Sikaiana entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PN.MOTO.2A | Moto | To be unripe, of fruit | (Dnr) |
| OC.MOTU.A | Motu | Be severed | (Dnr) |
| OC.MOTU.B | Motu | Islet | (Dnr) |
| NP.MUI | M/mui | To collect, to come together | (Dnr) |
| PN.MUKA.1A | Muko | Shoot growing from sprouted coconut {kamatuu} | (Dnr) |
| NP.MUKA.1B | Muka/muka | Green coconut with juice inside but no kernel | (Dnr) |
| SO.MUKA.1C | Muka | Weak, rotting, of cloth, string and ropes | (Dnr) |
| PN.MULU.1 | M/mulu/ | Wipe (us. a wet substance, e.g. tears) | (Dnr) |
| EO.MU-MUNI | Haka/mumuni/ | Hide oneself | (Dnr) |
| CP.MUNA | Muna | Swear | (Dnr) |
| OC.MUQA.A | Mua | Front, before | (Dnr) |
| PN.MUQA-KI | Muaai | First Phonologically Irregular | (Sps) |
| MP.MURI.1A | Muli | Behind, back | (Dnr) |
| PN.MURI-WAQE | Mulivae | The heel of the foot | (Dnr) |
| PN.MUSU.1A | Mu/musu | Of voices that are heard, but the words are indistinct; to gossip; to whisper | (Dnr) |
| MP.MUU.2 | Muu | Fish sp | (Dnr) |
| NP.MUU.3A | Mu/muu | Make a constant buzzing noise (like a fly) | (Dnr) |
| PN.MUU.3C | Mu/mu | Make a constant buzzing noise, like a fly | (Dnr) |
| NP.NAA.1 | Naa | Demonstrative pronoun: that, there, in sight, but on other side of listener. In conversation, a statement recently spoken as part of the present conversation. | (Dnr) |
| MP.NAMO | Namo | The area inside the reef; the lagoon (moana) and surrounding shallow area | (Dnr) |
| MP.NAMU.2A | Namu | Mosquito | (Dnr) |
| RO.NANUE | Nanue | Fish sp., tarwhine | (Dnr) |
| PN.NAO | L/lao | To feel something without looking at it; put finger down throat to induce vomiting Phonologically Irregular | (Dnr) |
| NO.NAPA | Napa | Embarrassed, ashamed | (Dnr) |
| NP.NAPE.A | Nape | Action of sexual intercourse Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Dnr) |
| OC.NATU.2 | Natu | A fruit that is eaten on Sikaiana | (Dnr) |
| PN.NEFU.2A | Nehu | Not clear | (Dnr) |
| NP.NEI | Nei | This, here, near speaker | (Dnr) |
| NP.NEKE.1A | N/neke | To move from one place to another, of people; to move some item from one place to another | (Dnr) |
| PN.NENE | Nnee | A gasp, moan, or sob, either of sorrow or pleasure | (Dnr) |
| SO.NEVE | Neve | String used for tying basket around the back; to tie basket around the back | (Dnr) |
| PN.NEWA.A | Neva/neva | Sway from side to side | (Dnr) |
| EC.NI.1 | Ni | Past tense marker | (Ply) |
| SO.NI.2 | Ni | Indefinite article: some | (Dnr) |
| AN.NIFO | Niho | Tooth | (Dnr) |
| CC.NIGI.* | N/nini | Pour, capsize | (Dnr) |
| PN.NIMO.1 | Nimo | To delay (of people) Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Dnr) |
| PN.NIMO.2 | Nimo | Move slowly, delay; slowly circle an area | (Dnr) |
| NP.NITI | N/niti/ | Crowded, tight, closely packed | (Dnr) |
| MP.NIU.1 | Niu | Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) | (Dnr) |
| EO.NOA.1 | Noa | Unrestrictive; very weak | (Sps) |
| PN.NOA.2 | Noa | Non-restriction | (Dnr) |
| OC.NOFO | Noho | Sit, be seated; inhabit, stay at, dwell, remain; be alive | (Dnr) |
| MP.NOFU | Nohu | Stonefish | (Dnr) |
| FJ.NOKO.1A | Si/noko | To show one's buttocks, as an insult | (Dnr) |
| SO.NOKO.2 | Kona | Tense-aspect, past progressive, to have been doing Problematic | (Dnr) |
| OC.NONU | Lonu | A plant species (yaw bush?) Phonologically Irregular | (Dnr) |
| EO.NOO-GIA | Kai/nono | To beg for food, goods or money (usually demeaning) | (Dnr) |
| CP.NOQA | N/noo (pass. noo/tia) | To tie a knot | (Dnr) |
| NP.NUI.1 | N/niu | Big (plural) | (Sps) |
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