Entries from Moyle 2011 in Pollex-Online
Richard M.Moyle, Takuu Grammar and Dictionary. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics 634.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Takuu | Hatahata | Uneven surface of two badly joined pieces of wood or the ground where a bed is spread |
| Takuu | Hati | Chorus, refrain of a song; to sing the chorus |
| Takuu | Hati | Break into pieces; joint of the body |
| Takuu | Mahati | Cracked but retaining the same shape |
| Takuu | Hatu | Single hard object (stone, rock, coral head, grindstone...seed...callous...) |
| Takuu | Hatu karaa | Hard volcanic stone... |
| Takuu | Hatu manava | Heart, mind, seat of the emotions; breath, stamina |
| Takuu | Hatu | Compose, fabricate, make up (story or pattern), invent |
| Takuu | Hatu | Fold, roll up, tuck (leg), bend (elbow or knee), |
| Takuu | Hatuke | Sea urchin sp. |
| Takuu | Hau | Tree, Sea Coast Mallow (Hibiscus tiliaceus) |
| Takuu | Hau | Anything worn on the head or around the neck, e.g. leaf headband... |
| Takuu | Hau | Bind, lash or fasten with rope; weave |
| Takuu | He- | Prefix indicating: reciprocal action; simultaneous action by a group; doing something to oneself |
| Takuu | Hee | Where? When? Which? (Expects a less specific answer than with hea?) |
| Takuu | Hea | Where exactly? Precisely where? Which one? |
| Takuu | Heata | Fish sp., Flowery Cod (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus) |
| Takuu | Heatu | Quarrel, fight, argue |
| Takuu | Hekau | Fishing activities in general, work; ceremonial obligations of each elder and ritual assistant |
| Takuu | Hekeheke | Boil or abscess anywhere on the body and before it has burst |
| Takuu | Hela | Stand with legs wide apart |
| Takuu | Henua | People of a place, entire population |
| Takuu | Henua | Placenta, afterbirth |
| Takuu | Henu/i | A loose leaf inserted into material being plaited or woven... |
| Takuu | Hetau | Polynesian Mahogany (Calophyllum inophyllum) |
| Takuu | Hetuu | Star, constellation, planet; starfish spp. |
| Takuu | He/una | To work; work, job, task, occupation |
| Takuu | Hia | How many? How much? |
| Takuu | Hiahia | Happy, joyful |
| Takuu | Hii- | Desire, want (desiderative verb prefix denoting an action not normally done) |
| Takuu | Hiikai | Hungry, want to eat; hunger |
| Takuu | Hiinota | Various kinds of shellfish having edible contents, seafood gathered by women |
| Takuu | Hilo | Roll sennit strands on one's thighs to make rope |
| Takuu | Hilo | Mix or intermingle (as in mixing swamp taro with fish) |
| Takuu | Hiloa | Variegated Emperorfish (Lethrinella variegatus) |
| Takuu | Hina | Sweetheart, lover |
| Takuu | Hinaona | Collective term for affines of the generation above one's spouse... Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Hiri, f/firi | (of hair, sennit cord) Braid, plait; fence, enclosure |
| Takuu | Hiri | Choose, select |
| Takuu | Hiti | Shifted, moved, risen, protruding, (of a disease) spread to another person |
| Takuu | Hiti | Risen (of sun) |
| Takuu | Hiti | Melanesian or dark-skinned person |
| Takuu | Hitu | Seven |
| Takuu | Oo | Fish taxon, very small fry of unknown species |
| Takuu | Hoo | Kind of small silver fish caught in hand nets, commonly used as bait. Possibly Siganus fry or Caesio sp. |
| Takuu | Hoe | Paddle, oar, rudder...steering wheel...to paddle, row... |
| Takuu | Hoki | Again, also, too; indicates continuation of verb action |
| Takuu | Hono | The built-up sides of a canoe; washstrake plank |
| Takuu | Honu | Deep (of water); high (of tide) |
| Takuu | Hookii | Hand over, lend, give with expectation of return, pass something to someone Phonologically Irregular |
