Entries from Moyle 2011 in Pollex-Online
Richard M.Moyle, Takuu Grammar and Dictionary. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics 634.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Takuu | Koro/koro ahi | Spark, ember; the flash of light of a meteorite; flaming piece of wood inside a fire Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Surumaki | Insert, inject, stick into something |
| Takuu | Tokia | Pierce [ex. fish with spear] |
| Takuu | Toki | (of falling object) Strike (the ground or another object); (of thunder, according to local belief) strike; stab or spear; fall on one's head |
| Takuu | Maruu | (of an arm or leg) Buckle; (of a wave) weak, not strong; (of pounded food etc.) soft, pliable; (of a rope) slack |
| Takuu | Naa | Demonstrative pronoun:that; locative pronoun: there by you |
| Takuu | Poro | Trail of a meteor |
| Takuu | Taaia | Kill it! Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Ta/taia | Written, tattooed |
| Takuu | Tot/toti | Rise to tiptoe; hop |
| Takuu | Haka/s/saa | Cause something to appear, emerge or show (esp. above water) |
| Takuu | Hakauru | Place something inside something else; contribute to; dye |
| Takuu | Aroarorima | Palm of the hand |
| Takuu | Aroarovae | Sole of the foot |
| Takuu | Aro/faa | Underside of chin |
| Takuu | Aro/aro | Thin scraping of coconut meat...; underside of the trunk of a leaning coconut tree; the half-coconut shell containing the three holes |
| Takuu | Nan/nanu | Watery; have too much water for a particular purpose; (of tide) too high for effective fishing Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Puku turi | Kneecap |
| Takuu | Puku vae | Protrusion at the ankle |
| Takuu | Puku turi | Kneecap |
| Takuu | Aro/aro/ffaa | Roof of the mouth |
| Takuu | Tere | (of a liquid) Flow, run, seep |
| Takuu | Hoe muri | Coccyx; hindmost major plate on the carapace of a turtle |
| Takuu | Pukei | Canoe sail |
| Takuu | Taa/karo | Stir, work with a stirring motion (as when scraping the inside surface of a container) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Takuu | Kere/kere | Sandy, dirty, soiled |
| Takuu | Masaria | Adversely sffected by the tide being shallow Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Lauakau, rau akau | Bare reef |
| Takuu | Tava | Shellfish taxon, edible species similar to penumoua |
| Takuu | Ttoro | (of a child, crab, etc.) Crawl, creep; (of a snake) slither; (of grasses or weeds) overgrow a location |
| Takuu | Hakakite | Show something to someone |
| Takuu | Hakkite-a | Point out, direct |
| Takuu | Hiimoe | Tired, sleepy, drowsy |
| Takuu | Puapua | Swollen glands in the neck Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Takuu | Maa | Orange-spot surgeonfish (Acanthurus olivaceus) |
| Takuu | Hakaani | Dry something in the wind; wave the hand...as a signal to attract attention;;lift up a corpse with bare hands so that a shroud can be placed beneath it |
| Mangareva | Ane | Crasse qui se forme sur la peau |
| Mangareva | ʔAti/ʔati | Courber quelque chose |
| Takuu | Kaina | Food, meal. Taro...heaped in front of the officiating elder's house during the*tukumai* ritual, and later divided into equal household lots |
| Takuu | Kaina | Garbage, food peelings, scraps of food to be discarded |
| Takuu | Maarama | Clear-thinking, quick-witted... |
| Takuu | Puoso, puaso | Inside of the prow of a canoe (if the vessel has a quarterdeck) |
| Takuu | Lani/tia | Receive something when things are divided or distributed; not be left out, but included in a group |
| Takuu | L/loma | (of the sea, ocean) Flat, calm, having no waves |
| Takuu | Takere ppaa | Foundation of an island, the solid base upon which an atoll rests... |
| Takuu | Sue | Rotate...shake (something) around; rest a paddle handle agains the hull and then push the blade away, in order to move the canoe sideways (sue te hoe) |
| Takuu | Maahuru (pl. maffuru) | Awake; woken up (by o.s.) |
| Takuu | Haka/ree/resi | Lie, tell a lie, pretend, pose as someone else |
| Takuu | Muka/muka | Still soft, weak, of something that will become hard, such as a young coconut, or a child's bones |
| Takuu | Taa maunu | Catch bait fish using hand nets and assistants |
