Sikaiana entries in Pollex-Online

Protoform Item Description Source
PN.PANE.A Pane muli Rear part of the washstrake {hono} of an outrigger canoe...used for sitting. (Dnr)
OC.PANI.1 Pani/pani To have many different colours (Dnr)
NO.PAO.3 Pao House built on stilts Uncertain Semantic Connection (Dnr)
NO.PAO.3 Pa/pao (of wind) Blow something ashore (Dnr)
MP.PAPA.1A Papa Wooden box, coffin; timber, lumber; board in front of the weaver that supports the warp-threads (Dnr)
PN.PAPA.1B Paapaa Very flat (Sps)
PN.PAPA.1B Papa Big flat rocks found in the reef (Dnr)
SO.PAPA.2 Ppaa A yellow fin tuna fish when caught with a troll line (Dnr)
NP.PAPA.3 Papa Box (Dnr)
SO.PAPO Papu Scarlet-breasted Maori Wrasse (Sps)
PN.PAQALA Paala Fish sp., marlin (Dnr)
PN.PAQAUA Paaua Fish sp (Dnr)
PN.PAQE Pae (of boat) Tilt, lay to one side (Dnr)
XO.PAQIOLO Paolo A shovel like tool formerly made from the chest bone of turtle, used for sweeping and shovelling (Dnr)
EC.PASA.1 P/pasa Slightly swollen, inflamed (Hwd)
NO.PA-TAKE Paa taketake To be shallow (of water) (Dnr)
AN.PATU.1A P/patu Hit with the bottom of a closed fist (Dnr)
NO.PAU.2 P/pau To read (Sps)
OC.PEAU Peau The waves of the sea; to be rough seas (Dnr)
PN.PEE- Pee- Like this, like that (followed by deictics) (Dnr)
NP.PEE-FEA Pehea How? (Dnr)
PN.PEE-HENA Pee naa Like that (Dnr)
PN.PEE-HENI Pee nei Like this (Dnr)
NP.PEE-LAA Pee laa Like that (Dnr)
OC.PEKA.1 Peka Flying-fox (Dnr)
OC.PELA Pela Dirty, decayed ; mud (Sps)
OC.PELA Pela/pela Muddy (Dnr)
OC.PELA P/pela Soft (Dnr)
PN.PENA.1B Pena/pena Do, make (exs prepare feast, build house); make string figure designs; use love magic to win someone's affections (Dnr)
OC.PENU.A Penu Shell of a shellfish; shell of fruit or nut; cover, wrapping, envelope; penu hale 'empty house' (Dnr)
OC.PENU.A Penu/penu Brideprice payment [gift exchange between families] Uncertain Semantic Connection (Dnr)
OC.PEPE Pep/pepe/ Butterfly (Dnr)
NP.PEQE-SI.B1 Pehi Throw with an underhand motion (Dnr)
NP.PESE.1 Pese Sing (Sps)
NP.PETI Peti Fat (Dnr)
MP.PIA.1 Pia Arrowroot (Dnr)
XO.PIGI-PIGI Pinipini A tree sp. used for making canoes (Calophyllum?) (Dnr)
CC.PII.2B Pii To be full (Dnr)
MP.PIKI.1A Piki To roll together something using the fingers [exs cigarette, braided cord] Uncertain Semantic Connection (Dnr)
PN.PIKI.2 P/piki Feel numb (Dnr)
MP.PIKO.A Piko Bent, crooked, curved (Dnr)
MP.PILI.1A P/pili To be stuck, to adhere; (of soup) to be thick (Dnr)
NO.PILI.1C Pili To be on top of another object; (of boat or canoe) run aground (Dnr)
OC.PILI.2 Moko ppili Lizard sp., gecko (Dnr)
PN.PILI-PILI Pilipili An octopus (Dnr)
PN.PILO P/pilo To smell of feces (Dnr)
MP.PIPI.1 Pipi Shellfish sp. (Sps)
MP.PISI.1 P/pisi To be spraying (of rain) (Dnr)
MP.PISI.1 Haka/p/pisi To spray, as in spraying DDT to kill mosquitoes (Dnr)
MP.PISI.1 Piisi/a To have something caught in the eye (Dnr)

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