Takuu entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PN.WARU | Varu | Scrape a coconut or fibres from a swamp taro stalk (e.g. to make a hat), grate; grate coconuts | (Mle) |
| CP.WANA | Fana | Sea-urchin sp. | (Hwd) |
| MP.WAO.A | Vao | Uncultivated area with trees, bush; vegetation used as mulching material | (Mle) |
| NP.WASI | Vasi | Split in half, cut lengthwise; cut a taro corm from its stalk; reap taro (pull it from the ground, cut off the corm, and replant the stalk) | (Mle) |
| FJ.WAA-WAA.2A | Vaavaa | Intestines, guts, bowels of humans, turtles and pigs, after they have been removed from the body | (Mle) |
| OC.WAWE | Vave | Quick, swift, rapid, fast, come soon | (Mle) |
| OC.WELA.B | Vela | Heat | (Hwd) |
| FJ.WELE | Vere | Weed, cultivate, garden, cut grass, clear vegetation | (Mle) |
| NO.WELEWELE.* | Verevere | Spider, spider web | (Mle) |
| XO.VELO | Velo/velo | Fish sp., similar to a mataere, not often caught. Poss? a Coral Cod | (Mle) |
| PN.WETE.1 | V/vete | To lower (an object), release something that is attached (particularly when the attachment holds it up) | (Mle) |
| PN.WETE.2 | Vete | Goatfish [Mulloidichthys vanicolensis], the adult growth stage of the karo fish | (Mle) |
| OC.WE-WELA | Vvela | Hot, (of the sun) very hot; heat, heat blister, state of feeling uncomfortably hot | (Mle) |
| PN.WII.B | Vii | (of coconut toddy) Fermented; (of water) stagnant and bad-smelling | (Mle) |
| XO.VILI.1 | V/viri | (of a male) Masturbate | (Mle) |
| OC.WILI.1A | Viri | Pump | (Hwd) |
| OC.WISI | Visi | Entangle, (during weaving) merge two sets of cordage; entangled; mixed up, in a confused state; closely related (and therefore unable to marry) | (Mle) |
| EC.NAMU.1B | N/namu | Try a food, taste | (Mle) |
| PN.FAKA-QILO | Fakailo/a | Make known, inform, explain | (Hwd) |
| EC.ATU-MATA | Atumata | One mesh within a hand net | (Mle) |
| NP.MALA.5 | M/mara | Bitter (esp. of stored giant taro corms that have gone bad); (of spirits or tobacco) strong; (of alcohol) fermented; (of smoke, salt water etc. in one's eyes) irritating, stinging, painful | (Mle) |
| PN.LOFI | Loohi/a | (Of a canoe) take in water | (Mle) |
| PN.QUME-LEI | Ume rei, umarei | Variety of Naso unicornis | (Mle) |
| PN.MATA-QELE | Mataere | Fish sp., Grouper (Plectropomus sp.) (red with black spots and blue lateral lines...) | (Mle) |
| OC.KULAPO | Kurapo | Fish sp., prob. Sea-bream (Gymnocranius sp.) | (Mle) |
| SO.TEQE-AI | Seai | No, not (independent form); to say 'no'; nonexistent, absent, deficient, no longer; of no value | (Mle) |
| PN.KAPI.C | Kapi | (Of garment) narrow, tight-fitting; a tight squeeze, blocked...difficult to put in or take out, stuck, lodged...crowded | (Hwd) |
| PN.SIKU-SIKU | Sukisuki | Tip, extremity, narrow end, tip of a branch, upper area of a tree where the trunk begins to narrow; indicates the end of a limb or the adjacent tendon Phonologically Irregular | (Mle) |
| PN.TUQA.1B | Tua | Roof of a house | (Hwd) |
| PN.TUQA.1B | Tuaa- | Actual or conceptual back or bottom part of an object | (Hwd) |
| PN.TUQA-.2A | Tua- | Referring to a layer or degree of thickness (Tuatoru. Three layers); (of kinship relations) beyond the second ascending or descending generation: great- | (Mle) |
| PN.MAA-TINO | Maatino | Distinguishable, clear, diferentiated, known; be clear about, understand | (Hwd) |
| PN.FAKA-TERE-TERE | Fakateretere | To race (canoes) | (Hwd) |
| PN.FAAQOA | Haoa | Bilateral kindred (syn. of hare aakina) | (Mle) |
| OC.A | A | Name marker for singular personal pronouns and names of humans and spirits, but not canoes. | (Mle) |
| EC.AA.1 | Aa- | Prefix indicating direction towards something Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Mle) |
| PN.AFAGA | Ahana | Formerly the space between the lagoon foreshore and the first row of houses; front yard, where canoes are kept | (Mle) |
| NP.QAFA-TEA | Ahatea | A type of hano [Guettarda speciosa] tree that drifts to Takuu, though a few specimens grow locally | (Mle) |
| MP.AFE.1A | Ahe | Return; go/come back immediately; turn away from something (as a school of fish from a net) | (Mle) |
| AN.AFI | Ahi | Fire; flame; ember used to light cigarette | (Mle) |
| PN.QAFII | Ahii | Wrap a seafood parcel (prior to placing it in an earth oven)... | (Mle) |
| AN.AFIAFI | Ahiahi | Late afternoon, evening, when the sun is half-set | (Mle) |
| OC.QAFI-GA | Ahina | Armpit | (Mle) |
| FJ.QAFA.1 | Aho | Net gauge, spacing guide used in net construction Phonologically Irregular | (Mle) |
| MP.AFO | Aho | Fishing line | (Mle) |
| EO.QAFU.2 | Ahu | Heap something into a pile | (Mle) |
| PN.QAAFUA | Aahua | Shoal, rocks near reef exposed at low tide; long, straight finger of rock which was once part of the land | (Mle) |
| NP.QAFULU | Ahuru | Goatfish (Parupeneus sp.) | (Mle) |
| OC.HAKAU | Akau | The coral reef, exposed at low tide, which encircles Takuu...; isolated coral head in lagoon | (Mle) |
| MP.AKO | Aako/na | Teach | (Mle) |
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