Entries from Moyle 2011 in Pollex-Online
Richard M.Moyle, Takuu Grammar and Dictionary. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics 634.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Takuu | Kapi | Part of a backstrap loom: the two wooden bars at each end of the loom which hold it taut during the weaving... |
| Takuu | Kaapiti | Mat woven from a single coconut frond used for walls of house |
| Takuu | Kasana | Ring (on one’s finger) |
| Takuu | Kasi | Bivalve mollusc sp., shell used for scraper |
| Takuu | Kasikasi | Skin condition (of dog or human) brought about by much scratching of the skin; scabies, mange |
| Takuu | Kata | Laugh, smile |
| Takuu | Katea | Side of a canoe away from the outrigger. Canoe proper (as opposed to the outrigger side) (Hwd). |
| Takuu | Kati/kati | Abrade, rub or scratch against something Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Takuu | Kkau | Swim |
| Takuu | Kau-, kkau- | Pluraliser (Makes a group into a collective noun) |
| Takuu | Kau- | Stalk, stem, solid handle of an object, branch of a tree, underground runner of certain plants (e.g. yam, banana). Sticks of fish net (kupena) (Hwd). |
| Takuu | Kau(v)ae | Cheek, chin, jawbone (of humans and fish) |
| Takuu | Kaunutu | Edge (of mat, etc.), selvedge (of cloth on a loom) |
| Takuu | Kaui/na | Series of loops in the rope attached to the lower edge of a sail |
| Takuu | Kaukau | Bathe, cleanse, purify, ritually cleanse or purify |
| Takuu | Kave, kkave | Send, take |
| Takuu | Kave | Classificatory sibling of opposite sex |
| Takuu | Kaavei | Handle (as of a basket or lamp) |
| Takuu | Kaavei | Tentacle of an octopus or cuttlefish; tendrils of some types of stinging jellyfish. |
| Takuu | Kaviti | Ghost crab (Ocypode spp.) |
| Takuu | Kee | Different; differently, another way |
| Takuu | Kere/kere | Dirt, soil, sand, ground, coral chips; sandy |
| Takuu | Keri | Dig, dig for, dig up |
| Takuu | K/kena/ | Pale, whitish-yellow, blond |
| Takuu | Mauo/kena/ | Bird sp., a type of kanapu |
| Takuu | Keu/keu | Push (freq.) |
| Takuu | Ki | To, towards, inside |
| Takuu | Kiato | Outrigger boom of a canoe |
| Takuu | Kie | Pandanus sp. used for constructing ritual and decorative ornaments |
| Takuu | Kkii | Supplement a starchy food with meat or fish, or vice versa; food used as supplement |
| Takuu | Kilaa | There, far away from speaker and listener |
| Takuu | Kiu | Large number, bigger than mano (10,000) but smaller than popu (100,000). Hundred thousand (100,000) (Hwd). |
| Takuu | Kivi | General term for shore birds and waders that feed on the ground: Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva), Mongolian Plover (Charadrius mongolia), Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana) |
| Takuu | Koe | 2sg pronoun: you |
| Takuu | Usu | Followed by a noun, signifies the front or front end of an object |
| Takuu | Koo | Any long object with a sharp end: sharpened stick used for digging, husking coconuts, etc.; part of a backstrap loom; canine tooth; cockspur |
| Takuu | Koi | Still (post-verbal) |
| Takuu | Naa Ruai/saraporu | Name of a constellation low in the southern sky: two stars within Crux and two within Centaurus |
| Takuu | K/koru | Curved, bent into a curve; (of a person) stooped; bow (n), shoot with bow |
| Takuu | Koorua | Second person dual pronoun, you |
| Takuu | Koni | Have sexual intercourse, copulate |
| Takuu | K/kono | Strain (one's muscles, as in labour or defecation) |
| Takuu | Koopuu | Stomach (organ) of any animal; pocket...sack, bag; head of an octopus |
| Takuu | Koroa | Set of whale's or porpoise's teeth; collective term for cultural valuables |
| Takuu | Kootou | Second person plural pronoun, you |
| Takuu | Aa/ku | First person singular possessive postposed pronoun, sg and pl, of mine |
| Takuu | Ku | Future tense or stative marker |
| Takuu | Kua | So-called ‘money cord’ made by women from tiny coconut shell discs threaded into one-metre lengths |
| Takuu | Kuru | Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) |
| Takuu | K/kumi | Squeeze, pinch the nose (e.g. while underwater), clench the fist, express liquid |
