Entries from Moyle 2011 in Pollex-Online
Richard M.Moyle, Takuu Grammar and Dictionary. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics 634.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Takuu | Vaa | Distance along a known (and usually stated) route (noun of place, not preceded by an article); in compounds, gap or distance between two or more objects... |
| Takuu | Ani | (Of a gust of wind) blow; blow gently |
| Takuu | Ano | Turmeric (Curcuma domestica), the plant as well as the processed rhizome |
| Takuu | Ao | Daylight; day (as opposed to night) |
| Takuu | Au | Body part, possibly gall-bladder |
| Takuu | Au | Smoke; steam in a cloud rather than a column |
| Takuu | Ai | Post-verbal particle in relative clauses |
| Takuu | Aitu | Spirit, ghost |
| Takuu | Aka | Lateral root of a tree or plant |
| Takuu | Aaka/si | Kick something with the sole of the foot; (of leg) kick out; extend in kicking motion |
| Takuu | Ako | Learn, study |
| Takuu | Ara | Awake; stay awake; open one's eyes |
| Takuu | Fe/arati/ | To scratch an itch |
| Takuu | Arava | Type of shark which excretes a yellow, apparently glowing substance when hooked; to be brownish, yellowish-orange |
| Takuu | Areare | Small adze with concave ventral surface made from inner lip of conch shell |
| Takuu | Arelo | Tongue |
| Takuu | Ari | Flounder, flatfish of various species |
| Takuu | Ariki | Hereditary chief and traditional religous leader |
| Takuu | Aro | Paddle, row |
| Takuu | Aruna | Headrest, wooden pillow; low four-legged stool |
| Takuu | Ami | Egg cluster of a crayfish or crab; crustacean roe |
| Takuu | Aamo/si | Rub one's body or body-part; anoint the skin |
| Takuu | Amo | Carry something on the shoulder |
| Takuu | (Aa)nau | I |
| Takuu | Anu | Dance (general term) |
| Takuu | Aa/moko | Early stage of coconut growth: small, some elongated, with no liquid inside; [of coconut] deformed with no meat or water |
| Takuu | Ao | Wind around (in tying certain type of knot); grasp in an embrace |
| Takuu | Ao/a | Cloud |
| Takuu | Api | Crowded with people |
| Takuu | Asi | Inspect, visit; check on someone or something; wait for an egg-laying turtle to arrive at a beach (so that it can be caught) |
| Takuu | Aso | Day |
| Takuu | Asu | Scoop; dip a container into water; fill a container from a tank, drum, canoe |
| Takuu | Ata | Early dawn; glow of moon before it rises |
| Takuu | Ata | Reflection, image, shadow; style, personal characteristic |
| Takuu | Atamai | Have clear recall of past events or information, possess a good memory; (of a small child) smart, wise, clever; sober |
| Takuu | Ate | Liver |
| Takuu | Ate | Muscle of the arm or calf. Inner part of elbow (Hwd). |
| Takuu | Aatea | Free from restrictions of shame or forbiddance or ignorance to undertake a specific task; (of a house or area) clean; neat, uncluttered; (of water) clean, clear, free of impurities; (of the sky) clear, free of clouds |
| Takuu | Ati | Take fire from one location to another; (of a fire) start to burn |
| Takuu | Oto/oto (pass. oto/hia) | Tie pandanus thatch to a roof, tie mat panels to the sides of a house Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Atu | Post-verbal particle indicating movement away from the speaker, extension or increase in the property denoted by the verb |
| Takuu | Atu | Bonito; skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) |
| Takuu | Atu | Tensioning strap of a backstrap loom |
| Takuu | Au | Come (singular); (of a spirit) come to a person and cause him/her to be possessed |
| Takuu | Au | Current of water, stream |
| Takuu | Aua | Silver Mullet or Sea Mullet (Mugil cephalus) when very small |
| Takuu | Au see | Negative imperative marker, don't! |
| Takuu | Ava | Deep passage in reef, channel |
| Takuu | Aavea, aavee | Wait a minute, hang on |
| Takuu | E | Tense-aspect marker indicating no change of state, habitual action, or a completed event |
