Pukapuka entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| OC.A | I/a | Personal article | (Bge) |
| PN.-A | -a | Suffix forming adjectives from some nouns | (Sby) |
| NP.AAFUA | Laaua | Like, resembling Problematic | (Sby) |
| PN.AALAI | Aalai | That which wards off, protects or defends as barrier; reef, in the sense of the outside reef considered as warding off the sea and protecting the land; reef heads and barriers in the lagoon | (Bge) |
| FJ.AA-NINI | Y/aanini | Giddy Phonologically Irregular | (Bge) |
| FJ.AA-NINI | Waka/yanini | Giddy, faint | (Sby) |
| CE.AAREA | Aalea | Space, area (prob. borrowed) | (Sby) |
| CE.AAREA | Aalea/lea | Spacious | (Bge) |
| NP.AATI | Ati | Copulating place or group of people gathered together for cohabitation | (Bge) |
| NP.AE | Ae | Yes (prob. post-contact borrowing) | (Bge) |
| PN.AFAGA | Awanga | Open space used as a meeting place | (Bge) |
| AN.AFI.1 | Awi | Fire | (Bge) |
| AN.AFIAFI | Awiawi | Later afternoon or evening | (Mta) |
| MP.AFO | Wao | Cord, especially fishing line | (Bge) |
| SO.AFU.3 | Aawuu | To be agreed, unanimous | (Sby) |
| CP.AGA | Anga/anga | Habit, behaviour (archaic) | (Sby) |
| AN.AGI.1 | Angiangi | Soft, breeze; windy ; windy, breezy | (Mta) |
| AN.AGI.1 | A/angi | Blow (of wind) | (Sby) |
| PN.AGO.B | Ango | To measure | (Mta) |
| PN.AGO.B | Ango/ango | Careful rationing of a limited supply | (Mta) |
| CE.AHO | Ao | Breath Problematic | (Sby) |
| OC.AI.1 | Ai | Verbal directive particle | (Bge) |
| PN.A-IA | Aia laa | Exclamation of approval: "There it is!" | (Sby) |
| AN.AKA.A | Aka | Root of a plant or tree | (Bge) |
| PN.AKIAKI.A | Akiaki | Black-naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana) | (Sby) |
| MP.AKO | Ako | To preach | (Mta) |
| MP.AKO | Akoako | To practice, preach | (Sby) |
| CO.ALAALA-FUTU | Laalaawutu | Golden Jack (Gnathanodon speciosus) | (Sby) |
| NP.ALAFI | Alawi/a | Revival of old ideas or habits by an individual | (Mta) |
| PN.ALA-TI | L/alati | To be itchy | (Sby) |
| PN.ALEALE.A | Aleale | Queasy to the stomach | (Mta) |
| OC.ALI.1 | Ali | Left-eye Flounder (Bothus mancus) | (Hpr) |
| SO.AMA | Yama | Yellow butterflyfish (Chaetodon ephippium) Phonologically Irregular | (Sby) |
| AN.AMO.1A | Omo/yi | Rub, smear Phonologically Irregular | (Sby) |
| AN.AMO.1A | Omo/omo | To rub with oil Phonologically Irregular | (Bge) |
| PN.AMO.1B | Amo | A rolled strand of sinnet | (Mta) |
| PN.AMU | Amu | To sing ; kind of short song, prob. used for ridiculing other groups Problematic | (Sby) |
| PN.AMU | Waka/amu/ | Be envious; grumble because of envy | (Bge) |
| SO.AN-ATU | Angatu | Go to where to hearer is (or will be) Phonologically Irregular | (Sby) |
| SO.ANO.2 | Ano | Go. Said to be a shortened form of wano. (Sg. verb). Not recent borrowing. Common in old chants | (Sby) |
| PN.AO.3 | Ao | Lashing used to tighten other lashings | (Mta) |
| EP.AO.4 | Te ao nei | This world | (Sby) |
| EP.AO.4 | Ao | Realm (arch.) | (Sby) |
| PN.APO | Apo | Stand guard with a weapon | (Bge) |
| TA.ARE-ARE | Aleale | Clear, pure Problematic | (Mta) |
| CE.ARI | Aalia | Wait a minute! Borrowed | (Sby) |
| CE.ARI | Ka/alia | Wait a minute! | (Sby) |
| PN.ASEU | Aayeu | (Caranx melampygus) | (Bge) |
| PN.ATA.1 | Ata | Light of dawn | (Mta) |
| PN.ATA.1 | Ata/ata | Red clouds at sunrise or sunset | (Sby) |
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