Entries from Moyle 2011 in Pollex-Online
Richard M.Moyle, Takuu Grammar and Dictionary. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics 634.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Takuu | Tauffuu | Ridgepole (lower longitudinal beam at the apex of a roof) |
| Takuu | Tauna | Suspended basket for keeping food; hooked stick suspended from the ceiling on which a basket of food may be hung |
| Takuu | Taura | Anchor |
| Takuu | Taume | Spathe of a coconut pod |
| Takuu | Taupatu/rua | House part, uppermost ridge pole |
| Takuu | Taesunu, taisunu | Tree sp. whose timber is used for stools Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Tautai | Fishing leader; fishing equipment involved in pakuu shark fishing |
| Takuu | Tautu | Porcupine fish [Diodon hystrix] |
| Takuu | Tavake | White-tailed Tropic Bird [Phaethon lepturus] |
| Takuu | Te | Definite article singular: the |
| Takuu | T/tea | Light-blue, whitish-blue; period of early morning when such coloration is visible |
| Takuu | Tonu ttika | (colloq.) Perfectly correct, exact |
| Takuu | Teke | (obs.) Crossbar on mast of ancient canoe (IH); hole in the deck through which this crossbar passes when the mast is lowered |
| Takuu | Teki | Be startled; jerk the head in surprise; (of back) dislocated |
| Takuu | Tere/tere | Peel (e.g. taro corm) with a knife or shell |
| Takuu | Tere | Move swiftly over ground or water, chase after s.t. or s.o. (of a person or animal with legs) run |
| Takuu | Tii | Plant sp., Cordyline fruticosa |
| Takuu | Tii | (of sun or moon) Shine brightly |
| Takuu | Tia | Weave (a fishing net) |
| Takuu | Tiare | Plant sp. whose leaves are used for body decoration |
| Takuu | Tipitipi | General term for Butterfly Fish (Chaetodon spp.) Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Tiko | (obs.) Squat to defecate |
| Takuu | Tila | Gaff of a canoe sail Problematic |
| Takuu | Ma/tiri | (of anything planted with seeds) Sprout, emerge from the soil, start to grow |
| Takuu | Tinana | Classificatory mother (including all aunts); (male’s) brother’s wife; person one treats or considers as one’s mother |
| Takuu | Tiinai | Extinguish, put out (lamp or fire); turn off (radio, etc.); drop (a discussion topic); retract (a statement) |
| Takuu | Tinna | Birth mother, real mother |
| Takuu | Tini | Call out, name, identify, designate |
| Takuu | Tino | Body, trunk |
| Takuu | Tino | Tens of people. (Used with numerals from two to nine.) |
| Takuu | Tipa | At an angle, slanting; (of road) bend, curve; (of person) turn off a track onto another track |
| Takuu | Tipuna | Grandparent (real or classificatory), relative by blood or marriage two or more generations above o.s., ancestor, ancestral spirit |
| Takuu | Too | (of a person or object) Fall accidentally from a height, fall off; (of rain) fall |
| Takuu | Too | Your, singular possessor, singular object Problematic |
| Takuu | Too | Take, bring, accept something offered |
| Takuu | Too | Hold one's breath |
| Takuu | Toa | Ironwood (Casuarina sp.) |
| Takuu | Toa | Mythical warrior |
| Takuu | Tono | Mangrove [Bruguiera gymnorrhiza] |
| Takuu | Taka- | Prefix for cardinal numbers for counting from two to ten people Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Toki | Adze made from Tridacna shell; incisor tooth |
| Takuu | Toko | Pole or punt a canoe; pole used for punting |
| Takuu | Tokorau | North, northern, northerly |
| Takuu | Toro | (of the penis) Become erect Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Toli | Plant vegetables in hard ground requiring a hole to be dug; plantation, area of planted crops, grove of trees |
| Takuu | T(o)/toro | Massage |
| Takuu | Toroa. Taroa (Hdn). | Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) |
| Takuu | Toru | Three |
| Takuu | Tonu | Correct, right, proper; straight, level, even; straight (adv), in a straight line, directly |
| Takuu | Tono | Coral Cod or Leopard Cod (Plectropomus spp.) Phonologically Irregular |
