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 Kena Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster)
Rarotongan Kena Infertile or barren, parched, dry
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 Keu Intrans. v., move, shift, stir, budge, shake; comply, agree; be willing
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) (Bse)
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).