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 ʔAa/kena/kena Dried, stunted and unproductive
Rarotongan Kenu Turn ground, till, root (of pigs)
Rarotongan Keta Firmly lodged, caught on something; stubborn, firmly set on something, tenacious
Rarotongan Keta/keta Firm. taut, sturdy, strong, secure
Rarotongan Kete Bag, basket
Rarotongan Kete Click with the tongue (as in geeing a horse)
Rarotongan Ketekete Chatter (of teeth)
Rarotongan Ketu Turn over ground (of pigs)
Rarotongan Ki To, towards (preposed particle)
Rarotongan Ki With, by, using
Rarotongan Kii Talk, speak
Rarotongan Kii Be full, fill (intr.), teem; fullness, bounty, wealth
Rarotongan Kia Particle, essentially optative in meaning
Rarotongan Kiato Outrigger arms of a canoe joining the float to the hull fore and aft; a member of an ariki famiuly living on their land
Rarotongan Kie Sail
Rarotongan Kikite Knowing, cunning, intelligent, skilful
Rarotongan Kiko Meat; tuber; fleshy; fully developed (of tubers); bast (of paper mulberry or breadfruit)
Rarotongan Kira Barrenness, bareness, waste (referring to land)
Rarotongan Kiri Skin
Rarotongan Kiriaatai Surface of the sea
Rarotongan Kirikiri Gravel
Rarotongan Na/kiro/ Realise, become aware, understand Problematic
Rarotongan Kimi Seek
Rarotongan Kina Various short-spined burrowing sea-urchins, es. (Echinometra mathaei)
Rarotongan Kini Pinch, squeeze together
Rarotongan Kino Evil, bad, wicked, ugly, unfortunate, hurt; general intensifier
Rarotongan Kio(kio) Chirp, cheep v
Rarotongan Kiokio Bonefish (Albula vulpes)
Rarotongan Kiore Rat
Rarotongan Kita Fast, immovable, steadfast, unalterable
Rarotongan Kite See, witness, find, discover; know, understand; clever...
Rarotongan Kiva Blue space (e.g. sky)
Rarotongan ʔUru/kivi/ Feathers marked with grey and white Problematic
Rarotongan Ko Specifier particle (Preposed)
Rarotongan Koo Yonder
Rarotongan Koa Glad, joy, joyful, mirth, gladness, etc
Rarotongan Koama, kooma A small, silvery fish caught in shoals along the beach
Rarotongan Koe Second person singular, thou
Rarotongan Kooʔanga Nest (of bird or animal)
Rarotongan Koai/ naupara (Geum urbanum)
Rarotongan Kooʔao Bloated, distended, especially of the stomach
Rarotongan Koʔe Bamboo sp
Rarotongan Koʔi Gather, collect, pick up
Rarotongan Kooʔiti General name for small sand-burrowing beach crabs
Rarotongan Koʔukoʔu Bind/tie into bundle
Rarotongan Koʔu Parcel, bundle; to wrap
Rarotongan Koʔu Mist, fog; form a pall (of smoke).
Rarotongan Kooʔure-a/-ʔia Evert, invert, turn inside-out or outside-in
Rarotongan Kooʔure Backside (Ngaa-puu-toru dial.) . Uncertain Semantic Connection
Rarotongan Koo Anything that is used to dig or poke or thrust with, a spear; poke; husking stake; boring implement; horn