Entries from Mataora 1981 in Pollex-Online
Mataora, T., M. Tutai, et al. (1981). Pukapukan-English dictionary: a preliminary edition.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pukapuka | Paepae (watu) | Stone border; two parallel rows of stones |
| Pukapuka | Pa/paka/ | Dried up |
| Pukapuka | Pa/paki/ | Slap with the open hand |
| Pukapuka | Pakipaki | Portuguese Man-of-war |
| Pukapuka | Pala | Ripe |
| Pukapuka | Pala | Rotten |
| Pukapuka | Pala | Dirt; soiled |
| Pukapuka | Pala/nga | A lump of faeces |
| Pukapuka | Pale | To catch a ball; guard reserves |
| Pukapuka | Pale | Hat |
| Pukapuka | Palu | Wash clothes |
| Pukapuka | Pana | Bounce |
| Pukapuka | Pani | To put marks on something (e.g. face) |
| Pukapuka | Papa | Hard bedrock that rises above water at certain times |
| Pukapuka | Pape | Upward movement of the hips (as in intercourse, dancing) Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Payeke | Slip |
| Pukapuka | Patoo | To touch ground lightly (as a dart which ricochets) |
| Pukapuka | Pe/ia | Like this |
| Pukapuka | Pee | Pus ; ooze |
| Pukapuka | Peewea | How? |
| Pukapuka | Penu | Blunt Phonologically Irregular |
| Pukapuka | Penu | Pandanus seed |
| Pukapuka | Pia | Starch |
| Pukapuka | Pia | White substance found in sexual organs of both sexes |
| Pukapuka | Piki | To join, in weaving |
| Pukapuka | Piko | Crooked, bent, not straight |
| Pukapuka | Pia | Box, trunk, chest Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Piivai/elo | Useless, good for nothing (said of persons) |
| Pukapuka | Poo | Night, darkness; abode of the dead |
| Pukapuka | Poe | Pearl; ear-ring |
| Pukapuka | Poi | Taro pudding prepared for babies, the aged and sick people |
| Pukapuka | Pookai | A roll (of wire etc.) (of prepared pandanus leaves |
| Pukapuka | Pole | Need, want something ; desire, longing |
| Pukapuka | Pona | A piece of flesh or sugarcane |
| Pukapuka | Pono | Sure, certain; confirm Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Poopoo | To clap hands; comfort a person in trouble |
| Pukapuka | Poti/poti | Caterpillar |
| Pukapuka | Pootiki | Last-born in a family Problematic |
| Pukapuka | Poto | Short |
| Pukapuka | Pou | Post |
| Pukapuka | Poouli | Dark |
| Pukapuka | Poouto | A float for a net; fishing float Borrowed |
| Pukapuka | Pua | Flowering of plants, starting to bear fruit |
| Pukapuka | Puapua | A tree used to make canoes . Used figuratively for vagina |
| Pukapuka | Pui/pui | Erect a blind; to cover, shut off |
| Pukapuka | Pulapula | Young coconut plants |
| Pukapuka | Pule | A prayer, pray ; guard, keep watch |
| Pukapuka | Pulu | Coconut husks |
| Pukapuka | Pulu | Menstrual pad |
| Pukapuka | Pulu/i | Lashing or string around a wire to stop the main fishing line from getting cut |
