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 | Ngore(ngore)-ʔia | Cut short, shave(d) close, strip(ped) or prune(d) bare |
| Rarotongan | Ngoro | Snore |
| Rarotongan | Ngoru | Weak (in the muscles), feeble, paralysed, crippled |
| Rarotongan | Ngooee | Soft, gentle (like breeze) Phonologically Irregular |
| Rarotongan | Ngote-a, -ʔia | Suck in/up; absorb |
| Rarotongan | Nguu | Grunt v |
| Rarotongan | Ngungu | Gnaw |
| Rarotongan | Nguru(nguru) | Grunt, rumble, murmur |
| Rarotongan | Ngutu | Lip, rim, entrance, orifice |
| Rarotongan | Aa | Drive away, chase away |
| Rarotongan | Aʔa | What |
| Rarotongan | Anga | (Turn and) face |
| Rarotongan | ʔAi | Who? |
| Rarotongan | Akau | Coral reef |
| Rarotongan | Ake | Up, upwards |
| Rarotongan | Aku | Swordfish, Garfish |
| Rarotongan | Ara | Road, path, passage, way, trail, track |
| Rarotongan | Arataki | Lead, guide, direct v |
| Rarotongan | Ama | Outrigger float |
| Rarotongan | Amu | Chant (war, love, epic) |
| Rarotongan | Amumu | Taunt, tease |
| Rarotongan | Au | Wooden needle |
| Rarotongan | Eke | Be in rut, ready to serve female (of animals) , |
| Rarotongan | Iʔo | Downwards |
| Rarotongan | Ira | An illness affecting babies in which the eyeball is said to turn blue (?infantile gastroenteritis) (Bse) |
| Rarotongan | Iri | Rest on some support, lodge on something; have a place on board; go aground; descend or light upon one (of a title, curse, blame, or luck) |
| Rarotongan | ʔInanga | Whitebait |
| Rarotongan | Ingoa | Name |
| Rarotongan | Iva | Nine |
| Rarotongan | O/onge/ | Famine |
| Rarotongan | Oka | Rafter(s), beam |
| Rarotongan | O/oka/ | Rafter(s), beam |
| Rarotongan | Ooro | Grate, grind, rub back and forth |
| Rarotongan | ʔOopara | Push, shove; compel |
| Rarotongan | Uu | Nipple, breast |
| Rarotongan | ʔUnga | Labouring, employed on manual work, planting on another's land |
| Rarotongan | Uru | Enter |
| Rarotongan | Ka(a) | Inceptive aspect: future; imperative |
| Rarotongan | Kaa/reka | But (as for) |
| Rarotongan | Kaʔa | Sennit |
| Rarotongan | Kaʔika | Tree sp., (Syzygium malaccensis) |
| Rarotongan | Kaʔika (papaʔaa) | (Eugenia jambos) |
| Rarotongan | Kaika/tea | A forest tree (Smith 1898:175) |
| Rarotongan | Kaia/tea | An inland tree (Weinmannia samoensis) Problematic |
| Rarotongan | Kaaʔiro | Mix, blend |
| Rarotongan | Kaa/kaʔu/ | Clothing |
| Rarotongan | Kaaʔui | A bunch (as of fruit) |
| Rarotongan | Kaʔuru, kaaʔuruʔuru | Surmullet (Mullidae) |
| Rarotongan | Kanga-ʔia | Play, lark about, play tricks, meddle, tamper with, ill-treat, misuse, spoil; damage, mischief |
| Rarotongan | Kaa | Burn, burning |
