Pukapuka entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PN.SILI.1 | Yili | Excellent, superior | (Bge) |
| PN.SILI.1 | Mate yili | Accidental death | (Bge) |
| SO.SILI.2 | Yili/yili | Ask, question | (Bge) |
| NO.SIMU* | Yimu | Bluelined Triggerfish (Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus) Problematic | (Sby) |
| MP.SINA.1 | Yina | Grey hair | (Mta) |
| CP.SINA.2 | Yina | Name of woman in stories and chants | (Sby) |
| FJ.SINU.1 | Yinu | Oil | (Bge) |
| PN.SINU-SINU | Yinuyinu | Oily | (Mta) |
| PN.SINU-SINU | Yiyinu | Polished, shiny, smooth, without spots or roughness. Even, straight, with uniform tension (of plaiting) (Bge). | (Mta) |
| NP.SIPA.1 | Yipa | Young flying-fish | (Hpr) |
| PN.SIWA.1 | Yiva | A type of chant, usually associated with the underworld | (Sby) |
| CE.SIWA.2 | Paatuki yiva | Dark colour phase of Paracirrhites hemistictus (Whitespot Hawkfish) | (Sby) |
| CE.SIWI.* | Ivi | Ridge of sand or gravel Phonologically Irregular | (Sby) |
| CP.SOA | Yoa | Friend | (Bge) |
| PN.SOANI | Yoani | A return gift of value equal to the first gift. Exchange, borrow; return gift ; give in exchange, reciprocity (Sby). | (Bge) |
| PN.SOGI | Yongi | Smell, sniff, kiss | (Mta) |
| PN.SOGO | (Yo)yongo | Smell of urine | (Sby) |
| OC.SOKA.1 | Yoka | To husk coconuts; pierce | (Mta) |
| MP.SOKA.2 | Yoka | A brace or supporting beam; strut of house framework | (Mta) |
| EC.SOKE | Yoke | Swallowtail. Pompano (Trachinotus spp.) (McC), | (Sby) |
| EC.SOKE | Yoke mangoo | Young shark | (Sby) |
| NP.SOKO.2 | Yoko | To bribe (member of the opposite sex to maintain a relationship) . To try to attract (a woman) with repeated gifts | (Mta) |
| PN.SOLA | Yola | Return to the wild (of a domesticated animal or bird). Escape, flee in all directions (Sby). | (Mta) |
| PN.SOLI.2 | Yoli | Step, stamp | (Mta) |
| NP.SOLO.2B | Olo | Pudding of grated taro Phonologically Irregular | (Sby) |
| PN.SOLO.3 | Yolo | To sail swiftly (of a canoe) | (Bge) |
| PN.SOLO.4 | Yolo | Go, move. To move along or over (of people) (Bge). | (Mta) |
| PN.SOLO.4 | Yolo/nga | Movement of people | (Sby) |
| PN.SOLO-GA | Yoolonga | Patrilineage, thought of as "moving" towards the cemetery | (Sby) |
| PN.SOLO-QI.* | Oloi | Wash Problematic | (Bge) |
| FJ.SOO-.2 | Yoo/yoo | Move (used with directional mai, atu) | (Sby) |
| EP.SOPE.2 | Ope | End, tip, edge Phonologically Irregular | (Mta) |
| EP.SOPE.2 | Waka/ope | Come to an end Phonologically Irregular | (Mta) |
| PN.SOPU.1 | Yopu | Hold, seize | (Bge) |
| OC.SOPU.2 | Yopu | Descend, swoop down (e.g. of wind); get off a canoe | (Sby) |
| OC.SOPU.2 | Waka/yopu | Jump out of a canoe at sea | (Bge) |
| OC.SOPU.2 | Yopu ki tai | Go down into the sea | (Sby) |
| CE.SORA | Ola | To poison fish Phonologically Irregular | (Sby) |
| CE.SORU | Wolu(wolu) | Agitated, rough (of sea) Phonologically Irregular | (Sby) |
| FJ.SOSAQA | Yooyaa | Weary, bothered | (Sby) |
| PN.SUA.1 | Yua | Start a chant | (Sby) |
| EP.SUAKI.* | Yuaki | Open out, expose; remove covering of leaves from a canoe Problematic | (Bge) |
| NP.SUE.1 | Yue | The balloon fish, Tetrodon [Arothron] meleagris. Globefish (Arothron and Canthigaster spp.) (Sby). | (Bge) |
| PN.SUI | Yui | Replace, substitute; follow; yii yui find revenge | (Bge) |
| PN.SUI | Yu/yui | To change, substitute for | (Bge) |
| PN.SUKE | (Yu)yuke | To open, expose. | (Bge) |
| PN.SUKE | Yu/yuke | Turn over (as a stone, pages of a book) | (Mta) |
| MP.SUKI.A | Yuki | Pierce, stab | (Sby) |
| MP.SUKI.A | Yuki/yuki | Pry out, pick out, push out; sharp pointed stick used to poke in rock crevices when groping for fish | (Bge) |
| MP.SULI | Yuli | A small branch, a sapling, shoots | (Bge) |
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