Poko
1. Fragrant; to smell, to give off a
smell: he-poko te eo, it gives off a pleasant
smell. 2. To hunt, to catch with a trap, to snare.
He-kî e Tori: maaku-á e-ea ki te manu, e-poko i te po i
ruga i te opata. Tori said: I shall go and catch
birds at night, up on the cliff. 3. Thunder (also
hatutiri). 4. (Also: pokopoko.) Hollow, hole,
depression, any deep, concave object; to leave in a
hole, in a depression. Pokoga, chasm; summit.
Pokohata, female rat: kio'e pokohata.
Pokopoko, woman bent under the weight of her years:
vî'e pokopoko.
1. Sound of the sea; tai poko,
breakers. Pokopoko, to slap water. Mgv.:
pokokina, resonant, clear-toned. Mq.: poko,
to slap the water in imitation of drumming; pokokina,
sound of water. 2. Rut, beaten path. P Pau.: poko,
hollow; pokopoko, concave, to excavate. Mgv.:
poko, to dig, to excavate, to hollow out. Mq.:
pokoko, to crack open; pokona, to hollow out,
to excavate. Ta.: poópoó, hollow, deep. 3.
Infernal; pokoga, hell, infernal cave; topa ki
te pokoga, to damn (lit: to go down to hell.) Mq.:
pokona, cavity, hole.
Pokopoko: 1. Womb. PS Sa.:
po'opo'o, clitoris. Mq.: pokopoko, pudendum
muliebre. 2. Pokopoko vae, footprints. 3.
Concave, deep, ditch, mysterious; pokopoko ihu,
nostril (Ta.: poópoó ihu); pokopoko
ke, fathomless; pokopoko taheta,
concave. Hakapokopoko, to deepen. |