Pukapuka entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NP.KAWA.1B | Kava | Bitter or sour or lacking in taste | (Mta) |
| PN.KAWA.1C | Kava | Feast commanded by a chief | (Mta) |
| PN.KAWA.2 | Kava | Pubic hair | (Bge) |
| MP.KAWE.1A | Kave pakipaki | Tentacle of Portuguese Man-of-war | (Sby) |
| PN.KAWE.1B | Kave | Tail of a comet | (Sby) |
| PN.KAWE.1B | Kave pakipaki | Seaweed | (Bge) |
| MP.KAWE.2A | Kave | Take, remove, carry, give | (Bge) |
| PN.KAWE-GA | Kavenga | Load, burden | (Bge) |
| PN.KAWEI | Kaavei | Curved handle | (Sby) |
| PN.KAWEI | Kaavei/vei | Hanging in bundles | (Sby) |
| PN.KAWEIGA | Kaveinga | Compass ; a group of stars on the same declination, thought of as a constellation ; bearing | (Sby) |
| TA.KAWEU. | Kaveu | Robber Crab (Bge) .; coconut crab (Sby) Problematic | (Sby) |
| EO.KE | Ke(e) | Verbal particle introducing subordinate clauses, indicating a wish, purpose or command | (Sby) |
| OC.KEA.2 | Kea | Turtle ; hawksbill turtle | (Sby) |
| CE.KEEKEE | Keekee | Armpit ; tickle Problematic | (Mta) |
| OC.KEHE | Kee | Unrelated ; strange, foreign | (Mta) |
| PN.KEHO.1 | Ke/keo | Sharp-pointed, needle-like | (Mta) |
| PN.KEHO.1 | Keo/nga | Point of land | (Sby) |
| CP.KELE.A | Kele/kele | Sand | (Mta) |
| OC.KELI | Keli-a | To dig | (Mta) |
| MP.KEMO | Ke/kemo/ | To close the eyes | (Mta) |
| MP.KEMO | Kemo/kemo | Blink (eyes); flicker (flame) | (Bge) |
| PN.KENA.1A | Kena | White, tan, brown | (Bge) |
| PN.KENA.1B | Kena | Bird name in chants, assoc. with noa (S. leucogaster): prob. old name for lulu (S. dactylatra) | (Sby) |
| PN.KENU | Kenu/kenu | Scoop out | (Bge) |
| EP.KERE-TUU | Keletuu | Hard, strong (of an object) | (Bge) |
| TA.KETA.* | Keta | Hard, tight, firm Problematic | (Sby) |
| EO.KETE.A | Kete | A basket | (Mta) |
| FJ.KETU.1 | Ketuketu | Scratch ground (as a hen) | (Mta) |
| FJ.KI.1 | Ki | Preposition meaning "to, where to" | (Mta) |
| OC.KI.2 | Ki | With (instrument) | (Sby) |
| PN.KIA.1A | Kia | Let (archaic particle used in old prayers . subjunctive "let" (now archaic) Problematic | (Sby) |
| OC.KIATO | Kiato | Crosspole crossing the two poles to the outrigger | (Mta) |
| MP.KIE.A | Kie | Specially made mat sometimes used as sail Borrowed | (Mta) |
| PN.KIE.B | Kie | Specially made mat (sometimes used as sail | (Mta) |
| PN.KIE.B | Lau/kie | Prepared fibre from "yulu" bush variety of Pandanus, used for making fine mats | (Sby) |
| TA.KIE.C | Kie | Specially made mat sometimes used as a sail | (Mta) |
| PN.KIFU | Kiu | Game of tag, where all run away | (Sby) |
| TA.KII.2 | Kii | Full Problematic | (Sby) |
| NP.KIINAKI.* | Kiinaki | A food eaten to complement the main dish | (Bge) |
| CE.KIISAI | Kiai | Negative particle, past tense Problematic | (Sby) |
| AN.KIKILA | Kikila | Show teeth conspicuously; nearly ripe of Pandanus fruit (Mta) | (Mta) |
| PN.KIKO.A | Kiko | Flesh (animal, human, coconut) | (Bge) |
| PN.KIKO.B | Puu/kiko | Vagina of female genital organs | (Mta) |
| PN.KILA.1 | Ki/kila/ | Exposed, showing (as of teeth) (Mta) | (Mta) |
| SO.KI-LAA | Kilaa | Over there | (Sby) |
| AN.KILI.1 | Kili | Skin, bark, peel | (Bge) |
| AN.KILI.2 | Kili | Black Triggerfish (which has an abrasive skin) Problematic | (Mta) |
| PN.KILIA | Kilia | Fed up, not wanting to do something again | (Mta) |
| OC.KILI-KILI | Kilikili | Coral gravel | (Bge) |
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