Pukapuka entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| FU.SAQAKI.1 | Yaa/yaaki | Commence Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sby) |
| EO.SAQALO | Yalu | Scrape pandanus leaves with shell to make them smooth Phonologically Irregular | (Mta) |
| PN.SAQELE | Yaele | To walk ; yaaele (pl) | (Sby) |
| OC.SAQO | Ao | Circular lashing to bind or tie other lashings Problematic | (Mta) |
| PN.SAQU.1 | Yau | To come (singular) | (Bge) |
| PN.SA-SAKE | Yayake | Unknown land from which migrants came to Pukapuka | (Mta) |
| PN.SA-SAKE | Te Yake | Eastern people Phonologically Irregular | (Sby) |
| SO.SA-SALA | Yala | Search for, go looking for something | (Sby) |
| MP.SAU.1 | Yau | Dew | (Mta) |
| OC.SAU.3 | Au | Under the protection or sovereignty of another country Phonologically Irregular | (Mta) |
| FJ.SAU.5 | Yau/yau nunui | A return gift of greater value than the first one | (Bge) |
| EO.SAU.6 | Yau/aaliki | Gentle (of breeze) | (Sby) |
| PN.SAU.7 | Yau/maaluu | Gentle, mild | (Bge) |
| PN.SAU.7 | Yau/yau nunui | Benevolent | (Sby) |
| NP.SAU-GA.* | Yaunga | Fishy smell | (Mta) |
| NP.SAU-SAU.1 | Te ika a Yaawau | Spotfin Lionfish (Pterois antennata) Phonologically Irregular | (Sby) |
| NP.SAWAIKI | Avayiki | Place name in chants; prob. Savai'i in Samoa Problematic | (Sby) |
| NP.SE.1 | E | Indefinite article | (Bge) |
| PN.SEE.1 | Ye/yee | To be mistaken, confused, foolish, blank-minded ; err, go astray, be mistaken | (Sby) |
| PN.SEGA.2 | Yengayenga | Blue, green or yellow | (Mta) |
| PN.SEGI.A | Ye/yengi/ | To set (of sun or moon) | (Mta) |
| PN.SEGI.A | Yengi/a | Be full moon | (Mta) |
| EP.SEI.1B | Yei | Garland of flowers ; necklace, garland | (Mta) |
| PN.SEKE.1A | Yeke | To slip or slide | (Mta) |
| EC.SEKE.1B | Ye/yeke | To flow; to defecate | (Mta) |
| CP.SELE.1A | Yele | To tie; a tether | (Mta) |
| EC.SELE.1B | Yele | Trip someone in wrestling | (Sby) |
| EO.SELE.2 | Yele/wuti | To be speared | (Bge) |
| MP.SELU | Yelu | To comb | (Mta) |
| PN.SEPO.A | Yepo | To lick | (Mta) |
| SO.SEQE.2 | Yee | Negative particle; not | (Bge) |
| CP.SEU | Yeu | Flick off, knock off | (Mta) |
| PN.SIAPO | Yiapo | Foreign product recorded in chants | (Sby) |
| CP.SIGA.A | Yinga | To fall down (for people) | (Bge) |
| CE.SIGA.B | Yinga | To be thrown down in wrestling, hence defeated | (Sby) |
| PN.SII.1 | Yii | To fetch, get; yii ika, to fish | (Bge) |
| FJ.SII.2A | Yii/yii | Liquid flowing or dripping down. To spurt, squirt, flow out in a torrent (Sby). | (Mta) |
| NP.SII.2B | Tae/yii | Have diarrhoea | (Sby) |
| OC.SIKA.1 | Yika | Mesh-gauge in netting | (Bge) |
| OC.SIKA.2 | Ika | Rub stick on hearth in firemaking Problematic | (Bge) |
| OC.SIKI.1A | Yiki | Lift up | (Bge) |
| PN.SIKI.1E | Yiki | To remove | (Bge) |
| MP.SIKO.A | Liko | Take, grasp, seize Phonologically Irregular | (Bge) |
| MP.SIKU.A | Yiku | Tail, e.g. of animal, fish; tip, extremity | (Sby) |
| PN.SIKU-MATA | Yikumata | Outer corner of eye | (Bge) |
| PN.SIKU-SIKU | Lau yikuyiku, lau yukuyuku | End of coconut frond thrown as a challenge | (Sby) |
| PN.SIKU-SIKU | Yikuyiku | Tip of coconut frond; left over pieces of mat that are cut off and used again | (Sby) |
| CP.SILA.1A | Yi/yila/ | Eyes opened wide | (Mta) |
| CP.SILA.1A | Yila | Light, shine Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sby) |
| ??.SILA.2 | Yila | Good leadership or guidance | (Mta) |
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