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 | Kapa | Flap, flutter (wings, arms). esp. to perform the arm and hand gestures that accompanied the old songs and chants |
| Rarotongan | Kape | (Alocasia macrorrhiza) |
| Rarotongan | Kape | Ward off, fend off |
| Rarotongan | Kaapiki | Name, summon, invite |
| Rarotongan | Kapo | Catch |
| Rarotongan | Kapu | Ladle, cup |
| Rarotongan | Kapu roro | Skull |
| Rarotongan | Kaʔi | A kind of sand-clam (Asaphis sp.) |
| Rarotongan | Kaaʔivi | Ridge; raised vein in leaf; grain (in wood) |
| Rarotongan | Kaʔo | Rafter of traditional house, to which the thatch is tied |
| Rarotongan | Kata | Laugh |
| Rarotongan | Kata | Plant cutting, especially of kumara or manioc |
| Rarotongan | Kaatamu/tamu, kaamutamuta | Move lips, mutter |
| Rarotongan | Katau | Right (as opposed to left) |
| Rarotongan | Kati | Bite, nip v |
| Rarotongan | Katipo | The biting spider (Etn) |
| Rarotongan | Kato | Pick (flowers), nip off, pinch off |
| Rarotongan | Katoa | All, (The) whole, together; as well, also, too |
| Rarotongan | Kau | Swim |
| Rarotongan | Kau | Collective particle preposed to groups of people |
| Rarotongan | Kau- | Prefix to kau/taa "netting-needle", kau-ariki "Umbrella tree" etc |
| Rarotongan | Kau(v)ae | Beard |
| Rarotongan | Auere | A small indigenous tree (Grevia grevata) ? Borrowed |
| Rarotongan | Kauii | Left |
| Rarotongan | Kaukau | Bathe, swim |
| Rarotongan | ʔAuraka | Negative imperative marker |
| Rarotongan | Kauru | Extremity of anything (especially tree tops) |
| Rarotongan | Kaute | (Hibiscus rosa sinensis) |
| Rarotongan | Kava | Kava, Piper methysticum (plant and drink) |
| Rarotongan | Kava | Sour, bitter |
| Rarotongan | Kavakava | A fish. Long-snouted, slender body with a grey stripe |
| Rarotongan | Kavakava atua, kaakava/atua | A shrub (Piper latifolium) (Wdr.) |
| Rarotongan | Kavau | Kavauvau. :Contentious, quarrelsome |
| Rarotongan | Kaakave | Tentacle |
| Rarotongan | Kaawe-nga, kaave-ʔanga | An emotional transport (e.g. of rage) |
| Rarotongan | Kaavenga | Load, anything carried |
| Rarotongan | Kave/ve | Carrying cord, handle |
| Rarotongan | Kaveinga | Direction, guide to direction, course, compass |
| Rarotongan | Kaveu | Coconut crab (Birgus latro) |
| Rarotongan | Kavao | Coconut crab |
| Rarotongan | Keʔo | Stalactite, stalagmite |
| Rarotongan | Keʔu | Ginger (of hair), reddish-brown, bay (of horse) |
| Rarotongan | Tei | At (place), in the possession of; in the act of, engaged in Problematic |
| Rarotongan | Keekee | Armpit |
| Rarotongan | Kere/maroo | Dry soil |
| Rarotongan | Kere(kere) | Black, dusky, dark (of blues, greens and browns) |
| Rarotongan | Kerepuru | Sodden and begrimed |
| Rarotongan | Keri | Dig v |
| Rarotongan | Kena | Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) |
| Rarotongan | Kena | Infertile or barren, parched, dry |
