Entries from Buse 1995, 1996 in Pollex-Online
Buse, J. (1995). Cook Islands Maori dictionary. Rarotonga, Ministry of Education, Government of the Cook Islands. Buse, J. (1996). Cook Islands Maori dictionary with English-Cook Islands Maori finderlist. Canberra, Pacific Linguistics.
Language | Item | Description |
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Aitutaki | Too | Fight, strike, beat, ravish, rape Problematic |
Aitutaki | Kaaʔore | No! |
Aitutaki | Kaaviri | Make into a bunch, cluster |
Manihiki-Rakahanga | Kena | A seabird (Sula sula) ; Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) |
Mangaia | Kooʔaa(ʔaa) | Wide open, gaping open |
Mangaia | Kooʔatu | Stone |
Aitutaki | Rooroo | The spadix of coconut palm |
Aitutaki | Mauii | Left (not right) |
Aitutaki | Niikau | Coconut frond |
Mangaia | Paru | A large ocean-going fish |
Penrhyn | Patu | Kill pig or chicken ; hit, beat |
Mangaia | Pererau | A wing, a fin |
Mangaia | Peru | A roughly-woven coconut-leaf basket |
Mangaia | Miingaangoʔi | Tongs Phonologically Irregular |
Aitutaki | Pootaka | Spinning top, teetotum |
Mangaia | ʔAakere | Go short, go without |
Mangaia | Tako | Black, dark |
Mangaia | Tookere | Slit gong, also AIT, ATIU |
Mangaia | Tuʔi | To write |