Entries from Moyle 2011 in Pollex-Online
Richard M.Moyle, Takuu Grammar and Dictionary. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics 634.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Takuu | S/sila | Slanted, crooked; bent; (of one’s eyes) cross-eyed |
| Takuu | Simu | Lash or tie a three-legged stool (tuai) or oilfish hook (maatau hakasoro) in a prescribed manner Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Si/nahuru | Ten |
| Takuu | Sinano | Flower of the male pandanus tree |
| Takuu | Si/puru | Soft fibres from the inner husk of a coconut, object used to prevent liquid from escaping; menstrual pad, tampon |
| Takuu | Siri | (of sleepiness, hunger, etc.) Decrease, wane, disappear, be gone; (of an entire coconut tree) too old to bear more fruit; (of a coconut, coconut embryo, giant taro, etc.) matured past the point where it is good to eat or drink, overripe |
| Takuu | S/siri | Vegetables left in the ground beyond their maturity |
| Takuu | Sisioi, siosio/lloa | Waterspout, typhoon; dragonfly |
| Takuu | Soko- | (with numerals) Only |
| Takuu | S/soro | Drag a heavy object |
| Takuu | Soro/ki | Move oneself; move over; move a canoe to water or to the beach |
| Takuu | S/suu | Damp, moist |
| Takuu | Sua/a, suo | Large steering paddle (such as used on ancient canoes) (obs.) |
| Takuu | S/suke | Reveal things that should remain private or secret |
| Takuu | Taa | Strike, beat, hit, kill; kill fish trapped in shallow water with an implement or by hand |
| Takuu | Taa | Add an extra mesh to a hand net which in turn is attached to the net handle. Mend a hole in a net (Hwd). |
| Takuu | Taa | Hand or row of eight to ten bananas on a bunch |
| Takuu | Tae | Arrive at, reach a destination |
| Takuu | Tae | Hand net used for catching flying fish |
| Takuu | Tahata | Early morning, first light |
| Takuu | Tahauri | Fish [Caranx sp.], second growth stage between lluhe and sukimana |
| Takuu | Tahe | (of current) Flow strongly; current, rise and fall of waves |
| Takuu | T/tahi | Sweep |
| Takuu | Tahito | Foot or base of a tree or pole; beginning of a story, history; cause of a problem |
| Takuu | Tahoraa | Whale |
| Takuu | Ta/hore | Shellfish sp., a bivalve with a very sharp edge, formerly used for shaving |
| Takuu | Tahu | Kindle a fire, light a fire, add wood to a fire |
| Takuu | Tahua | The top of the beach, right under the trees, reached by the sea only at a very high tide Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Takuu | Tai | The hard black core of some trees |
| Takuu | Takai | Wind, coil; rotate; turn with a circular motion; rotate, turn around by itself; roll of dried pandanus leaves |
| Takuu | Takape | Blue-lined Sea Perch Snapper [Lutjanus kasmira] |
| Takuu | Taki | Procession...move in procession |
| Takuu | Taku | (of a clan elder) Stand on the ritual arena and invoke ancestral protection for clan members from sickness and unfavourable weather conditions |
| Takuu | Takuu unamea | (obs.) Hatchet whose blade is made of turtle bone set into a wooden handle, used for scraping swamp taro |
| Takuu | Talluu | Rumble like thunder; sound of thunder, peal Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Tamore | Swamp-growing vine [Polygonum dichotomum], whose fragrant leaves are used as headpieces and as a perfume agent when added to heated oil |
| Takuu | Tanaha | Fish sp., caught in the ocean |
| Takuu | Tani | (of a bird or animal) Sing, cry, make characteristic vocal noises; (of a radio, etc.) play, be playing; (of an engine) whine or make some other characteristic noise |
| Takuu | Taniha | Shark sp. |
| Takuu | T/tao | Weigh down with rocks; crush under a weight; press down, apply pressure to certain points (as in performing a massage) |
| Takuu | Taaohi | Hold firmly, grab, clutch; adopt; hold, possess (e.g. certain traditional knowledge) |
| Takuu | Taa/petu | Thrash about, move one’s body vigorously Problematic |
| Takuu | Tapuae | High tide mark, usually visible by the line of small items of flotsam Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Takuu | Tara | Great Crested Tern (Sterna bergii) |
| Takuu | Tara hora | Sooty Tern (Sterna fuscata) |
| Takuu | Tara moana | Sooty or Bridled Tern (Sterna sp.) (not usually seen close to Takuu) |
| Takuu | Tara | Tame, domesticated Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Tara | Barb on a fishhook, spear, etc; thorn; spine(s) on the fin of a fish |
| Takuu | Taararo | Glance quickly at someone or something Problematic |
| Takuu | Taraatua | Spiny dorsal fin of a fish, small fin(s) between the dorsal and caudal fins of some fish |
