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 Kaa Burn, burning
Rarotongan Kai-nga Food, eat
Rarotongan Kai Score
Rarotongan Kai A collective noun before kinship terms
Rarotongan Kaainga Home land which one owns, place
Rarotongan Maa/kaiore Shrivelled, wizened (of premature fruit or runt animal)
Rarotongan Kaipenu Selfish, stingy (ATI)
Rarotongan Kaiʔau Live peacefully
Rarotongan ʔAitoa Serve somebody right Problematic
Rarotongan Kai-uu A suckling
Rarotongan Kaka Fibre around base of coconut leaf
Rarotongan Kaka Hop, skip Problematic
Rarotongan Kakaa Shine brightly, vividly, radiantly, gloriously; brightness, glory
Rarotongan Kaakaa/ia White tern (Gygis alba)
Rarotongan Kakara Fragrant
Rarotongan Kararuu Cockroach
Rarotongan Kakau Stem, stalk, handle
Rarotongan Kake-a -ʔia -na Climb; mount, serve
Rarotongan Kakii Neck
Rarotongan Kaku Beg, entreat for something; long for (nostalgically) Problematic
Rarotongan Kara Black basaltic stone
Rarotongan Karanga Speak, call to
Rarotongan Karakara Smell of burning, scorching or singeing
Rarotongan Kararaa Make a rattling, choking or gargling noise in the throat Problematic
Rarotongan Karapa To flash
Rarotongan Kaarava(rava) Weal(s), welt(s), stripe(s)
Rarotongan Kare Seafoam, spume, spindrfit, surf, spray
Rarotongan Kaare Not, nothing, nowhere
Rarotongan Karere Messenger, herald n
Rarotongan Karavia Long-tailed New Zealand Cuckoo, (Eudynamis taitensis)
Rarotongan Karikao A reef mollusc with a very hard shell (Turbinidae)
Rarotongan Kariei Revelry
Rarotongan Karo Quarrel, brawl, fight Uncertain Semantic Connection
Rarotongan Karoʔi Flash v
Rarotongan Karu Pupil of eye
Rarotongan Kama/kama Shine
Rarotongan Taa/mata/mata Start, begin, try, test, attempt Phonologically Irregular
Rarotongan Kamikami Gills of a fish
Rarotongan Kamo Blink, beckon, make a sign with the hand
Rarotongan Kaamu/ta Move lips as if muttering
Rarotongan Kana Stool-type coconut grater; to grate with such. Said to be a borrowing from the northern group
Rarotongan ʔAna/ʔana Polish Problematic
Rarotongan Kana-ʔia Cast in eye; stare at
Rarotongan Kana/kana-ʔia Staring, glaring, watchful; roll or swivel the eyes
Rarotongan Kanae Mullet
Rarotongan Kanoʔi (mata) Eyeball
Rarotongan Kao Bud, young leaf, young mid-leaf of coconut, banana; come into bud
Rarotongan Kaokao Side (of person or thing), rib
Rarotongan Ivi kaokao Rib
Rarotongan Tii/kaokao Tilt v.t.; list, heel over