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
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