Pukapuka entries in Pollex-Online

Protoform Item Description Source
CE.ATA.2 Ata Preverbal particle denoting ability to perform action referred to by the verb; to be good at Problematic (Sby)
EC.ATA-FAI Atawai Unselfish, generous, kind (Sby)
OC.ATU Atu Away from speaker (Mta)
AN.AU.1 Au First person singular pronoun (Focus) (Bge)
SO.AVA Awaa- Prefix to noun for pairs of objects (coconuts, taro, birds) Phonologically Irregular (Sby)
MP.AWA Ava Reef passage (Mta)
NP.AWA-AWA Avaava Small opening in reef (Sby)
PN.AWE.A Ave Subspecies of yellowfin tuna with very long fins almost reaching tail (Sby)
OC.E.1A E A tense marker ; non-specific tense marker (Sby)
PN.E.1B E Particle used before numbers and numerical compounds meaning how man of the people or things in question (Bge)
PN.E.2 E Ergative-passive agent marker (Sby)
PN.E.3 E...ee Vocative particle, preceding and sometimes following a name (Sby)
PN.EE Ee/ke Yes (Sby)
TA.EE-IA Eia Here they are; narrative marker: so, then (Sby)
NP.EE-NEI Eenei These; here they are Problematic (Sby)
EP.E-IA Eia Here they are (Sby)
CE.E KORE Ee kole No (Bge)
PN.EQA.A Ea Emerge; rise to the surface (Mta)
SO.EVA Lele i te eva! Idiom, "Fly", run swiftly (Sby)
NP.EWE.2 Eve (Epinephelus hexagonatus) (Hpr)
AN.FAA.1 Waa Four (Mta)
MP.FAA.2 Waa Hoarse (Mta)
PN.FAA-.4 Waa/inu To offer a drink (Mta)
PN.FAA-.4 Waa/wuu Feed at the breast (Bge)
PN.FAA-FAA Waawaa Grope, or feel round in the dark (Mta)
NP.FAAFAA-LUA Waawaalua Manta Ray (Manta birostris) (Sby)
OC.FAAFINE Waawine Women (Sby)
NP.FAAGAI.A Waangai Feed tr. (Mta)
CE.FAAGAI.B Tama waangai Foster child Borrowed (Sby)
OC.FAAGOTA Waangota Generic term for rod-fishing (Clark 1991:79); a particular type of fishing (Sby)
NP.FAAILU.* Waailu Wipe after defecating (Sby)
CE.FAA-INU Waainu Give a drink Problematic (Sby)
CE.FAA-ITE.B Waaiteite Be equal, the same (archaic) Problematic (Sby)
PN.FAALIKI Aaliki Cover floor with mats or grass Borrowed (Bge)
NP.FAALOA Waaloa (Epinephelus tauvina) (Hpr)
OC.FAANAKO Winako Brazen in making advances towards opposite sex Problematic (Sby)
PN.FAANAU.A Waanau Offspring; family (Sby)
NP.FAANAU.B Waanau Be born; give birth (Mta)
PN.FAAPUKU Waapuku (Epinephelus polyphekadion) (Sby)
PN.FAAQOA Waaoa Canoe crew (Sby)
PN.FAATAI.2 Wetai A plant (Psilotum nudum) (Bge)
PN.FAATAI.2 Kave wetai Cassytha filiformis (Sby)
TA.FAA-TATA Vaatata Near Borrowed (Sby)
EP.FAATUQA Waatua Single strand of rope, incl. wrestling belt Problematic (Sby)
AN.FAFA.1 Wawa Carry a person on back (Sby)
SO.FAFA.3 Wawa Sheet of main sail (Bge)
AN.FAFAGO Wawangu To awake, arouse (Bge)
PN.FAFAI Wawai To completely harvest a taro patch Uncertain Semantic Connection (Sby)
AN.FAFINE Wawine Woman, wife (Bge)
MP.FAGA.1A Wanga/a Broken in pieces (Sby)

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