Takuu entries in Pollex-Online

Protoform Item Description Source
AN.QATO Oto Length of sennit cord long enough to attach one vertical row of thatch panels to a roof Phonologically Irregular (Mle)
NP.PAA.3B Paa Pearl oyster (Mle)
PN.PAPA.1B Ppaa Flat surface, floor of a house, flat rock, reef flat (Mle)
OC.PAE.1A Pae Pile, heap, elevated area; pile of clothing forming a baby's bed (Mle)
EP.PAE-GA.B Paena Border areas of the community's garden on Takuu Island where men grow giant taro in individually prepared holes Problematic (Mle)
PN.PAKI.2 Paki Men's dance using stylised wooden clubs; club used in this dance (Mle)
PN.PAKIA.1 Pakia Be lucky in finding plenty of what one is trying to get Uncertain Semantic Connection (Mle)
MP.PAKU.B (P)paku Burnt; dried out from overcooking (Mle)
MP.PAKU.D Paku Burnt, hard part of a food (e.g. rice); outer part of the core of a tree where the wood is dry and hard (Mle)
NP.PAKU.C P/paku Indelible stain from the blood of a fish, turtle or human (Mle)
PN.PAKUU.A Pakuu Strike against something creating a banging sound; run aground; arrive at a destination; rhythmic striking of paddles against a canoe hull to attract a shark (Mle)
EC.PA-LAFA Pa/l/laha Flat (Mle)
OC.PANI.1 Pani Smear, as of a mark on the skin; paint face or body, apply turmeric markings to corpse (Mle)
PN.PAOPAO Paopao One-man outrigger canoe (considered something of a toy) (Mle)
CP.PAKI-PAKI Paa/paki Poisonous jellyfish sp. with white body, red spots and dangling tendrils Phonologically Irregular (Mle)
SO.PAPO Papu Wrasse sp. (Mle)
PN.PALA.1B Para Wet (Mle)
PN.PALA.4 Paara/i Paint, smear (Mle)
OC.PALAGI Parani Blue-dotted Hairtooth Tang (Ctenochaetus strigosus) and other spp. (Mle)
NP.PALE.3B Pare Lean, veer off-course (Mle)
PN.PALE.3A P/pare Veer, steer, turn (Mle)
PN.PATA.3 P/pata (of sand) Coarse; (of rain) having drops large enough to indent the skin. (Mle)
PN.PATU.2 Patu (of coconut embryo) Firm (Mle)
NO.PAU.2 P/pau Count, enumerate (Mle)
OC.PEQE Pee Break wind, fart (esp. audibly) Uncertain Semantic Connection (Mle)
OC.PEPE Ppee Generic term for butterfly, moths, hoppers (Mle)
OC.PELA Pela Earth, soil, land which is muddy in times of heavy rain (Mle)
OC.PELA P/pela (of ground) Soft (Mle)
NP.PESE.1 Pese Song, anything sung (obs.) (Mle)
PN.PEWA Peva Prehensile tail-like protrusion from the rear of a large male turtle, containing the penis (Mle)
SO.PIA.2B Pia Foam (on the ocean, coconut toddy, etc.) (Mle)
MP.PIA.2A Pia Sediment (Mle)
PN.PILO P/pilo Smell of excrement, stink, have excrement on s.t. or on one’s body (Mle)
MP.PISI.1 P/pisi (of water, etc.) Splash, spray, splatter; (of rain) fall in scattered droplets, sprinkle, spit accidentally while speaking (Mle)
OC.POO.2 P/poo Cup one’s hand, slap with a cupped hand, clap cupped hands (Mle)
MP.POA.1 Poa Chum, throw bait so as to attract fish (Mle)
PN.POKA.2 Poka Adult male Great Frigate Bird [Fregata minor], with a red throat pouch; the pouch itself (Mle)
PN.POKO.3 Poko Clap with hands cupped and at right angles (Mle)
NP.POGA-A-ISU Ponoisu Mucus from the nose; illness involving a runny or stuffy nose; blow one's nose (Mle)
EP.POTI.2 Poo/poki Marine creature: sand bug, mole crab Problematic (Mle)
PN.POLATA Porata Trunk of the banana palm (Mle)
SO.POLE.B P/pore Shake, tremble (because of old age or sickness), tingle, shiver; (of muscle) have a spasm; (of steering handle of outboard motor) vibrate; (of limb affected by Parkinson’s Disease) tremble slowly; be afraid, worried (Mle)
EO.POLI.A Pori Roll of fat around one's waist (Mle)
PN.PORO.1 Poro Advise, give advice Borrowed (Mle)
OC.POTO.1 P/poto, poto/poto Short (Mle)
PN.POTU.1 Potu Section of coconut-frond dragnet which may be opened to insert a mooise net; point at rear of mooise net toward which fish are driven; point on shank of fishook where the curve starts; corner of a house (Mle)
SO.PUU.3 Puu Place stones on top of a fire to heat them for an earth oven (Mle)
PN.PUU.2 P/puu (of a boil or sore) Drain (Mle)
FJ.PUA.A Pua Tree sp. (Gardenia?) (Mle)
OC.PUAKA Puaka Pig (obs.) (Mle)

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