Entries from Moyle 2011 in Pollex-Online
Richard M.Moyle, Takuu Grammar and Dictionary. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics 634.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Takuu | Kai | Point(s) in a card game...share of a distribution |
| Takuu | Kkai | Fable told for entertainment (may contain one or more short songs) |
| Takuu | Kaitoa | Serves him right! (Said when the speaker believes someone else's misfortune represents natural justice) Comeuppance |
| Takuu | Kama | Sling (n)...; hurl something with a sling Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Kamakama/nii | Common Threadfin (Polydactylus plebejus) |
| Takuu | Kaamata | Start, begin |
| Takuu | Kamete, kumete | Wooden food bowl; constellation: four stars within Delphinus... |
| Takuu | Kana | Shellfish sp. |
| Takuu | K/kana | Be frustrated in a course of action Problematic |
| Takuu | Kanani | Black and White Sea Perch (Macolor niger) Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Kana/tua | Back (of the body) |
| Takuu | Kana/tua | Upper part of a turtle shell; upper or exterior portion of a taro corm or adze |
| Takuu | Kanohi | Meat or flesh (of a fish, coconut, etc.) |
| Takuu | Pu/kanohi | Animal flesh, meat; inner wood of a tree, cortex |
| Takuu | Kano/kano | Giant Taro (Cyrtosperma chamissonis) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Takuu | Kaokao | Vertical upper portion of the side of a canoe; side of human body |
| Takuu | Kapa (trans. kaapaa, kapatia) | Grasp, hold in one's hand; reach out to touch or grasp |
| Takuu | Kapakapa | Leaf of a giant taro plant Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Takuu | Kapatiko | Small Threadfin (Polydactylus sp.) |
| Takuu | Kape | Elephant Ear Taro (Alocasia macrorrhiza) |
| Takuu | Kapi | (of garment) Narrow, tight-fitting; a tight squeeze, blocked; ....stuck, lodged in one's throat;...crowded with people |
| Takuu | Kapoo | Fish sp., Snake Mackerel (Promethichthys prometheus) |
| Takuu | K/kara | Chafed, grazed |
| Takuu | Karamata, karomata, karemata | Eye, face Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Karana | Call out in loud voice to someone, announce |
| Takuu | Karaoi | Love magic Problematic |
| Takuu | Kaareva | Oriental Cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus) |
| Takuu | Karo/karo | Twirl a grass-stalk in the ear to remove wax |
| Takuu | Karu | Dried residue from making oil from coconut cream |
| Takuu | Karu/karu | Soft white substance like a flower beside the egg sac inside a clam |
| Takuu | Kaasani | Coconuts of any growth stage when tied in pairs; tear a strip from the husk of a dry coconut in order to tie it to another.... |
| Takuu | Kataha | Great Frigatebird (Fregata spp.) |
| Takuu | Kaatoa | All, full, complete; (in counting) ten |
| Takuu | Kaa/tona | Sucker on the tentacle of an octopus |
| Takuu | K/au | (adult to child) Come! Come here! |
| Takuu | Kau | Umbilical cord; loop of fishing line tied to the base of a tuna fishing pole to which the hooks of the several fishing lines are attached when not in use |
| Takuu | Kau/manava | Sides of the waist; sides of a canoe |
| Takuu | Kauana | Fold at the top of one's legs when sitting; lap, pubic area |
| Takuu | Kaua/roro, kauo/roro | Mature stalk of coconut |
| Takuu | Kaauii | Tie or attach by means of a continuous series of knots, as when attaching a sail or net to its supporting poles or when tying up a long bundle |
| Takuu | Kaukau uri | Tree sp. having black wood that drifts to Takuu and is used for carving canoes |
| Takuu | Kauna/ki | (To send) summons, message for people to come |
| Takuu | Kaute | Hibiscus rosa-siniensis |
| Takuu | Kava | Second growth stage of the barracuda |
| Takuu | Kaavii | Attach a hand-net to its frame |
| Takuu | Kehu | Albino |
| Takuu | Ane | Seaweed sp. which causes itching when touched; stinging coral (Millepora platyphylla) |
| Takuu | K/kehu | Grey-brown; (of vision) indistinct, blurred |
| Takuu | K/kemo | (of one's eyes) Blink; (of lightning) flash |
| Takuu | K(k)enu | Disturb or mess up the ground |
