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 | 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 |
| Rarotongan | Toʔoraa | Whale |
| Rarotongan | Toʔu | Point out, identify, recognise |
| Rarotongan | Toʔu | Spotted, stained, discoloured |
| Rarotongan | Toongaaʔua | Slab of fat from sides of animals, suet |
| Rarotongan | Tongi | Nibble, taste |
| Rarotongan | Toka | Solidify, congeal, freeze over, curdle |
| Rarotongan | Tokorua | Spouse; companion, partner, person with another |
| Rarotongan | Anu toketoke | Very cold |
| Rarotongan | Tokomauri | Hiccough |
| Rarotongan | Tore(tore) | A stripe, streak; to stripe, streak |
| Rarotongan | Toorea | Migratory shorebird, Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva) |
| Rarotongan | Toroa | Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) |
| Rarotongan | Tomo | Pass in (ki roto) or (less frequently) out (ki va`o); be filled; sink |
| Rarotongan | Tona | Yaws (I) |
| Rarotongan | Tono(tono) | Send or ask someone to run an errand or mission |
| Rarotongan | Topa | Fall from a height; fallen, dropped; settle (as sediment); be missing, lagging behind or pressing forward, at a distance; lose (a game, job) |
| Rarotongan | Toopata(pata) | (Let) fall in drops, sprinkle down; drop, spot, dot |
| Rarotongan | Tootara | Ruffled out, standing on end (as hair, feathers); porcupine fish |
| Rarotongan | Tuu/tuu | Spread (tidings), announce (news), preach (Gospel) |
| Rarotongan | Tuu | Stand, upright, to be |
| Rarotongan | Tua | Back |
| Rarotongan | Tua | Far out to sea |
| Rarotongan | Tuaʔine | Sister of a male |
| Rarotongan | Tuaaʔivi | Ridge (up side of mountain) |
| Rarotongan | Tuʔera | Be open, ajar |
| Rarotongan | Tunga | Weevil, grub |
| Rarotongan | Tunga | Scabbed, weevily; covered with sores |
| Rarotongan | Tuunganga | Rubbish heap |
| Rarotongan | Tungaane | Brother or male cousin of a female |
| Rarotongan | Tungatunga | Rough surfaced, esp. of timber |
| Rarotongan | Tutungi | Set fire to, kindle, light (match, lamp, cigarette, etc.) |
| Rarotongan | Tuitui | Candlenut (Aleurites moluccana) |
| Rarotongan | Tuke | Empty shell of sea-urchin |
| Rarotongan | Tukutuku/raʔonui | General term for spiders |
| Rarotongan | Tura | Vessel for holding liquids, drum, tank, cistern |
| Rarotongan | Tuuranga | Site, locale, location; place where one stands or lives |
| Rarotongan | Tuuraki-na | Push over |
| Rarotongan | Turi | Deaf |
| Rarotongan | Turi | Knee |
| Rarotongan | Turu | Drip |
| Rarotongan | Turu | Prop, strut, brace |
| Rarotongan | Turu | Sixteenth night of the moon |
| Rarotongan | Tuuruaaʔipoo | Dead of night, middle of the night |
| Rarotongan | Tuma | Frown, look angry |
| Rarotongan | Tuumaa | And some more, more than, ever so many (after numerals) |
| Rarotongan | Tuumatetenga | Sad, miserable, disappointed, anxious; distress, anxiety, personal problem |
| Rarotongan | Tumu | Origin, base |
| Rarotongan | Tumu rangi | Clouds, especially dark rain-clouds Problematic |
