Takuu entries in Pollex-Online

Protoform Item Description Source
PN.KAU.2B Kau-, kkau- Pluraliser (Makes a group into a collective noun) (Mle)
PN.KAU.4 Kau- Stalk, stem, solid handle of an object, branch of a tree, underground runner of certain plants (e.g. yam, banana). Sticks of fish net (kupena) (Hwd). (Mle)
OC.KAU-QAHE Kau(v)ae Cheek, chin, jawbone (of humans and fish) (Mle)
EC.KAU-GUTU Kaunutu Edge (of mat, etc.), selvedge (of cloth on a loom) (Mle)
PN.KAU-I Kaui/na Series of loops in the rope attached to the lower edge of a sail (Mle)
OC.KAU-KAU Kaukau Bathe, cleanse, purify, ritually cleanse or purify (Mle)
MP.KAWE.2A Kave, kkave Send, take (Mle)
NP.KAWE.4 Kave Classificatory sibling of opposite sex (Mle)
PN.KAWEI Kaavei Handle (as of a basket or lamp) (Mle)
SO.KAVEI Kaavei Tentacle of an octopus or cuttlefish; tendrils of some types of stinging jellyfish. (Mle)
SO.KAAVEI Kaavei A constellation said to resemble a rope (Hwd)
EC.KAVITI.1 Kaviti Ghost crab (Ocypode spp.) (Mle)
PN.KEFU Kefu Albino, grey (Hwd)
OC.KEHE Kee Different; differently, another way (Mle)
CP.KELE.A Kere/kere Dirt, soil, sand, ground, coral chips; sandy (Mle)
OC.KELI Keri Dig, dig for, dig up (Mle)
MP.KEMO Kemo Blink, wink; flash (of lightning) (Hwd)
PN.KENA.1A K/kena/ Pale, whitish-yellow, blond (Mle)
PN.KENA.1B Mauo/kena/ Bird sp., a type of kanapu (Mle)
FJ.KI.1 Ki To, towards, inside (Mle)
OC.KIATO Kiato Outrigger boom of a canoe (Mle)
MP.KIE.A Kie Pandanus sp. used for constructing ritual and decorative ornaments (Mle)
PN.KIKI.1 Kkii Supplement a starchy food with meat or fish, or vice versa; food used as supplement (Mle)
SO.KI-LAA Kilaa There, far away from speaker and listener (Mle)
NP.KIU.2 Kiu Large number, bigger than mano (10,000) but smaller than popu (100,000). Hundred thousand (100,000) (Hwd). (Mle)
NP.KIWI.1* Kivi General term for shore birds and waders that feed on the ground: Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva), Mongolian Plover (Charadrius mongolia), Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana) (Mle)
AN.KOE Koe 2sg pronoun: you (Mle)
AN.ISU.1 Usu Followed by a noun, signifies the front or front end of an object (Mle)
OC.KOFU.2 Kofu Emit smoke; be opaque (Hwd)
OC.KOHO Koo Any long object with a sharp end: sharpened stick used for digging, husking coconuts, etc.; part of a backstrap loom; canine tooth; cockspur (Mle)
OC.KOI.3 Koi Still (post-verbal) (Mle)
NO.SALAPOLU Naa Ruai/saraporu Name of a constellation low in the southern sky: two stars within Crux and two within Centaurus (Mle)
NP.KOLU K/koru Curved, bent into a curve; (of a person) stooped; bow (n), shoot with bow (Mle)
NP.KOO-LUA Koorua Second person dual pronoun, you (Mle)
SO.KONI Koni Have sexual intercourse, copulate (Mle)
CP.KONO K/kono Strain (one's muscles, as in labour or defecation) (Mle)
EC.KOOPUU.B Koopuu Stomach (organ) of any animal; pocket...sack, bag; head of an octopus (Mle)
PN.KOLOA Koroa Set of whale's or porpoise's teeth; collective term for cultural valuables (Mle)
NP.KOO-TOU.* Kootou Second person plural pronoun, you (Mle)
PN.KOWI.B Kovi A man who does not know how to fish (Hwd)
AN.-KU.1 Aa/ku First person singular possessive postposed pronoun, sg and pl, of mine (Mle)
NP.KU.2 Ku Future tense or stative marker (Mle)
EC.KUA.2 Kua So-called ‘money cord’ made by women from tiny coconut shell discs threaded into one-metre lengths (Mle)
MP.KULU.1 Kuru Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) (Mle)
EO.KUMETE Kamete Wooden bowl (Hwd)
MP.KUMI.3A K/kumi Squeeze, pinch the nose (e.g. while underwater), clench the fist, express liquid (Mle)
OC.KUPEGA Kupena Net (generic) (Mle)
AN.KUTU.1 Kutu Louse, flea; have head lice, contain fleas (Mle)
AN.IA.3 Ia Focus marker; phrase marker following the name or pronoun, and marking a contrast between one phrase and another (Mle)
AN.IA.1 Ia He, she, it; him, her (Mle)

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