) |
| Rarotongan | ʔAra | Err, error |
| Rarotongan | ʔAru | Rob, seize, deprive, take away by force |
| Rarotongan | ʔAruru | Loud noise or sound, such as an explosion, impact of one object against another, report of gun, thunder etc |
| Rarotongan | ʔAamanga | Fork; a fork (of road, river, tree, etc.); forked stick with hook attached, used in fishing for conejo |
| Rarotongan | Kai/ʔamu/ | Eating scraps of food |
| Rarotongan | ʔApai | Carry, take, convey, lift |
| Rarotongan | ʔApe | Mistaken |
| Rarotongan | ʔApuu | Pregnant |
| Rarotongan | ʔAputu | Deep-sea fish, dark grey, up to 2 feet long |
| Rarotongan | ʔAu | Dew |
| Rarotongan | ʔAu | Sweat, vapour, steam, condensation Problematic |
| Rarotongan | ʔAu | Reign, government. Authority, power |
| Rarotongan | ʔAunga | Odour, smell |
| Rarotongan | ʔAumi/ʔi | Bow, front part of the hull of a canoe |
| Rarotongan | ʔAu | A fish about two feet long, blackish, edible, caught mainly in deep water |
| Rarotongan | ʔAvaʔava | Stained, smeared, sullied |
