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BONEY-BONEY - Very thin
COCKNUT - Coconut
COOSHOO - Good
DAFFY - That way
DEFFY - This way
DOODOEE - A species of tree, valued for carving wood
DOTTER - A type of fish
EENO - No!
FAAFAIA - A type of fish
FOOT - Why
FOUR JUNK TORCH - Four cell flashlight
FRETTIN' - Worrying, fretting
FUS - First
GINGSA - Ginger
HUPPA - Bad, inefficient
ILLI ILLI - Rough seas ("Hilly", plus Tahitian repetative emphasis)
KUMARA - Sweet potato
LEBBY - Leave it alone; let it be!
LITTLE SULLEN - Child
LOS BAWL - Refers to a ship that passes without stopping ("Lost ball")
MANUE - A type of fish
MAOLO - To break
MIRO - A native Pitcairn tree
MONO-MONO - Very good
MORGA - Thin
MORLA - Tomorrow
MUDDA - Dumplings (also, DUMPLEN)
NAAWAY - To bathe or swim (Tahitian: "Naue", to dive into water)
PE-HOE - Old Fashioned
PI-AR-LEE - Small
PICKPICK - A type of fish
PILLY-PILLY - Stuck together
PLUN, PLUM - Plantain, banana
PORPAY - Red Guavas
PURAU - A native Pitcairn tree
ROLL - To fall.
RUHULLO - Banana Leaf (Dead)
RUMMER - Fishing at night
SEMIZ WEE - Peculiar
SIDE - Place
SINK SUFF - Low tide
SOFFA - Softer
SORLUN - Finish
STOLLY - Story, Lie
SUFF - Waves [Surf]
SULLEN - Person (probably derived from "sole one")
SUPAFAI - All broken up (Tahitian: "Pofa'i", to break off)
SUPPA - Supper, dinner
TAI-TAI - Tasteless or charmless (obsolete on Pitcairn; survives on Norfolk)
TAK HOLD - To Wrestle
TAYTE - Potato
TINAI - Hint, Something begged for
TIN-TOLA - Girl Friend
TOLLY - A species of tree
TOMOLLA - Tomorrow
TOONENA - A species of tree, valued for carving wood
TULL, TULLA - Tell
UMER OOLAR - Clumsy
UNAY - Isn't it?
UPAPA - A type of fish
WALLEY - Valley
WAWAHA - Conceited
WETTLES - Food ("vittles")
WHAA - What
WHIHI - Wrap in green banana leaves (for cooking)
WHISTLIN - A type of fish
WUSSER - Worse
YOR LOR - to Grate
YORLEY - You, All of you, "Y'all"

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