Takuu entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| MP.USO.1B | Uso | Umbilical cord, navel | (Mle) |
| NO.USU.5 | Usu | Followed by a noun, signifies the front or front end of an object | (Mle) |
| OC.UTO | Uto | Net float | (Mle) |
| FJ.UTUA | Utua | A tidal flat between the islands and in the lagoon offshore from Nukutoa, partially uncovered by low tide; Te Utua is also a location on Takuu Island | (Mle) |
| AN.WAQE | Vae | Foot, leg (of person, animal, stool, etc.) thigh, lap; shank of a fishhook | (Mle) |
| PN.SOGI | Vai/soni | Kiss, rub or press noses in formal greeting or farewell | (Mle) |
| NP.WAANAGA | Vana | Tell, relate, say, promise; think, believe Phonologically Irregular | (Mle) |
| AN.FANA.1 | V/vana | Spear someone or something, throw a spear Phonologically Irregular | (Mle) |
| PN.WALE.1 | Vare | Slime from a fish or plant | (Mle) |
| PN.WALO.1 | Varo | Call out, but not using real words | (Mle) |
| AN.WALU.1 | Varu | Eight | (Mle) |
| NP.WASI | Vasi/a | Take a woman's virginity, deflower | (Mle) |
| NP.WAASI | Vasi | Half, part, side, region, area | (Mle) |
| PN.WEWE.A | Vvee | General term for grass, lawn | (Mle) |
| NP.WEKU.1 | Veku | (of cooked food) Shred; wring (one’s hands) with sand to remove an unpleasant smell; rinse (of clothes, but not the body) | (Mle) |
| OC.WELA.A | Vela | Burnt, burning, on fire | (Mle) |
| CP.SAWINI | (Haka)vini | To whistle; insect species that makes a noise at night but cannot be seen | (Mle) |
| PN.WELO.1 | V/voro | Stab through, hurl (a stick or spear) Phonologically Irregular | (Mle) |
| CP.FUSI.1 | Vusi | Cultivated area on Takuu Island Phonologically Irregular | (Mle) |
| FJ.WALE.3 | Vare | Ordinary, plain, common, not special; as usual, normally, without any special property or incident (usually followed by koi); | (Mle) |
| NP.MUKA.1B | (Hui) muka/muka | Third stage of coconut growth (small inedible fruit) | (Mle) |
| XO.IKA-TAPU | Ika tapu | Large trevally [Caranx sp.] | (Mle) |
| PN.PAQAUA | Paaua | Black Trevally [Siganus spinu], or Striped Rabbitfish | (Mle) |
| PN.PUSO.2 | Poso/uru | Head (older form?) | (Mle) |
| SO.TUPU.D | Tipu | Grow up or into something, develop | (Mle) |
| SO.TUPU.D | Tipu/tipu | Resemble, look like; assume the form of something, emerge as; manner, form, style, character, resemblance | (Mle) |
| PN.MAALOOLOO.B | Marooroo | Rested, refreshed; recovered from an illness | (Mle) |
| PN.GUTU-LIMU | Nuturimu | Blue-mottled Parrotfish (Callyodon dubius) | (Mle) |
| EC.TAKA-SISI | Taka/sii | Copra | (Mle) |
| NP.TEE-LAA | Te(e)laa | That (over there, further from the speaker than indicated by tenaa); another, (somebody or something) else | (Mle) |
| NP.TEE-HENA | Teenaa | That (near you, closer to the speaker than that indicated by teelaa) | (Mle) |
| CE.PANI.2 | Tuu/pani | Surround fish on the reef and catch them with a long net or hand nets Problematic | (Mle) |
| SO.LAVA-A | Lavaa, ravaa | Able to do something (do a task, meet a challenge) | (Mle) |
| XO.MATA-A-WAKA | Mataavaka | End of a canoe | (Mle) |
| MP.MATA-QI-HUHU | Mataauu | Nipple, teat | (Mle) |
| PN.QO | N/o | And (connecting two verbs or clauses) Phonologically Irregular | (Mle) |
| EC.MITI.3B | Koo/miti | Disturbance of the water created by the movement of a paddle, etc. | (Mle) |
| CE.PAPA-ARIGA | Pakaiasa | Cheek Phonologically Irregular | (Mle) |
| NP.PEE-LAA | Peellaa | Like that (over there), in that way | (Mle) |
| OC.PELU.A | Peruperu aavaka | Largest kind of indigenous butterfly | (Mle) |
| MP.PIPI.1 | Ppii | Round edible bivalve found individually on the reef | (Mle) |
| CE.PII.1 | Pii/pii | Duckling; imitate sound of duckling Problematic | (Mle) |
| AN.POO-POO.A | P/poo | Cup one's hand, slap with a cupped hand, clap cupped hands Phonologically Irregular | (Mle) |
| AN.FUGA.3 | Puna | Coconut bud Phonologically Irregular | (Mle) |
| PN.PUPU.A | Ppuu | Untidy, cluttered (esp. with rubbish); (of a bush area) densely vegetated or uncultivated, littered with uncleared domestic rubbish | (Mle) |
| FJ.KITIKITI-VAI | Sisioi | Dragonfly (Anisoptera spp.) | (Mle) |
| SO.SIKI.1B | S/siki | Female assistant to a clan elder in former days | (Mle) |
| PN.KAA-PUI | Aapoi | Wrap something around something else (as a towel around one's body) Phonologically Irregular | (Mle) |
| OC.HUKU | Uku | Dive for fish using spear, swim underwater, swim downwards | (Mle) |
| EO.NOO-GIA | Kai/nnoo(tia) | Ask or beg someone to give something (an act normally done in private or via a small child to avoid shame) | (Mle) |
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