Entries from Moyle 2011 in Pollex-Online

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

Language Item Description
Takuu Mataauu Nipple, teat
Takuu N/o And (connecting two verbs or clauses) Phonologically Irregular
Takuu Koo/miti Disturbance of the water created by the movement of a paddle, etc.
Takuu Pakaiasa Cheek Phonologically Irregular
Takuu Peellaa Like that (over there), in that way
Takuu Peruperu aavaka Largest kind of indigenous butterfly
Takuu Ppii Round edible bivalve found individually on the reef
Takuu Pii/pii Duckling; imitate sound of duckling Problematic
Takuu P/poo Cup one's hand, slap with a cupped hand, clap cupped hands Phonologically Irregular
Takuu Puna Coconut bud Phonologically Irregular
Takuu Ppuu Untidy, cluttered (esp. with rubbish); (of a bush area) densely vegetated or uncultivated, littered with uncleared domestic rubbish
Takuu Sisioi Dragonfly (Anisoptera spp.)
Takuu S/siki Female assistant to a clan elder in former days
Takuu Aapoi Wrap something around something else (as a towel around one's body) Phonologically Irregular
Takuu Uku Dive for fish using spear, swim underwater, swim downwards
Takuu Kai/nnoo(tia) Ask or beg someone to give something (an act normally done in private or via a small child to avoid shame)
Takuu Kk/apo Afraid (that something might happen), anxious, worried
Takuu Aauna (Perform) dance actions
Takuu Kaputu Bud of a flower, head of a match
Takuu Koo/sihu Fish sp. (carangid?) Phonologically Irregular
Takuu Hakahua Ocean swell; wave on the open sea
Takuu Tike Revolve, rotate or spin rapidly...
Takuu Toko (Of a bird) roost, settle, perch
Takuu Haka/toko Put a bird onto a perch
Takuu Hakappuru Listen carefully and commit to memory; concentrate one's efforts (on achieving a goal)
Takuu K/kutu Close together, in a group
Takuu Hak/kutu Bring close together, gather; (of people) assemble, congregate...
Takuu T/taro Massage the body of an unconscious person to induce consciousness; shake someone repeatedly to waken them from a deep sleep Uncertain Semantic Connection
Takuu Taa (of a person, automobile, etc.) Diverge from the main path, take a branch road...
Takuu Tata Pull, jerk (a line)
Takuu Tauama Rope from mast to furthest outrigger stringer on ancient canoe; shroud
Takuu Tautari Follow (an example), imitate
Takuu Toko/naki Help, assist, help one another
Takuu Lao Tail of crayfish or matapoo crab
Takuu Moemoeao, moomoeao Shark sp. that sleeps among the rocks during the day and eats clams and other shellfish
Takuu Tama taane Adolescent male, boy
Takuu Petake (of a hole or container) Shallow; (of ground) uneven; (of a road) to have potholes’
Takuu Isu Hurt, ache, pain
Takuu Posu Be full, satisfied from eating
Takuu S/sepe Cut or sever (as with a machete)
Takuu Sunu Smell something
Takuu Kunaaroto Midsectional piece of a trunk of a tree (in terms of length)...
Takuu Kau mai Give me (example s.v. kau.1)
Takuu Uhu Untie (a knot), undo, unfasten; remove something that has been thrust into something else; make a slip-knot
Takuu T/tao (of a bird) Sit on an egg, hatch
Takuu Ha(k)ataha Move aside, get out of the way; escape from being inside or in the path of something
Takuu Hatturi Thunder of a non-dangerous type...
Takuu Kai/meo Greedy, stingy
Takuu Seke (of a school of fish) Move from one reef location to another
Takuu Haka/seke Sail a canoe with a tail wind; (of a boat) travel in a following sea; glide, as of a canoe through water; drift