Sikaiana entries in Pollex-Online

Protoform Item Description Source
PN.PISI.3 Ka/pihi Make a crashing sound, have an impact, strike (Dnr)
PN.PITO.2 Pito kupena A small net about three feet long (Dnr)
MP.POA.1 Poa Legs of a hermit crab, used as bait (Dnr)
MP.POA.1 P/poa To smell of fish (Dnr)
NP.POGA-A-ISU Poponoisu The mucus of the nose (Dnr)
PN.POGI-A Ponia To be unable to see (Dnr)
SO.POI.B Poki Caveat Phonologically Irregular (Dnr)
SO.POI.B Poi Almost; like, similar to (Dnr)
PN.POKA.2 Poka Frigate bird sp. with a white neck (Dnr)
PN.POKO.2 P/poko To have thin thighs and legs, of women (demeaning) Uncertain Semantic Connection (Dnr)
PN.POKO.3 Poka/poka To clap hands Phonologically Irregular (Dnr)
NP.POKO-POKO P/poko Atrophic vulva (Dnr)
EC.POKUA Pukua Mouth (Dnr)
MP.POLA.1 Pola Roof mats of a house, woven from coconut leaves (Dnr)
PN.POLA-POLA Polapola Small temporary basket made from coconut leaf {paakele} (Dnr)
FJ.POLE.A Pole Desire (Dnr)
SO.POLE.B Pole Tremble, spasm, convulse; go into convulsions as a result of spirit possession (Dnr)
MP.PONO.1 P/pono Put inside a container, cover a bottle top, patch a leak; put in jail; bottle cap (Dnr)
MP.POO.1A Poo Night (Dnr)
PN.POO-GIA Poonia To be caught at sea when it is night, under unusual or unpleasant circumstances; not to reach a destination by nightfall (Dnr)
PN.POOKAI Pookai To coil, wrap up (Sps)
PN.POO-QULI Pouli To be dark at night (Dnr)
AN.POPO.1 Popo Rotten (Sps)
PN.PORO.1 Polo/polo To promise, to make a commitment; (often) to marry (Dnr)
PN.PORO.1 Polo The death wish or requests a dying man makes to his family (Dnr)
PN.PORO-QAKI Poloaki To say goodbye (Dnr)
XO.POSU Posu To be full of food, satiated (Dnr)
OC.POTO.1 P/poto/ Short (sg.) (Dnr)
OC.POTO.1 Poto/poto Short (pl.) (Dnr)
OC.POU.1 Pou Post (Dnr)
EP.PUA.1B Pua/pua To blossom, of haahaa (taro), pasai (turmeric), kapulaka (taro). (Dnr)
MP.PUGA.1 Puna Coral (Dnr)
PN.PUI.A P/pui Shut, be shut (as a door); prevent, stop; forbid, forbidden (Dnr)
PN.PUI.A Pui/pui To close up a house, as when locking up; to build the walling around a house (Dnr)
PN.PUI.B Pui/pui A shirt without sleeves that is worn over the shoulders for dancing and other ceremonies (Dnr)
RO.PUKA Puka A tree sp (Dnr)
PN.PUKE.3 Puke To catch (Dnr)
MP.PUKU.1A Puku Mound; fat of a turtle; stump of a tree branch. (Dnr)
PN.PUKU.2A Puku A hunchback's hump Problematic (Dnr)
PN.PUKU.2A Puku/puku Round (Dnr)
NP.PUKU.2B Puku To swell from an injury (Dnr)
NP.PUKU.2B Puku/puku Round (Dnr)
FJ.PUKU.3 Puku/a Mouth (Dnr)
XO.PUKU-LIMA Puku lima The elbow (Dnr)
XO.PUKU-WAQE Puku vae Ankle (Dnr)
MP.PULA.1 P/pula To shine with a low light, as a fire from a far distance or a star (Dnr)
OC.PULAKA Ka/pulaka A type of swamp taro (Cyrtosperma chamissonis) that is an important staple of the Sikaiana diet (Dnr)
OC.PULAPULA Pulapula Offspring whose physical features resemble their male genitor (Dnr)
XO.PULAU.* Pulau To stink, to smell rotten (Dnr)
MP.PULE.1 Pule Cowrie (Dnr)

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