Entries from Moyle 2011 in Pollex-Online
Richard M.Moyle, Takuu Grammar and Dictionary. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics 634.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 |
| Takuu | Kete | Basket |
| Takuu | K/keti | Peel of the husk or bark (e.g. of coconut, sugarcane) with one's teeth Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Keu | Twist one's body around (as in struggling to get free), hit something with one's shoulder or elbow |
| Takuu | Ki | With (an instrument), using |
| Takuu | Ki | In order to, to; indicates a recommended or expected course of action: should |
| Takuu | Hakkii | Larynx, Adam's apple; make a sound from the throat |
| Takuu | Kkii | (of one's ear) Ring, buzz (because of the people making noise nearby) |
| Takuu | (Ki)laa, raa | There, yonder (further from the speaker than kinaa) |
| Takuu | Kkila | Shine, glisten, be oily, covered with oil (as hands after eating fried food) |
| Takuu | Kimoa | Rat (from Nukuria) Borrowed |
| Takuu | Kina | Sea worm (echiurid or sipunculid) used for food or bait; (of sea cucumber, worm etc.) become thin an elongated Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Takuu | K/kini | Sting, pinch, bite (of insect), secure something with a knot |
