Entries from Buck 1932b in Pollex-Online
Buck, P. H. (1932b). Ethnology of Manihiki and Rakahanga. Honolulu, Bishop Museum Press.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Purapura uri | Planted coconut |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Puraka purapura | Top of leaves which was replanted |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Puru | Dry coconut husk |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Rahi | Big |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Rakie | Sea bird sp. (Anous minutus) (McC) Phonologically Irregular |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Raurau | Generic term for cooking receptacles and serving platters |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Rau | 200 coconuts |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Reva | Float; (moon) rise to zenith |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Ri | Hold of canoe |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Rika/moe | Dream |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Rito | Growing centre, closed central leaves of young coconut |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Roha/roha | Lie spread out |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Rore | Stilts |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Roro | Coconut cream |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Ruhi | Fish sp |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Ruia | Shark sp |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Ru/ruku | Bound together; tied; fold up; bundle of coconut leaflets |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Taeha | Fish sp Phonologically Irregular |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Tahito | Old; ancient times |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Taimaha | Food Phonologically Irregular |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Taka | Line or snood |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Takahi (pass. takahia) | Stand on, stamp on |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Takau | 20 coconuts Phonologically Irregular |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Takaviri | To twist |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Take | End of sprouting coconut away from sprout |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Takere | Outer under part of canoe |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Tako | (Astronomical) chant |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Taamaa | To wipe; sweep clean |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Tapa | To name, give a name |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Tapakau | Coconut leaf undermatting; large sitting mat |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Tarawa (tarewa?) | Purlin, longitudinal joist |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Tari | Type of climbing bandage; strip of bark, coconut midrib skin |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Taro/taro | (To perform) incantation, invoke |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Tata | Canoe bailer |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Ta/taka | Fall off |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Tatau | Squeeze (as in extracting oil) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Ta/tau/anga | Counting (n) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Tau parau | Pearl shell pendant |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Tauhuhu | Ridgepole |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Taumata | Eyeshade. Ancient cap (Sve). |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Tauraki | Dry something in the sun |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Tau/romi | Pressing movements in massage |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Vaka taurua | Double sailing canoe |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Tere tautai | Go on fishing expedition |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Tavake | Tropic bird (Phaeton) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Tehi (pass. tehia) | Cut in pieces |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Teka | Crossbar in flying fish net; game of jumping over coconut leaves laid on the ground Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Tere/tere | Peel off skin of cooked puraka |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Te/te | Split with thumb nail Phonologically Irregular |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Tia | (Basket) closed with senit cord |
