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 |
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Rarotongan | Upe | Droop Problematic |
Rarotongan | Taupoo | An ulcer |
Rarotongan | Tautai | Go fishing |
Rarotongan | Tauturu | Help, assist, support |
Rarotongan | Tavake | Red-tailed Tropic Bird (Phaethon rubricauda) |
Rarotongan | Taavare | Dupe, deceive, fool somebody |
Rarotongan | Taavere | Drag or tow (e.g. a vessel) |
Rarotongan | Taviri | Turn, stir, twirl; key, screwdriver |
Rarotongan | Te | Singular, definite article |
Rarotongan | Paa/tee/ | To milk (e.g. a cow) |
Rarotongan | Teeʔea | Which one(s)? |
Rarotongan | Te(e)ia | This |
Rarotongan | Teina | Younger sibling of same sex |
Rarotongan | Takau | A score Phonologically Irregular |
Rarotongan | Teke-na | Move position slightly, shift along, edge along (tr. & intr.) = neke |
Rarotongan | Tere | Be in excess, over and above, show a surplus or profit, extra |
Rarotongan | Tere | Travelling or touring party, expedition, tour, trip |
Rarotongan | Teetaʔi | A certain (one), any, some; another, other |
Rarotongan | Teetee | Pufferfish (called 'ue when fully grown) |
Rarotongan | Teve | A plant (Amorphophallus campanulatus) |
Rarotongan | Tia | A wedge, peg, etc. driven in as a wedge; to wedge something in, drive in a wedge |
Rarotongan | Tiaki | Wait for; guard, look after; sentry, foreman |
Rarotongan | Tiʔa | Pearl-shell breastplate |
Rarotongan | Tiivae | Patch something; a patch Problematic |
Rarotongan | Tiikaro | Hook, prize, winkle, gouge out |
Rarotongan | Tiki-na | Fetch, get, go and obtain |
Rarotongan | Ti/tiko/ | Defecate |
Rarotongan | Tira | Mast, penis |
Rarotongan | Tiiraʔa | Be lying on one's back; lie flat |
Rarotongan | Tiiroe | The new moon |
Rarotongan | Tiimata | Try, essay, make an effort; tempt, entice |
Rarotongan | Tinai | Extinguish, destroy, oppress |
Rarotongan | Tinai-a | Ruined, completely wiped out, annihilated |
Rarotongan | Tinana | Female parent (of animals) |
Rarotongan | Tiipaopao | Bit by bit, a little at a time, here and there, spasmodically only |
Rarotongan | Tiipapa | Lie flat and face down; bow low; prone |
Rarotongan | Tiipuu | Cut, chop, sever (general term) |
Rarotongan | Tiiʔae-ʔia | Tease, infuriate |
Rarotongan | Tiʔe | To sneeze; to snigger, give snort of suppressed laughter |
Rarotongan | Tiitaʔa | Lean, tilt |
Rarotongan | Tiitii | A small black seabird of the Petrel family |
Rarotongan | Tiitoi | Retract the prepuce of the penis |
Rarotongan | Tiitoitoi | Masturbate |
Rarotongan | Too | Conceive, become pregnant |
Rarotongan | Too | Set (of sun), descend |
Rarotongan | Tooʔou | Your(s) |
Rarotongan | Too | Possessive particle |
Rarotongan | Toa | Hero; manly, heroic, brave |
Rarotongan | Toʔa/toʔa | Spread (out), as clothes to dry |
Rarotongan | Toʔi/toʔi | Chisel away, take out, nick, groove, carve out, notch; a chisel or similar gouging implement |