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 | Tuuoro | Proclaim, announce, call out, call upon |
| Rarotongan | Tupa | Generic term for crabs, including land-crab |
| Rarotongan | Tupe | Pitch discs; disc or quoit, esp. that used in the game of disc-pitching |
| Rarotongan | Tupu | Grow |
| Rarotongan | Tupua(a) | Goblin, monster, demon |
| Rarotongan | Tupuna | Grandparent, ancestor |
| Rarotongan | Tuutae | Faeces, excrement, dung |
| Rarotongan | Tutu | Hoop (used as net spreader) (I) |
| Rarotongan | Tutu | Coastal shrub (Colubrina asiatica) whose leaves were used to wash clothes |
| Rarotongan | Tuutuuau | Large spotted crab |
| Rarotongan | -u | Second person singular (Possessive) |
| Rarotongan | Uu | Collide, bump into, strike against; encounter, meet with, come upon, strike (luck); catch (an illness), be affected by; fit, suit; be appropriate for |
| Rarotongan | Ua/ua | Sinew, tendon, muscle, tough |
| Rarotongan | Uʔa | Female of animal/bird |
| Rarotongan | Uʔi | Yam |
| Rarotongan | Uʔu | Parrot-fish (i) |
| Rarotongan | Unga | Send on an errand; send for, summon |
| Rarotongan | Unga | Eupagurus bernhardus |
| Rarotongan | Unga/kaveu | Pagarus latro (coconut or robber crab) |
| Rarotongan | Ua | Rain |
| Rarotongan | Ui | Ask |
| Rarotongan | Uira | Lightning |
| Rarotongan | Uka | Sway, bend supply (sic), sag; yielding, thick, gummy, viscous (of liquids |
| Rarotongan | Uki | A generation |
| Rarotongan | Ure | Penis |
| Rarotongan | Uri | Dark coloured |
| Rarotongan | Uru | South-south-west wind |
| Rarotongan | Uru/raakau | Clump of trees |
| Rarotongan | Urua | Fish sp. (Cavally) |
| Rarotongan | Urunga | Headrest |
| Rarotongan | Urutuki | Large spotted deep-sea fish |
| Rarotongan | Uma(uma) | Breast, chest, bosom |
| Rarotongan | Ume | Unicorn fish |
| Rarotongan | Uumere | Wonder, be amazed Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Rarotongan | Umu | Oven |
| Rarotongan | Una | Celluloid, plastic Problematic |
| Rarotongan | Unaʔi | To scale fish, fish scale |
| Rarotongan | Unu(ʔi) | Unsheath; doff; draw out |
| Rarotongan | Uoa | A fish, the false grey mullet |
| Rarotongan | Upoko | Head |
| Rarotongan | Iʔo | Umbilical cord |
| Rarotongan | Uta | Inland (from shore), shore, land (from sea) |
| Rarotongan | Utanga | Cargo, freight (of canoe) |
| Rarotongan | Uto | Sprouting coconut |
| Rarotongan | Utu | Draw water |
| Rarotongan | Vaa/vaa | Converse in a familiar manner, yarn, engage in friendly gossip |
| Rarotongan | Vae | Leg |
| Rarotongan | Vaʔa | Mouth |
| Rarotongan | Vaʔie | Firewood |
| Rarotongan | Vaʔine | Woman |
