Entries from Buse 1996 in Pollex-Online
Buse, J. (1996). Cook Islands Maori dictionary with English-Cook Islands Maori finderlist. Canberra, Pacific Linguistics.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rarotongan | Upe | Droop Problematic |
| Rarotongan | Taupoo | An ulcer |
| Rarotongan | Tautai | Go fishing |
| Rarotongan | Tauturu | Help, assist, support |
| Rarotongan | Tavake | Red-tailed Tropic Bird (Phaethon rubricauda) |
| Rarotongan | Taavare | Dupe, deceive, fool somebody |
| Rarotongan | Taavere | Drag or tow (e.g. a vessel) |
| Rarotongan | Taviri | Turn, stir, twirl; key, screwdriver |
| Rarotongan | Te | Singular, definite article |
| Rarotongan | Paa/tee/ | To milk (e.g. a cow) |
| Rarotongan | Teeʔea | Which one(s)? |
| Rarotongan | Te(e)ia | This |
| Rarotongan | Teina | Younger sibling of same sex |
| Rarotongan | Takau | A score Phonologically Irregular |
| Rarotongan | Teke-na | Move position slightly, shift along, edge along (tr. & intr.) = neke |
| Rarotongan | Tere | Be in excess, over and above, show a surplus or profit, extra |
| Rarotongan | Tere | Travelling or touring party, expedition, tour, trip |
| Rarotongan | Teetaʔi | A certain (one), any, some; another, other |
| Rarotongan | Teetee | Pufferfish (called 'ue when fully grown) |
| Rarotongan | Teve | A plant (Amorphophallus campanulatus) |
| Rarotongan | Tia | A wedge, peg, etc. driven in as a wedge; to wedge something in, drive in a wedge |
| Rarotongan | Tiaki | Wait for; guard, look after; sentry, foreman |
| Rarotongan | Tiʔa | Pearl-shell breastplate |
| Rarotongan | Tiivae | Patch something; a patch Problematic |
| Rarotongan | Tiikaro | Hook, prize, winkle, gouge out |
| Rarotongan | Tiki-na | Fetch, get, go and obtain |
| Rarotongan | Ti/tiko/ | Defecate |
| Rarotongan | Tira | Mast, penis |
| Rarotongan | Tiiraʔa | Be lying on one's back; lie flat |
| Rarotongan | Tiiroe | The new moon |
| Rarotongan | Tiimata | Try, essay, make an effort; tempt, entice |
| Rarotongan | Tinai | Extinguish, destroy, oppress |
| Rarotongan | Tinai-a | Ruined, completely wiped out, annihilated |
| Rarotongan | Tinana | Female parent (of animals) |
| Rarotongan | Tiipaopao | Bit by bit, a little at a time, here and there, spasmodically only |
| Rarotongan | Tiipapa | Lie flat and face down; bow low; prone |
| Rarotongan | Tiipuu | Cut, chop, sever (general term) |
| Rarotongan | Tiiʔae-ʔia | Tease, infuriate |
| Rarotongan | Tiʔe | To sneeze; to snigger, give snort of suppressed laughter |
| Rarotongan | Tiitaʔa | Lean, tilt |
| Rarotongan | Tiitii | A small black seabird of the Petrel family |
| Rarotongan | Tiitoi | Retract the prepuce of the penis |
| Rarotongan | Tiitoitoi | Masturbate |
| Rarotongan | Too | Conceive, become pregnant |
| Rarotongan | Too | Set (of sun), descend |
| Rarotongan | Tooʔou | Your(s) |
| Rarotongan | Too | Possessive particle |
| Rarotongan | Toa | Hero; manly, heroic, brave |
| Rarotongan | Toʔa/toʔa | Spread (out), as clothes to dry |
| Rarotongan | Toʔi/toʔi | Chisel away, take out, nick, groove, carve out, notch; a chisel or similar gouging implement |
