Entries from Moyle 2011 in Pollex-Online

Richard M.Moyle, Takuu Grammar and Dictionary. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics 634.

Language Item Description
Takuu Tani (of humans and animals) Cry, (of a person) weep; call out, cry out, exclaim
Takuu Tai Sea, tide, sea water; (used before placename) lagoon side of each island and reef, or the sea side of a high island; area (in the water or on land) to the lagoon or sea side of a location
Takuu Taiao Tomorrow, the next day
Takuu Taaiki Snare something in a noose; trap; knot used as foot snare; fish for flying fish or mullet using baits suspended on short lines from floats
Takuu Taina Sibling of same sex
Takuu Taaeva, taaiva Onespot Seaperch [Lutjanus monostigma]
Takuu Taka Walk about, live and work (on a ship as it travels), go around, travel between two or more locations
Takuu Taka (pass. takamia) Press down (e.g. dirt) with one’s foot, step on something
Takuu Taka Shoe, sandal, thong; wear shoes or sandals
Takuu Takaa Rope or string lashing used to join two pieces of wood flush together; lashing in this manner to join two pieces of wood or rope; rope binding used to attach the barb to the shaft of a wooden fishhook; (obs.) plank tied to the side of a traditional canoe to cover the caulking material
Takuu Takallii (of liquid) Boil, be boiling
Takuu Takapau Coconut-leaf mat used for sleeping
Takuu Takere Keel of canoe, base of a food bowl
Takuu T/taki Drag behind, pull, hoist water from a well, drag one foot (as when lame), be led by someone because of infirmity
Takuu Tiki- Each (distributive prefix) Phonologically Irregular
Takuu Takoto Be lying down, reclining; remain, be left over
Takuu Taku My (1st person singular preposed possessive)
Takuu Takuu Axe, hatchet
Takuu Takua Fish sp., type of large tuna
Takuu T/tara Spiny, prickly
Takuu Tara/tara, taa/tara Talk, speak
Takuu Tara Undo, unravel (a seam, etc.); unroll (something coiled)
Takuu Taaraki To open (vt)
Takuu Tarava A fish
Takuu T/tari Wait for, await
Takuu Tari Fetch and bring a large number of things from one place to another
Takuu Tarie Tree sp. (Terminalia samoensis)
Takuu Tarie Clitoris
Takuu Taro General term for taro [Colocasia and Xanthosoma spp.]
Takuu Tama Child; kinship term encompassing son, daughter, niece, nephew; classificatory child, including all nieces and nephews except those covered by the term ilaamotu
Takuu Tama ffine Daughter, young woman
Takuu Siko-hia, -ina Coil a piece of string
Takuu Taamaki Numerous, many, plentiful, several
Takuu Tama(ka)riki Pre-adolescent child
Takuu Tama meamea Baby, young infant (before it is old enough to crawl or turn over by itself)
Takuu Tama(na) Male’s birth father, father’s brother(s), mother’s sister’s husband; female’s sister’s husband; a person one treats or considers as one’s father; collectively, one’s ancestors
Takuu Tamanu A tree (Calophyllum sp.), which does not grow on the atoll, but drifting logs are made into canoes
Takuu Taanaki (obs.) A post-death ritual in which the deceased’s family stayed inside the clan elder’s house for ten days Problematic
Takuu Taane Male
Takuu Tanu Bury, cover with dirt; fill in (a hole); covered or blocked out from view (by rain, etc.); secret, hidden underground or beneath a covering
Takuu Tao Spear, lance
Takuu Tao Cook in earth oven, bake
Takuu He/tao/tao, he/taa/tao Piled on top of each other, heaped up; fall very close together
Takuu Tau/mi Wooden frame put on top of thatch if sago is the material used instead of the more usual pandanus (Mokena 1999)
Takuu Manoo Constellation said to resemble a shark (Hwd).
Takuu A/unu Constellation: at least five stars in Taurus forming a V-shape
Takuu Taupuku Hip
Takuu T/tapa Say a name, pronounce; call or identify (an object or person) by name, name after someone or something
Takuu Tapatuu Barracuda [Sphyraena sp.], third stage in life cycle
Takuu T/tapi, taapi/a Splash water or sand on someone or something