Entries from Moyle 2011 in Pollex-Online
Richard M.Moyle, Takuu Grammar and Dictionary. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics 634.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Takuu | Taumaha | Ward off sickness; cluster of five dry coconuts used as part of preventative measures against injury or sickness |
| Takuu | Tau/tara | Eave (of a house); longitudinal struts on which the thatch panels rest; end of a house. |
| Takuu | Tau/tuu | Woven belt or something functioning as a belt |
| Takuu | Teehea, teehee | Where? |
| Takuu | T/teki | Throb, twitch, shiver; tug, jerk, dislocate; set teeth on edge |
| Takuu | Tere | (of a canoe or ship or its occupants) Sail, travel over water; (of a car or other land vehicle or its occupants) go, drive; (of fish) run as a school |
| Takuu | Tete | (of body) Shake |
| Takuu | T/tii | Force something through a small opening Problematic |
| Takuu | Ttii aronaa | (obs.) Strips of fibre formerly used to make net cordage Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Takuu | Tiiake | Leave something behind, abandon, quit; leave, drop; let, allow, permit Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Tiha/tiha | (of bird) Glide through the air, soar |
| Takuu | Tihuna | Craftsman, skilled person, canoe builder, house builder Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | T/tike | (of a smell, steam, etc.) Diffuse through the air, spread, rise Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Takuu | Tika | (obs.) Javelin used for sporting purposes |
| Takuu | Tilo/tilo | (obs.) Divining stick made from a coconut leaf Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Takuu | Tilo/tilo mee | Admire someone’s (esp. one’s own) physical characteristics |
| Takuu | Timu | White cloud-like pattern in the night sky Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Takuu | Tina | Lever; use a lever to move a heavy object; log used as a roller to move a heavy object; any of the four sticks placed under a body to carry it to the cemetery |
| Takuu | Tin(n)ae | Pregnant (polite term); woman who is pregnant or has just given birth |
| Takuu | Tino | Essence, main part; belief; one's own Problematic |
| Takuu | Tiri | Pound, hit something hard against something else; pound taro in preparing certain dishes |
| Takuu | T/tiri | Bump into, collide, stub |
| Takuu | Tiri/taa | (of rain) Light and constant; drizzle |
| Takuu | Toaha | An area of Takuu Island’s gardens adjacent to Te Ara Ttoro in the centre of Takuu Island where taro is still grown in laumea plots |
| Takuu | T/toha | Distribute equally |
| Takuu | Tohe | (of a canoe, etc.) Having straight sides that come together in a V-shape |
| Takuu | Tohe | Bivalve mollusc with sharp edges formerly used for shaving |
| Takuu | T/tohi | Split or tear something apart (e.g. an item of food) |
| Takuu | Tohu | Complete (of a distribution) |
| Takuu | T/tohu | Distribute equally |
| Takuu | Toni | (of a chicken, etc.) Peck (once) |
| Takuu | Toni | Open coconut for drinking by cutting an opening in the pointed end; cut a wedge from a branch (e.g. to check on the quality of the wood); lodge a machete in a coconut trunk |
| Takuu | Toro | Sugarcane |
| Takuu | Toro | (of grasses and certain plants) Grow along the ground or over a surface; collect edible shellfish in shallow water |
| Takuu | Tootoka | Door, doorway |
| Takuu | T/tuu | Cut (hair) |
| Takuu | Tua/tarierie | Kind of edible marine crab |
| Takuu | Tui | Lineage title (mata) alternating with Pua for the position of ariki... |
| Takuu | T/tui | Sew together, string, lace; feel like needles, give or have a pricking sensation or stabbing pain; thread fish on a cord (for carrying purposes) |
| Takuu | T/tuki | Hammer (vt) |
| Takuu | Tuku | Stop temporarily, pause, quit |
| Takuu | Tuumaki | Crown of the head; soft spot on the crown of an infant’s head Phonologically Irregular |
| Nukumanu | Tuunaki | Smoke signal from Nukutoa Island to mourners at Vaihare on Takuu Island that some calamity has occurred, requiring their immediate attention |
| Takuu | T/tuni | Set fire to, burn (e.g. grass, rubbish); heat up rocks, shells, or similar hard materials;cook (coconut cream) by inserting hot stones or by heating over a fire; (of the sun) burn fiercely, be uncomfortably hot |
| Takuu | Ture (moe) | Feel sleepy, doze |
| Takuu | Tuutaki | Imitate s.o else’s actions, mimic Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Takuu | Uu | Fit flush together, be joined evenly Problematic |
| Takuu | Uu | Heap (of sticks, leaves, etc.) ready for carrying |
| Takuu | Ua | Agree on a course of action |
| Takuu | Uee | Yes Phonologically Irregular |
