Entries from Moyle 2011 in Pollex-Online

Richard M.Moyle, Takuu Grammar and Dictionary. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics 634.

Language Item Description
Takuu Pee Break wind, fart (esp. audibly) Uncertain Semantic Connection
Takuu Ppee Generic term for butterfly, moths, hoppers
Takuu Pela Earth, soil, land which is muddy in times of heavy rain
Takuu P/pela (of ground) Soft
Takuu Pese Song, anything sung (obs.)
Takuu Peva Prehensile tail-like protrusion from the rear of a large male turtle, containing the penis
Takuu Pia Foam (on the ocean, coconut toddy, etc.)
Takuu Pia Sediment
Takuu P/pilo Smell of excrement, stink, have excrement on s.t. or on one’s body
Takuu P/pisi (of water, etc.) Splash, spray, splatter; (of rain) fall in scattered droplets, sprinkle, spit accidentally while speaking
Takuu P/poo Cup one’s hand, slap with a cupped hand, clap cupped hands
Takuu Poa Chum, throw bait so as to attract fish
Takuu Poka Adult male Great Frigate Bird [Fregata minor], with a red throat pouch; the pouch itself
Takuu Poko Clap with hands cupped and at right angles
Takuu Ponoisu Mucus from the nose; illness involving a runny or stuffy nose; blow one's nose
Takuu Poo/poki Marine creature: sand bug, mole crab Problematic
Takuu Porata Trunk of the banana palm
Takuu P/pore Shake, tremble (because of old age or sickness), tingle, shiver; (of muscle) have a spasm; (of steering handle of outboard motor) vibrate; (of limb affected by Parkinson’s Disease) tremble slowly; be afraid, worried
Takuu Pori Roll of fat around one's waist
Takuu Poro Advise, give advice Borrowed
Takuu P/poto, poto/poto Short
Takuu Potu Section of coconut-frond dragnet which may be opened to insert a mooise net; point at rear of mooise net toward which fish are driven; point on shank of fishook where the curve starts; corner of a house
Takuu Puu Place stones on top of a fire to heat them for an earth oven
Takuu P/puu (of a boil or sore) Drain
Takuu Pua Tree sp. (Gardenia?)
Takuu Puaka Pig (obs.)
Takuu P/pui Close something; block (e.g. path); make forbidden; forbid access...; use magic to make someone else unlucky at fishing; govern (as a conqueror); invoke ancestors to ward off malevolent spirits (tipua) at night.
Takuu Puke Membrane of sand which the puiari and uu crabs make to cover the entrance to their holes
Takuu Puku General term for a group, clump or division
Takuu Puku/puku Bump, swelling, knot (in wood) or any other rounded protuberance
Takuu Punou (of a person) Stooped, bent over with age or infirmity
Takuu Pupu Weed-infested
Takuu Pura Colour, pattern; coloured portion or pattern of a woven mat
Takuu Pupu/aki Cleanse or rinse one's mouth
Takuu Pureva Large sea anemone sp.
Takuu Purou Largest of the woven mats...Formerly used overhead as protection against rain, or as a mosquito net for babies
Takuu Puru Soft fibres of coconut husk
Takuu Puto That part of a net or sail that balloons outward from the wind or water; (of a sail or a fishing net) to balloon outwards
Takuu Puutu/na Large group of people gathering for work or entertainment; An afternoon of storytelling, singing and dancing organised as an entertaining distraction for mourners (obs.)
Takuu Raka, laka Go past, pass over
Takuu Raki, laki Direction or season of west winds
Takuu Rapa Speak too fast to be understood Uncertain Semantic Connection
Takuu Rara Plant sp. whose leaves and flowers are worn as amulets by men fishing for tuna, and as body decoration by men and women when dancing
Takuu Raupiti, ropiti, lopiti. +Laupiti (Hdn). Black-Naped Tern [Sterna sumatrana]
Takuu Rava Full, enough, have eaten enough food
Takuu Rehu/rehu A light covering of ashes, as when blown onto one's body; turmeric, when applied to the body in a light covering
Takuu Reimata Tears, running eyes Phonologically Irregular
Takuu Reureu Don a laplap
Takuu Reva Tree sp. similar to frangipani, no longer growing on the atoll.
Takuu Rii/rii Wind (e.g. fishing line around stick), tie (bait onto hook)