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 Vaʔie Firewood
Rarotongan Vaʔine Woman
Rarotongan Vaʔii Wrap; parcel; wrapping paper, case
Rarotongan Vaʔo Exterior, outside
Rarotongan Vae Divide, division, Separate
Rarotongan Vai Water
Rarotongan Vaiʔo-ʔia Leave sthg. alone, leave sthg. stay
Rarotongan Vairanga Place where something is kept, container, receptacle
Rarotongan Vaka Canoe
Rarotongan Vaka Tribe, clan, party of men (Etn)
Rarotongan Va/vare Saliva, spittle
Rarotongan Vare Duped, deceived, misled, cajoled
Rarotongan Varo Indistinct sound, deep booming sound
Rarotongan Varo Banded Prawn-killer (Lysiosquilla maculata)
Rarotongan Varu Eight
Rarotongan Varu Scrape v
Rarotongan Vana Sea egg or sea urchin sp
Rarotongan Vanavana Gooseflesh
Rarotongan Vana Stand up on end (hair, spines of fish)
Rarotongan Vaananga Talk, converse; talk, conversation
Rarotongan Vao Forest
Rarotongan Vaaʔi To break, split, share
Rarotongan Vaavaa Cricket
Rarotongan Vavao To separate combatants, break up a fight
Rarotongan Vave Quick
Rarotongan Veku Tear off, rip off, pull aside
Rarotongan Vera Be hot; heat
Rarotongan Verevere A tassel; wattles, dewlap, the two pendulous lumps of hard skin under chin of goat; the uvula
Rarotongan Maa/verevere Fringed, a fringe
Rarotongan Veri Centipede
Rarotongan Vero Stab, thrust, hurl spear; pierce (of sun’s rays)
Rarotongan Veru Fringe, tassel
Rarotongan Veru/veru Remnants, rags, tattered, torn
Rarotongan Veo Brass or copper
Rarotongan Veʔe Divide, separate
Rarotongan Ve/vete/ Tear apart, rip up or off
Rarotongan Vete Kind of Goatfish. Yellowstripe Goatfish (Mulloidichthys flavolineatus) (McC).
Rarotongan Veve Poor, short of, indigent
Rarotongan Vii nitaa Pawpaw
Rarotongan Vi/viki Be quick, fast; quickly; speed
Rarotongan Viki Blazed, marked out, made (of a track or trail) Uncertain Semantic Connection
Rarotongan Viri Twist; to drill, a drill
Rarotongan Viti Lively, vigorous, energetic
Rarotongan Viivii Grasshopper
Rarotongan Mana Have authority and the rights and prestige it confers
Rarotongan Poa Fishy (smell or taste); scales, rust
Rarotongan Vaa Gap, intervening space or distance; period of time, interval
Rarotongan Kaʔika Malay apple (Syzygium malaccense)
Rarotongan A(a) At, on (referring to future time
Rarotongan ʔAkairo(iro) Make a mark