Takuu entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| MP.TIRO | Tilo/tilo mee | Admire someone’s (esp. one’s own) physical characteristics | (Mle) |
| AN.TIMU.1 | Timu | White cloud-like pattern in the night sky Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Mle) |
| PN.TINA | Tina | Lever; use a lever to move a heavy object; log used as a roller to move a heavy object; any of the four sticks placed under a body to carry it to the cemetery | (Mle) |
| SO.TINAQE.B | Tin(n)ae | Pregnant (polite term); woman who is pregnant or has just given birth | (Mle) |
| PN.TINO.C | Tino | Essence, main part; belief; one's own Problematic | (Mle) |
| FJ.TILI.3 | Tiri | Pound, hit something hard against something else; pound taro in preparing certain dishes | (Mle) |
| FJ.TILI.3 | T/tiri | Bump into, collide, stub | (Mle) |
| FJ.TILI.2 | Tiri/taa | (of rain) Light and constant; drizzle | (Mle) |
| PN.TOAFA | Toaha | An area of Takuu Island’s gardens adjacent to Te Ara Ttoro in the centre of Takuu Island where taro is still grown in laumea plots | (Mle) |
| EC.TOFA.1B | T/toha | Distribute equally | (Mle) |
| CC.TOFE.2 | Tohe | (of a canoe, etc.) Having straight sides that come together in a V-shape | (Mle) |
| CP.TOFE.1 | Tohe | Bivalve mollusc with sharp edges formerly used for shaving | (Mle) |
| AN.TOFI | T/tohi | Split or tear something apart (e.g. an item of food) | (Mle) |
| PN.TOFU.1 | Tohu | Complete (of a distribution) | (Mle) |
| PN.TOFU.1 | T/tohu | Distribute equally | (Mle) |
| NP.TOGI.1B | Toni | (of a chicken, etc.) Peck (once) | (Mle) |
| PN.TOGI.1A | Toni | Open coconut for drinking by cutting an opening in the pointed end; cut a wedge from a branch (e.g. to check on the quality of the wood); lodge a machete in a coconut trunk | (Mle) |
| PN.TORO | Toro | Sugarcane | (Mle) |
| FJ.TOLO.2A | Toro | (of grasses and certain plants) Grow along the ground or over a surface; collect edible shellfish in shallow water | (Mle) |
| XO.TO-TOKA | Tootoka | Door, doorway | (Mle) |
| PN.TUQU.3A | T/tuu | Cut (hair) | (Mle) |
| PN.TALIELIE | Tua/tarierie | Kind of edible marine crab | (Mle) |
| FJ.TUQI | Tui | Lineage title (mata) alternating with Pua for the position of ariki... | (Mle) |
| AN.TUI | T/tui | Sew together, string, lace; feel like needles, give or have a pricking sensation or stabbing pain; thread fish on a cord (for carrying purposes) | (Mle) |
| AN.TUKI.A | T/tuki | Hammer (vt) | (Mle) |
| PN.TUKU.D | Tuku | Stop temporarily, pause, quit | (Mle) |
| PN.TUMU-QAKI | Tuumaki | Crown of the head; soft spot on the crown of an infant’s head Phonologically Irregular | (Mle) |
| PN.TUGI.* | T/tuni | Set fire to, burn (e.g. grass, rubbish); heat up rocks, shells, or similar hard materials;cook (coconut cream) by inserting hot stones or by heating over a fire; (of the sun) burn fiercely, be uncomfortably hot | (Mle) |
| PN.TULE.1 | Ture (moe) | Feel sleepy, doze | (Mle) |
| PN.TUQU-TAKI | Tuutaki | Imitate s.o else’s actions, mimic Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Mle) |
| PN.UU | Uu | Fit flush together, be joined evenly Problematic | (Mle) |
| PN.QUU.A | Uu | Heap (of sticks, leaves, etc.) ready for carrying | (Mle) |
| PN.UA.3 | Ua | Agree on a course of action | (Mle) |
| PN.UA.3 | Uee | Yes Phonologically Irregular | (Mle) |
| AN.QUFI.1 | Uhi | Yam [Dioscorea esculenta] | (Mle) |
| PN.QUFI.3 | Uhi | Cover, lid, cap; cover, cover up; catch a bird while it is on or near the ground by covering it with a hand net | (Mle) |
| PN.QUFU | Uhu | General name for parrotfish | (Mle) |
| EO.HUQI.1 | Uii | Remove something from its hanger, lift off, undress, remove one’s clothing (shirt, pants, shoes, etc.); pick pandanus fruit | (Mle) |
| MP.HIKO-FI | Ukohi | Wooden tongs for removing hot stones from fire; remove (e.g. hot stones) from fire with tongs | (Mle) |
| PN.UKU | Uuku/i | Rub one’s back with a towel, rub against a vertical surface to relieve an itch | (Mle) |
| OC.UMA.A | Uma | Breast of a bird; breast meat | (Mle) |
| AN.QUMAGA | Uumana | Special abilities or work associated with a particular family, group or gender | (Mle) |
| PN.QUMATA | Uumata | Rainbow | (Mle) |
| AN.QUNA | Una/mea | General term for turtle | (Mle) |
| AN.UNU.1 | Unu/hia | Remove [exs bird's feathers; cigarette from packet] | (Mle) |
| OC.SUNU.2 | Unu | Singe, as of the hair of a pig or feathers of a bird Phonologically Irregular | (Mle) |
| FJ.QULAFI | Urahi | White reef fish caught with spear or line using hermit crab as bait. Poss? the Longnose Parrotfish [Hipposcarus longiceps] | (Mle) |
| AN.QULU.1 | Uru | In compound terms: head, skull, front of topmost portion or position of something | (Mle) |
| NP.LUU-KAU.* | U/rukau | Food prepared for a sick person on the first day he/she stays in the elder’s house Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Mle) |
| EC.ULU-GI | Uru/uru | Large steering paddle used when a canoe is racing. | (Mle) |
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