Pukapuka entries in Pollex-Online

Protoform Item Description Source
MP.UTA Uta To load onto, to place onto (Bge)
TA.UTU-GA Utunga Penalty, fine (possibly from RAR) Borrowed (Sby)
TA.UTU-GA Utu(nga) Article presented as a final tribute to a beloved dead person (Mta)
PN.UU Uu Collide, bump into, hit (intrans.) (Sby)
SO.VAASIQA Vaaia Period of time (Sby)
XO.VAQE-LAGI Welangi Horizon (archaic) Problematic (Sby)
EO.WAA.1 Vaa/vaa To speak, make a noise (Sby)
PN.WAA.2 Vaa The space (between) (Bge)
PN.WAAKULE Vaakule Search for lice (Sby)
NP.WAANAGA Vaananga Public proclamation, announcement, challenge (Bge)
NP.WAASI Vaayi Place, side (Sby)
TA.WAERE.* Vaaele Remove scrub, clear ground :Prob. post-contact borrowing Borrowed (Sby)
TA.WAERUA.* Vaelua Spirit, soul; also god's name Te Atua Vaelua Problematic (Sby)
PN.WAHA-WAHA Vaavaa Spaced far apart (Bge)
OC.WAHE Va/vae Separate, divide into parts (Bge)
OC.WAHE Vae/vae Divide, distribute (Bge)
CE.WAHIE Vaie Firewood . Borrowed (Mta)
CE.WAHII Vayii Cover Borrowed (Sby)
CE.WAHO Vao Outside Borrowed (Sby)
MP.WAI.1 Vai Fresh water, well (Bge)
CE.WAI-MATA Vaimata Eyebrow Problematic (Mta)
PN.WAI-TAFE Waitawe Name of large pond Problematic (Sby)
PN.WAI-WAI Vaivai Soft, muddy (Bge)
AN.WAKA.A Vaka Canoe (Bge)
TA.WAKA.B Vaka Team in traditional games; Muaavaka: wrestling team of younger men; mulivaka: wrestling team of older men Problematic (Bge)
PN.WAKAI Vaakai Neat, even Uncertain Semantic Connection (Sby)
FJ.WAKA-WAKA Vakavaka Chest (Bge)
FJ.WAKA-WAKA Ivi vakavaka Rib (Bge)
PN.WALE.1 Vale Any secretion of slimy consistency, slime, sexual secretion, sap (Bge)
PN.WALE.1 Valevale/a Slimy. (Mta)
PN.WALE.1 Vale/a To have climaxed sexually (Bge)
PN.WALE.2 Vale Stupid, numb ; be senile, lose memory ; deluded; forget (Mta)
CE.WALE-A.B Valea Enjoy, get supreme pleasure or satisfaction (particularly from abundant food or from sex) (Bge)
OC.WALI.1 Vali(vali) To rub with oil (Bge)
NP.WALI.2 Vali/vali Soft, spongy (of coconut) (Mta)
PN.WALO.1 Valo(valo) Call, send for (Bge)
PN.WALO.1 Va/valo Loud, clear (of sound) (Sby)
PN.WALO.1 Tau/valo To cry out, shout (Bge)
PN.WALO.2 Valo An edible sea-crab (???)
PN.WALO.2 Valo/u Variety of sea-centipede Phonologically Irregular (Bge)
AN.WALU.1 Valu Eight (Bge)
CP.WANA Vana Sea urchin, sea porcupine (Bge)
MP.WAO.A Vao Bush, forest ; uninhabited area (Sby)
AN.WAQE Vae Foot, leg (Bge)
PN.WARU Valu To shave, grate ; scrape (Mta)
CP.WASA Vaya Open sea between two points (arch.) (Sby)
CE.WASAGA Vaayanga Twins; the split sections of an object Problematic (Bge)
NP.WASI Vayi Split in two (e.g. a coconut) (Sby)
NP.WASI Vaayi/a Split (Sby)
EP.WAWAI Vavai A creeper (Triumfetta procumbens) Problematic (Bge)

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