Entries from Moyle 2011 in Pollex-Online
Richard M.Moyle, Takuu Grammar and Dictionary. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics 634.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Takuu | E(e) | Vocative; use mostly limited to song lyrics... |
| Takuu | Hakaaroha | Sorrowful; cause feelings of compassion; lonely |
| Takuu | V/aa | Position adjacent to an object |
| Takuu | Kailaarao (pl. kailallao) | Steal, cheat, deceive; greedy, selfish; thief, theft |
| Takuu | Kava | Cemetery |
| Takuu | Naanui | Very big Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Haka/naanui | Receive a complex and especially significant ritual... Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Vasiri | Question; ask a question |
| Takuu | Maahoa | Balding; balding spot Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Takuu | Lliki | Strike, hit, beat; stick used in tattooing to tap the combs |
| Takuu | Haitaina | Related as classificatory siblings of the same sex |
| Takuu | Makkini | White; whiteness |
| Takuu | F/furo, huro | Plural of tere: move constantly, run |
| Takuu | K/kopi | Close something by bringing its two parts together |
| Takuu | Mo/isi | Few, small quantity |
| Takuu | Taha | Outside or outer edge |
| Takuu | T/tino | Assume the form of someone |
| Takuu | Miri | Drill; use a drill; twist a coconut to detach it from the stalk |
| Takuu | Tama/a- | Diminutive prefix: small, little, tiny |
| Takuu | Kina | Place, location, site; private parts, genitals |
| Takuu | Pinipini | Tree (Hernandia sonora), used for carving canoes |
| Takuu | N/nana | Sound of human voice(s) |
| Mangareva | Kapi | Se joindre (en parlant d'un ouvrage commencé sur deux points) |
| Takuu | Rue | Men's dance type... |
| Takuu | Napa | Disgusted; an avoidance between people in certain relationships, particularly between a man and his wife's parents |
| Takuu | Huri (koi) | Without goal, purpose or discretion Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Takuu | Kaavusu, kaavisu | Tree sp. (Barringtonia asiatica), fruit used for fish poison |
| Takuu | Sahe(a) | Slip, lose one's footing; trip |
| Takuu | Ana/ana | Take care of (someone), look after |
| Takuu | Aaraa | Other; some...other |
| Takuu | Laanai | Deck of a two-hulled canoe or catamaran, raft; floating bier on which the ariki's body was formerly walked across the lagoon... |
| Takuu | Riitai | Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus pacificus) |
| Takuu | Moo/mee | Small portion of food |
| Takuu | Tama | Person, people, human (as opposed to spirit) |
| Takuu | Ma | From |
| Takuu | Naa tai | A number of canoes constructed at the same time |
| Takuu | Oko | (of the wind) Blow hard |
| Takuu | Oko/oko | Small pieces of wood and coconut husks intended as firewood |
| Takuu | Haka/riaria | Be in a bad or unpleasant state; (of an illness) worsen |
| Takuu | Hakasoa | Associated with, like friends or mates; be or act as a companion... |
| Takuu | Taka | Assume lifelong responsibility for someone; guardian, sponsor |
| Takuu | Haka/taka-ria | Adopted.... |
| Takuu | Haka/tani | Play (radio, etc.) |
| Takuu | Tipe | Stand at a slant, lean over (as of a tree); fall sideways Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Ha/kiki | Rub objects together to produce a scratching sound (as loose canoe lashings0 |
| Takuu | Hak/kivi | Wink |
| Takuu | Hatu | Pus |
| Takuu | Hatu mouri | Testicle, testes |
| Takuu | He/atu | Quarrel, fight, argue |
| Takuu | Heunu | Centipede; animal taxon for crawling creatures (beetles, caterpillars, worms) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
