Takuu entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
| PN.APO | Kk/apo | Afraid (that something might happen), anxious, worried | (Mle) |
| SO.QAAUGA | Aauna | (Perform) dance actions | (Mle) |
| SO.KAPUTI | Kaputu | Bud of a flower, head of a match | (Mle) |
| PN.ASEU | Koo/sihu | Fish sp. (carangid?) Phonologically Irregular | (Mle) |
| SO.FAKA-FUA | Hakahua | Ocean swell; wave on the open sea | (Mle) |
| NO.TIKE.2 | Tike | Revolve, rotate or spin rapidly... | (Mle) |
| SO.TOKO.1B | Toko | (Of a bird) roost, settle, perch | (Mle) |
| SO.TOKO.1B | Haka/toko | Put a bird onto a perch | (Mle) |
| NO.FAKA-PULU | Hakappuru | Listen carefully and commit to memory; concentrate one's efforts (on achieving a goal) | (Mle) |
| XO.KUTU.2 | K/kutu | Close together, in a group | (Mle) |
| XO.KUTU.2 | Hak/kutu | Bring close together, gather; (of people) assemble, congregate... | (Mle) |
| CP.TALO.2 | T/taro | Massage the body of an unconscious person to induce consciousness; shake someone repeatedly to waken them from a deep sleep Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Mle) |
| NO.TAA.6 | Taa | (of a person, automobile, etc.) Diverge from the main path, take a branch road... | (Mle) |
| SO.TATA.2 | Tata | Pull, jerk (a line) | (Mle) |
| NP.TAU-AMA | Tauama | Rope from mast to furthest outrigger stringer on ancient canoe; shroud | (Mle) |
| SO.TAU-TALI | Tautari | Follow (an example), imitate | (Mle) |
| PN.TOKO.1C | Toko/naki | Help, assist, help one another | (Mle) |
| SO.LAO | Lao | Tail of crayfish or matapoo crab | (Mle) |
| PN.MOHE-QAHO | Moemoeao, moomoeao | Shark sp. that sleeps among the rocks during the day and eats clams and other shellfish | (Mle) |
| PN.TAMA-TAQANE | Tama taane | Adolescent male, boy | (Mle) |
| NO.PA-TAKE | Petake | (of a hole or container) Shallow; (of ground) uneven; (of a road) to have potholes’ | (Mle) |
| XO.ISU.2 | Isu | Hurt, ache, pain | (Mle) |
| XO.POSU | Posu | Be full, satisfied from eating | (Mle) |
| SO.SEPE | S/sepe | Cut or sever (as with a machete) | (Mle) |
| NO.SUGU | Sunu | Smell something | (Mle) |
| PN.KOGA-A-LOTO | Kunaaroto | Midsectional piece of a trunk of a tree (in terms of length)... | (Mle) |
| SO.KAU-MAI | Kau mai | Give me (example s.v. kau.1) | (Mle) |
| SO.UFU.2 | Uhu | Untie (a knot), undo, unfasten; remove something that has been thrust into something else; make a slip-knot | (Mle) |
| PN.TAQO.3B | T/tao | (of a bird) Sit on an egg, hatch | (Mle) |
| PN.FAKA-TAFA | Ha(k)ataha | Move aside, get out of the way; escape from being inside or in the path of something | (Mle) |
| NO.FATUTULI | Fatturi | Thunder | (Hwd) |
| NO.FATUTULI | Hatturi | Thunder of a non-dangerous type... | (Mle) |
| PN.MEO | Kai/meo | Greedy, stingy | (Mle) |
| CE.SEKE.2 | Seke | (of a school of fish) Move from one reef location to another | (Mle) |
| NP.SEKE.1D | Haka/seke | Sail a canoe with a tail wind; (of a boat) travel in a following sea; glide, as of a canoe through water; drift | (Mle) |
| SO.FAKANAVA | (H)akanava | Tree (Cordia subcordata) whose timber is used for house posts and whose flowers decorate dancers | (Mle) |
| ??.TULUMA | Turuna, turuma | Tubular wooden container for turmeric, sealed at one end and covered with fine plaiting | (Mle) |
| SO.QEPU | Epu | (of water) Murky because of stirred up sediment | (Mle) |
| NO.MUSU.2 | Musu | Sandfly | (Mle) |
| XO.TAMAKI.2 | Puupuu taamaki | Overeat, gorge oneself; feel bloated | (Mle) |
| PN.PAQAO | Pao/natia | (of all the island's trees) Suffer a blight in which many plants bear only undeveloped fruits or have fruits fall off before ripening Problematic | (Mle) |
| PN.TAU-LEKALEKA.B | Taukareka | Good-looking, fine, good | (Mle) |
| MP.MAHUKU | Mouku | Inland, central area on Takuu island including men's and women's gardens and bush; kind of fragrant, thin, long-bladed grass; generic term for inland grasses and creepers used as mulch for taro and swamp taro | (Mle) |
| PN.QULU.3 | Uru/uru | (Of one's stomach) Gurgle, especially after drinking a large quantity of water | (Mle) |
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