Entries from Irwin Howard, ms dictionary in Pollex-Online
Language | Item | Description |
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Takuu | Kapisi | Explode |
Takuu | Manoo fenua | Shark sp. |
Takuu | Masani | Rise, begin to move |
Takuu | Faka/maa | Open one's mouth |
Takuu | Faka/makatau | Make strong, support (as bones to the body) |
Takuu | Faka/maro/na | Powerful |
Takuu | Faka/maru/maru | Umbrella |
Takuu | Fakkaa/nui | Husk of old coconut |
Takuu | Fakapaa | Put together, gather; together, similar |
Takuu | Faka/ppaa | Put on one's back (as a child) |
Takuu | Fakalle/a | Incite someone into spirit-possession |
Takuu | Kafana | Rope used in climbing coconut trees |
Takuu | Kanna | Call out |
Takuu | Kana/nifo | Gums (of mouth) |
Takuu | Kau ravena | Wooden fish-hook |
Takuu | (Sa)kofe | Plant sp. |
Takuu | Mafure | Peel (of skin); scraped skin, wound of this type |
Takuu | Mafoa | Bald |
Takuu | Mafana | Loosened, unfastened, removed |
Takuu | Mauvi | Left (as opposed to right) |
Takuu | Me/fau | Native loom; fabric woven on loom |
Takuu | Moe/fiti | Toss and turn in sleep |
Takuu | Nafu | Ashes |
Takuu | Nakofu | Shellfish sp.: giant clam |
Takuu | Noa | Kind of decoration for a corpse |
Takuu | Ppaa | Part of loom: cloth-beam; scraping-board |
Takuu | Rau | Thatch |
Takuu | See | Asphyxiated, suffocated |
Takuu | Se/fua | One thousand (coconuts) |
Takuu | Se/fui | Five pairs (of coconuts); ten (shillings) |
Takuu | Sepe/sepe | Decapitate |
Takuu | Sua/mere | A type of dance |
Takuu | Tafao | Play; game |
Takuu | Tafena | Mouth of passage through reef |
Takuu | Tafeta | Small kind of basket, handbag |
Takuu | Tafora | Flat (of a piece of land) |
Takuu | Tafuri | Capsize, turn over |
Takuu | Fai | Exist |
Takuu | Magamaga | Multi-branched |
Takuu | Kaa | Hot |
Takuu | Kau ravena | Wooden fish-hook |