Entries from Moyle 2011 in Pollex-Online
Richard M.Moyle, Takuu Grammar and Dictionary. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics 634.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Takuu | (H)akanava | Tree (Cordia subcordata) whose timber is used for house posts and whose flowers decorate dancers |
| Takuu | Turuna, turuma | Tubular wooden container for turmeric, sealed at one end and covered with fine plaiting |
| Takuu | Epu | (of water) Murky because of stirred up sediment |
| Takuu | Musu | Sandfly |
| Takuu | Puupuu taamaki | Overeat, gorge oneself; feel bloated |
| Takuu | Pao/natia | (of all the island's trees) Suffer a blight in which many plants bear only undeveloped fruits or have fruits fall off before ripening Problematic |
| Takuu | Taukareka | Good-looking, fine, good |
| Takuu | Mouku | Inland, central area on Takuu island including men's and women's gardens and bush; kind of fragrant, thin, long-bladed grass; generic term for inland grasses and creepers used as mulch for taro and swamp taro |
| Takuu | Uru/uru | (Of one's stomach) Gurgle, especially after drinking a large quantity of water |
| Takuu | Uru | A sexually explicit song designed to distract potentially malevolent spirits while the image of the spirit Pukena was carried from its carving place to the ritual arena on Takuu Island |
| Takuu | Paa | Indented; blemish in a tree trunk (as opposed to knot) |
| Takuu | Paki-a | Cut off, trim, prune |
| Takuu | Kahota (pl. kaffota) | Sweat, perspire |
| Takuu | Hak(k)aa/nui | Husk of an old coconut |
| Takuu | See | Breath |
| Takuu | Hiriani | Mast of a ship or canoe; radio antenna, aerial |
| Takuu | Ika-a-hatu | General term for fish inhabiting coral heads (all lagoon fish except perhaps members of the trevally family) |
| Takuu | Tapatu/ri | Fourth growth stage of barracuda (Sphyraena sp.) Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Tapuke | Mound on which turmeric and ginger is grown; turmeric root; root of plant such as wild ginger rhizome |
| Takuu | Tititai | Creeper sp. (Wedelia biflora) |
| Takuu | Tuatoro | Plant sp. (Triumfetta procumbens), a vine whose leaves are made into headbands’ |
| Takuu | Lapiao | Fish sp., Grey Unicornfish (Naso sp.) |
| Takuu | Makattau, matakkau | (of solid object) Hard, firm, rigid |
| Takuu | Pu(u)rei | Glans penis; penis |
| Takuu | Puu | Head of an octopus |
| Takuu | Sattaa | Goatfish sp. |
| Takuu | Sara/tea | Small white fish sp. |
| Takuu | Simata | Large number, one thousand |
| Takuu | Sisi/oi | Insect sp., dragonfly (Anisoptera sp.) |
| Takuu | Sikisiki/tau | Bird sp., small finch-like bird, Island Monarch (Monarcha cinerascens) |
| Takuu | Kami | Walk briskly, toes gripping the ground |
| Takuu | K/kao | Narrow |
| Takuu | Hakkaa | Light up, cause to burn, start (an engine) |
| Takuu | Kipu | South, direction of the south wind |
| Takuu | -oa | Unit of measurement for pairs of things other than coconuts (siaoa, ruaoa, torunaaoa...) |
| Takuu | Katoko | Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra) |
| Takuu | Uaaroto | Centre section, area in the middle; ritual name for a location inside the ariki’s house |
| Takuu | Ualloo | (of a large group of people, animals, etc.) Go or come quickly to or from a place |
| Takuu | Uru kao | Shark sp. with pointed snout |
| Takuu | (Ha)kkoo | Sago palm (non-indigenous, drifts to Takuu) |
| Takuu | Ori/ori | Rock back and forth, sway gently; baby's hammock...; slide a canoe hull back and forth (to remove water) |
| Takuu | Hua/avaka | Small canoe type Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Takuu | Hakatuu | Erect, cause something to stand, initiate, raise (one's hand), stand on tiptoes; (of canoe) set a course towards something |
| Takuu | P/poko | Vagina |
| Takuu | Akonaki | Teach a moral value |
| Takuu | Hui | Flock, swarm (n) |
| Takuu | Kautarina | Ear; tuning key of guitar |
| Takuu | Hanoana | Journey, trip Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Hakavvare | In a daze; mad keen, obsessively interested in something (e.g. fishing) |
| Takuu | Maruu | (of pain) Lessen, become reduced, abate, disappear |
