Pukapuka entries in Pollex-Online

Protoform Item Description Source
CE.IPO Ipo Sweetheart, mistress Problematic (Bge)
AN.IPU Ipu Half coconut shell, cup (Sby)
AN.IRI.A Ili Fan (n) (Bge)
FJ.IRI.B Ili/ili To swing, to fan (Bge)
FJ.IRI-FIA.1 Ili/wia Blown by the wind (Sby)
OC.ISE.1 Ie Hyporhampus acutus and other spp. of Halfbeak Problematic (Hpr)
OC.ISI Yiyii To slit, to strip or peel. Rip off, peel (in one movement) (Sby) (Bge)
AN.ISU.1 Iyu Nose (Bge)
SO.ITUQU Ituu Side, half of something, including land (Sby)
SO.IVI-TUQU Ivituu Spine (Sby)
NP.IWI.A Ivi Bone (Bge)
PN.KA.1 Ka Tense marker usually indicating future action or action about to begin . Verbal particle; sign of the future tense or of present action continuing into the future (Mta)
PN.KAA.1 Kaa/kaa Cackle (as a hen) (Mta)
PN.KAA.1 Ka/kaa Screech (of birds); shout (Sby)
CK.KAA-FIRO Kaawilo To mix with (foods, fibres) Problematic (Sby)
EP.KAA-FUI.* Kaau(w)i Bunch of coconuts, pandanus keys (Sby)
CE.KAAFURU Kawulu A fish (Parupeneus trifasciatus) Problematic (Hpr)
PN.KAAIGA.B Kaainga Sibling of opposite sex; paternal lineage (Bge)
CK.KAAKAA.1B Kaakaa White tern (Gygis alba) Problematic (Sby)
CE.KAA-KAFU Kaakau Clothes Borrowed (Bge)
CE.KAA-KAFU Kaakawu Clothing; to put on clothes Borrowed (Mta)
CP.KAALEWA Kaaleva Long-tailed Cuckoo (Urodynamis taitensis) (Bge)
SO.KAAMATA.* Ka(a)mata To begin (Bge)
PN.KAANONI Ka(a)noni Mixed, joined (of plaiting elements) (Bge)
CE.KAAPITI.1 Kaputi Come together, assemble, join Phonologically Irregular (Sby)
CE.KAAPITI.1 Kaapiti/nga Corner Borrowed (Bge)
CE.KAAPITI.1 Kaputi/nga A group of people or things close together, a cluster Phonologically Irregular (Bge)
SO.KAATOA.* Kaatoa All; number ten Borrowed (Bge)
MP.KAFA.1 Kawa Sinnet rope ; coconut husk (Mta)
PN.KAFA.2 Kawa The wrestler in the ring awaiting a challenge (Mta)
PN.KAFA.2 Tuaa/kawa The second to the champion wrestler (Sby)
FJ.KAFA.3 Kawa (Ellochelon vaigiensis) (Sby)
PN.KAFA-GA Kooanga Tree climbing bandage Phonologically Irregular (Bge)
NP.KAFA-KAFA.* Kawakawa Baby kawa fish (Mta)
MP.KAFU.A Kawu/lunga Heap several things onto an object ; cover (a person with a mat) (Bge (Mta)
PN.KAFU.B Kawu Amniotic bag (Bge)
AN.KAI.1A Kai Eat; food (Mta)
NP.KAI.1B Ka/kai/ Spreading (as a fire), deteriorating (as an illness) (Mta)
PN.KAI.3 Kai tau olo Serves you right! (lit. Eat your pudding!) Problematic (Sby)
PN.KAI.4 Kai Point or score in a game (Bge)
NP.KAI.8 Kai Verbal particle, sign of the conditional expressing fear ; Negative imperative, caveat; TAM marker: might (Sby)
NP.KAI.8 Kei I don't know (expression of uncertainty) Problematic (Bge)
PN.KAI-GA.B Kainga Rubbish (Bge)
PN.KAI-HAQA.A Kaiaa Steal, rob (Mta)
XO.KAI-LALAO Kailao Person who is unfaithful to spouse (Mta)
PN.KAINAGA Keinanga A maternal sub-lineage in a grouping of maternal lineages (Bge)
SO.KAIPEA.* Kaipea A kind of crab. (Cardisoma rotundum) (Sby). (Bge)
PN.KAI-SAU Kai-yau One who repeatedly imposes on a household not his own for his meals ; eat taboo food from a lover (Sby)
OC.KAKA.1A Kaka Fibrous stipule surrounding base of coconut leaf as it grows from trunk (Bge)
PN.KA-KAHA Kakaya Burn (of torches in old chant) Phonologically Irregular (Sby)

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