Entries from Moyle 2011 in Pollex-Online
Richard M.Moyle, Takuu Grammar and Dictionary. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics 634.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Takuu | Lavena, ravena | Oilfish (Ruvettus pretiosus) |
| Takuu | L/leka | Burp and partially regurgitate one's food; hiccough |
| Takuu | L/lepa | Flap back and forth in the wind |
| Takuu | L/lii | Wind sennit cord into a long roll |
| Takuu | Llii | Furious, hot (with anger) |
| Takuu | L/lihu | Hurt, ache, smart with pain |
| Takuu | L/lika | Slightly afraid, scared, wary of supernatural forces |
| Takuu | -l/liki | Thin, little, small |
| Takuu | Loo, roo | Fly sp....; maggot, internal parasite (e.g. of a fish) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Takuu | Loa | Long, tall, high |
| Takuu | Lomu | Green algae growing on rocks or drift logs; lichen or moss growth on the side of a tree Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Lono | Hear, feel (as in sensing the presence of a fish by the vibrations of the line) |
| Takuu | Lono | Advice |
| Takuu | Lonu | Indian Mulberry (Morinda citrifolia) Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Lori, loli | General name for all sea cucumbers (Holothuria sp.) |
| Takuu | Loto, roto | Inside (of something), space between two objects, middle, midst, centre |
| Takuu | Loto, roto | Lagoon; place where turtles are commonly found; encirclement of a shallow area with coconut leaves and progressively reducing the enclosure to catch the small fish |
| Takuu | Lotu | Pray; attend Christian service; Christian religion |
| Takuu | Lou, rou | Long stick with a hook for picking fruit; use such a stick |
| Takuu | Ma | For, for the benefit of |
| Takuu | Maa | Connects tens with units |
| Takuu | Maa | Group, gang, associates (postposed) |
| Takuu | Mmaa | Leak, leaky |
| Takuu | M/mae | (of plants) Withered, dried out, shriveled; (of a sore etc.) dried up |
| Takuu | Maaeva | Yawn Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Mmaha | Heavy; expensive, dear |
| Takuu | Mahana | (of water etc. but not weather) Warm; feverish |
| Takuu | Mahi | Strong (esp. of wind); (of curry) spicy, hot; (of a sickness) severe; (of mosquitoes, etc.) plentiful, fierce |
| Takuu | Mahu | (of a wound or sore) Healed |
| Takuu | Mahu | Bad, taste or smell bad through spoiling or rotting |
| Takuu | Mahu | The larger Magellanic Cloud |
| Takuu | Mahua | Small fish sp....found in the ocean in massive numbers...sometimes surrounded by predator fish |
| Takuu | Mahuke(e) | Earthquake Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Maahuta | (of people, birds or fish) Leave quickly en masse |
| Takuu | Mai | Postposed particle signifying actual or conceptual movement towards the speaker and verifiable by the speaker; indicates a change in the object which reduces the size of the object |
| Takuu | Makovaa | Having one or more spaces, gaps, or intervals; gapped.... |
| Takuu | Makkuu | Fingernail, toenail; claw of a cat Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Mama | Chew, masticate (food for an infant); masticated food intended for an infant |
| Takuu | Maamaa(hua) | Light (in weight), able to be lifted; rise slowly; running out, becoming depleted |
| Takuu | Maamaatarina | Hammerhead Shark Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Mannihi | (of a flat surface) Thin; something in a very fragile condition |
| Takuu | Mannuu | (of bones after an accident) Displaced |
| Takuu | Mannuu | Make a whirring or rustling noise |
| Takuu | Manuka | Accidental injury (polite); scar; scratch or crack on a wooden object |
| Takuu | Maaoha | Fall [e.g. fruit from tree] |
| Takuu | Marari | Slippery, oily |
| Takuu | Mariu | Capable, skilful, good at something Problematic |
| Takuu | Maaroo | Forceful, hard |
| Takuu | Maru | (of a canoe, roof, etc.) Watertight, not leaking |
| Takuu | Mata(a)henua | Peninsula, point of land (the narrow points at each end of the lagoon side of Takuu's islands) |
