Takuu entries in Pollex-Online

Protoform Item Description Source
PN.LOHU Lou, rou Long stick with a hook for picking fruit; use such a stick (Mle)
PN.MAQA.2 Ma For, for the benefit of (Mle)
OC.MAA.1 Maa Connects tens with units (Mle)
NP.MAA.6 Maa Group, gang, associates (postposed) (Mle)
PN.MAMA.1 Mmaa Leak, leaky (Mle)
OC.MAE.1A M/mae (of plants) Withered, dried out, shriveled; (of a sore etc.) dried up (Mle)
SO.MAAVAVA.* Maaeva Yawn Phonologically Irregular (Mle)
MP.MA-MAFA Mmaha Heavy; expensive, dear (Mle)
MP.MA-FANA Mahana (of water etc. but not weather) Warm; feverish (Mle)
PN.MAFI Mahi Strong (esp. of wind); (of curry) spicy, hot; (of a sickness) severe; (of mosquitoes, etc.) plentiful, fierce (Mle)
NP.MAFU.1 Mahu (of a wound or sore) Healed (Mle)
PN.MAFU.3 Mahu Bad, taste or smell bad through spoiling or rotting (Mle)
CP.MAQAFU.2 Mahu The larger Magellanic Cloud (Mle)
PN.MA-FUA Mahua Small fish sp....found in the ocean in massive numbers...sometimes surrounded by predator fish (Mle)
EO.MAFUIKE Mahuke(e) Earthquake Phonologically Irregular (Mle)
PN.MA-FUTA Maahuta (of people, birds or fish) Leave quickly en masse (Mle)
AN.MAI.A Mai Postposed particle signifying actual or conceptual movement towards the speaker and verifiable by the speaker; indicates a change in the object which reduces the size of the object (Mle)
SO.MAKA-VAA Makovaa Having one or more spaces, gaps, or intervals; gapped.... (Mle)
NP.MAQI-KUKU Makkuu Fingernail, toenail; claw of a cat Phonologically Irregular (Mle)
MP.MAMA.2 Mama Chew, masticate (food for an infant); masticated food intended for an infant (Mle)
MP.MAQA-MAQA.A Maamaa(hua) Light (in weight), able to be lifted; rise slowly; running out, becoming depleted (Mle)
CP.MATA-QI-TALIGA Maamaatarina Hammerhead Shark Phonologically Irregular (Mle)
AN.MA-NIFI Mannihi (of a flat surface) Thin; something in a very fragile condition (Mle)
CE.MANUNU.2 Mannuu (of bones after an accident) Displaced (Mle)
PN.MA-GUGU Mannuu Make a whirring or rustling noise (Mle)
OC.MANUKA.1 Manuka Accidental injury (polite); scar; scratch or crack on a wooden object (Mle)
SO.MA-QOFA Maaoha Fall [e.g. fruit from tree] (Mle)
SO.MAA-LALI Marari Slippery, oily (Mle)
CE.MA-RIU Mariu Capable, skilful, good at something Problematic (Mle)
PN.MAALOO.A Maaroo Forceful, hard (Mle)
FJ.MALU.B Maru (of a canoe, roof, etc.) Watertight, not leaking (Mle)
PN.MATA-FENUA Mata(a)henua Peninsula, point of land (the narrow points at each end of the lagoon side of Takuu's islands) (Mle)
EO.MATA-LIKI.B Matariki Constellation: Pleiades; season of the year determined by the location of the Pleiades (Mle)
PN.MATA-A-FALE Mataahare Area immediately outside a house (Mle)
XO.MATA-A-WAE Mataavae Toe, claw of a crab (Mle)
PN.MAATAI Matai Leader of a group of men slapping the water surface to drive fish into a net; first individuals in a line or group (e.g. of dancers) (Mle)
NP.KA-KAI Mata/kkai (of a point) Sharp (Mle)
PN.MATE.1B Mate (of a body part) Paralysed, numb (Mle)
AN.MATUQA.A Matua (of person) Old; grow up, mature (Mle)
AN.MATUQA.C Maatua Parent (Mle)
PN.MAQU.1 M/mau Hard, firm, inflexible, immovable (Mle)
PN.MAA-UNU Maunu (of a joint) Dislocate (Mle)
SO.MEA.1D Mea/mea Infant (Mle)
EC.MIO.1B M/mio Whirlpool, water spiralling behind a ship's propellor, eddies, wake (Mle)
OC.WILI.1A Miri Drill (n,v); twist a coconut to detach it from the stalk Phonologically Irregular (Mle)
PN.MILI M/miri Roll something between one's hands; rub one's hands together; twist, (wring bird's neck) (Mle)
PN.MISA Misa (of reef at water level, etc.) Create turbulence in the water; (of water) turbulent, as when disturbed by a stone breaking the surface (Mle)
OC.MITI.3A Miti (of some fish) Swim on the surface gulping surface morsels (Mle)
PN.MUQA.B Moo (Postposed particle) indicating a degree of politeness...Please, go ahead and, go on and; first of all (Mle)
PN.MOA.4A Moa Red tassel that contains the male flowers of the banana plant (Mle)

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