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puliki
n. brick
名 brick
See also: puliki.
[参] puliki.
pulinesese
n. princess
名 王女
[E] princess. See also: pelenise fafine.
[英] princess, [参] pelenise fafine.
pulisimani volume_up
n. police officer
名 警察官
[E] policeman
[英] policeman
pulukamu
n. casuarina, Casuarina equisetifolia
名 トクサバモクマオウ，モクマオウ科モクマオウ属
[E] blue gum. See also: lakau kilisimasi.
pulukamuはblue gumからの音韻変化．本来blue gumとはユーカリを指すが，ツバル語では違うようである．[参] lakau kilisimasi.[英] blue gum．
pulumakau volume_up
n. cow, bull, beef
名 牛；牛肉
pulumakau fafine: cow, pulumakau tagata: ox, bull
pulu ma kau（bull and cow：牡牛と牝牛）を一語にした複合語．pulumakau fafine: 牝牛, pulumakau tagata: 牡牛．
pūsi volume_up
n. cat
名 猫
[E] pussy. See also: pūhi.
[英] pussy. [参] pūhi.
saisi
n. size
名 サイズ
[E] size
[英] size
sake
n. sack
名 袋
[E] sack. See also: taga.
[英]　sack，[参] taga
sāmala
n. hammer
名 槌，金槌，ハンマー
[E] hammer.
[英] hammer．
sameni volume_up
n. cement
名 セメント
[E] cement
[英] cement
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