Rarotongan entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CE.PIRI-PIRI | Piripiri | An introduced herb, Beggar'-tick (Bidens pilosa); an indigenous grass Sandbur (Cenchrus echinatus) | (McC) |
| EP.PISA.* | Piʔa | Box, chest, trunk, room | (Bse) |
| PN.PISI.2 | Maa/piʔi | Star Limpet (Patella flexuosa) | (Bse) |
| AN.PITO.1 | Pito | Navel | (Bse) |
| PN.PITO.2 | Pito | Heartland, central region | (Bse) |
| PN.PITO.2 | Pito/pito | Button; sucker on octopus tentacle | (Bse) |
| MP.POA.1 | Poa | Fishy (smell or taste); scales, rust | (Bse) |
| EP.POE | Poe-a | Pearl, ear-ring; wear such | (Bse) |
| PN.POGA.1 | Ponga | A tree fern (Cyathea dealbata) ; knot (in wood), notch, nick, dent | (Sve) |
| PN.POGA.1 | Panga | Native tree ferns (Cyathea spp.) Phonologically Irregular | (Whr) |
| NP.POGA.2 | Ponga | Dent; knot (wood); nick, notch Problematic | (Bse) |
| NP.POGA.3 | Ponga | Knot (in wood), notch, nick, dent; molar tooth | (Bse) |
| PN.POGI.1 | Pongi | Hungry, hunger Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Bse) |
| MP.POGI-POGI | Poo/pongi/ | Twilight, especially morning; tomorrow | (Bse) |
| CE.POHE | Poʔe | Dwindle, die down (of flame, light); screwed up (of eyes), dazzled | (Bse) |
| NP.POKE | Poke | A pudding containing grated vegetables | (Bse) |
| CE.POKEA | Pokea | A fleshy herb (Portulaca lutea); purslane (P. cleracea) | (Bse) |
| CE.POKEA | Pookea | Pigweed (Portulaca oleracea); also (P.lutea) | (Whr) |
| PN.POKI.1 | Po/poki | Cover over; break (of a wave); overtake | (Bse) |
| PN.POKI.1 | Poki-a | Bow or stern covers on a canoe; palm a playing-card, deal unfairly | (Bse) |
| PN.POKO.2 | Poko | Dent, hollow, sunken etc | (Bse) |
| PN.POKO.3 | Poko | Slap water | (Bse) |
| CE.POKO-SIWI.* | Pokoivi | Shoulder, alternative frm of pakuivi (Etn) | (Bse) |
| NP.POLI.B | ʔAre /pori/ | A beauty-school where all well-born girls were given special diet, blanching, etc | (Bse) |
| OC.POLO.1 | Poro | Solanum spp. (Aitutaki, Atiu).... | (Whr) |
| OC.POLO.1 | Poroʔiti | (Solanum viride) | (Whr) |
| OC.POLO.1 | Poro/poro | (Vaccinum cereum) or (Vaccinium reticulatum) | (Sve) |
| OC.POLO.1 | Poro/poro | Black nightshade (Solanum americanum) | (Whr) |
| PN.PONA | Pona | Knot, joint, swelling | (Bse) |
| MP.POO.1A | Poo | Night | (Bse) |
| PN.POO.1B | Poo | Special day, celebrated occasion: poo kai, a day of feasting | (Bse) |
| CE.POO.1C | Poo | The Polynesian underworld; the Christian hell | (Bse) |
| CE.POO.1C | Poo | Days of yore, the distant past: mei poo mai, from long, long ago Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Bse) |
| CE.POO-FATU.1* | Pooʔatu | Stone | (Mka) |
| TA.POO-FATU.2 | Po(o)ʔutu/kava | A coastal shrub with white berries (Sophora tomentosa) Ngaputoru name . (Scaevola sericea.) Phonologically Irregular | (Whr) |
| CE.POO-FUE.* | Pooʔue | Indigenous beach pea (Vigna marina), also indigenous beach morning-glory (Ipomoea pes-caprae) and, on Mangaia, Ma`uke, Miti`aro, an aboriginally introduced vine (Luffa cylindrica) | (Whr) |
| PN.POOKAI | Pookai | Coil, wrap up | (Bse) |
| CE.POO-KERE | Pookere | A black dress material | (Bse) |
| PN.POO-KIA | Pookia | Covered, struck by waves, overtaken. Passive of popoki | (Bse) |
| TR.POO-NAO | Poonao | Thimble, guard (on knife), knob ; sheath, scabbard | (Sve) |
| NP.POO-POO.B | Poopoo | Knead or pat dough into a loaf; roll or mould into a ball | (Bse) |
| PN.POO-QULI | Pouri. poiri | Dark, sad, sorrowful, distressed, gloomy | (Sve) |
| PN.POO-QULI | Pooiri | Dark, dusky; in the dark, without lights; murky, obscure, indistinct; ignorant; secretly | (Bse) |
| TA.POO-REHO | Pooreʔo | Cowrie (Cypraea spp.) | (Bse) |
| CE.POORORI | Porori | Abstain, refrain, fast | (Sve) |
| CE.POO-RUTU | Poorutu | Pour down heavily, in torrents (rain, waterfall) | (Bse) |
| CE.POO-TAGOTAGO | Poo tangotango | The epoch of utter black darkness | (Sve) |
| EP.POO-TAKA | Pootaka | Hoop made from coconut leaflet; roll, spin, twirl | (Bse) |
| CE.POOTIKI.A | Pootiki | Favourite child | (Bse) |
| CK.POOTIKI.B | Pootiki | Youngest child in a family (Etn) | (Bse) |
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