Entries from Moyle 2011 in Pollex-Online
Richard M.Moyle, Takuu Grammar and Dictionary. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics 634.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Takuu | Urumaki | Stab, pierce, thrust, penetrate |
| Takuu | Ea/ea | Blister on the tongue (from tasting something too hot, or when one has a fever) Problematic |
| Takuu | Iri-hia | Blow, puff, blow on something, inflate, smoke tobacco; fan (n) |
| Takuu | Iloa | Know, be acquainted with; know how; occasionally or habitually perform an action |
| Takuu | Inaho | Flock of seabirds hovering over a school of surface-feeding tuna....; a large catch of fish while formally on display.... |
| Takuu | Inaki | The two spaces between each set of three rafters in a house |
| Takuu | Faka/ino/ | Sail to windward, turn downwards |
| Takuu | Io | Edge of a piece of wood, longitudinal ridge; longitudinal quarter portion of a tuna when cooked... |
| Takuu | Ise | Small garfish species |
| Takuu | Isi | Skin, peel off or remove the skin or bark of something in a single piece or in long strips using a knife |
| Takuu | Kaisu (Hwd: kaiisu) | Nose; protruding tip of a new coconut sprout |
| Takuu | Isu | Beak; nose (of shark); point of a fish-hook |
| Takuu | Ivi | Bone, bony spine... |
| Takuu | Laa, raa | Sail of an ancient canoe |
| Takuu | Laka | (of a woman) Beautiful, or skilful at making something Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Takuu | Laa, raa | Sun |
| Takuu | Rae, lae | Temple, sideburns area |
| Takuu | Llaha | Broad, wide |
| Takuu | Raho | Core of coconut frond cut into short lengths as the backbone for thatch panels |
| Takuu | Lana, rana | Float, be afloat, buoyant, riding high in the water |
| Takuu | L/lana | Weave, plait (floor mats, wall panels) |
| Takuu | Lani, rani | Song type with two voice parts... |
| Takuu | Lani, rani | Sky, weather, approaching rainstorm; residence of spirits |
| Takuu | Lano, rano | Generic term for the fly |
| Takuu | L/lano | Support (one's head); support a heavy weight; anything used as a pillow; support under a canoe... |
| Takuu | L/laka, raka | Pass or step above something without touching |
| Takuu | Laakau, raakau | Sticks |
| Takuu | Raaoi, laaoi | Good, kind, generous; calm, peaceful; perfectly, exactly; good luck |
| Takuu | Laakau, raakau | Tree (generic, includes all trees, shrubs, plants, creepers and sticks) |
| Takuu | Lakia, rakia | Black Noddy (Anous minutus) |
| Takuu | Llaa | Heat something over a fire; grill, smoke (fish etc.); warm by fire; heat earlobe with hot oil...; put a crooked stick briefly in the fire then apply pressure to straighten it while still hot |
| Takuu | Llahi | Fish sp., possibly Green Wrasse (Notolabrus inscriptus) |
| Takuu | Laaraatea, raaraatea | Noon |
| Takuu | Laro, raro | Below, underneath, down |
| Takuu | Laaua, raaua | Third person dual independent pronoun: they, them (two) |
| Takuu | Naru | Amniotic sac Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Raaoa, laaoa | Choke on something (usually a fish bone) |
| Takuu | Laparapa | Soft-rayed dorsal or anal fin (of edible fish, esp. shark); triangular corner of a sail cloth which is not stitched but hangs loose |
| Takuu | Lape | Fish sp., Green Wrasse or Green-Banner Wrasse or Gaimard's Rainbowfish (Coris gaimardi) |
| Takuu | Rapa | Speak too fast to be understood |
| Takuu | Lasi, rasi | Big, large, gross, important, fat |
| Takuu | Lau- | Single leaf, flower petal (plural rau 'leaves') |
| Takuu | Laanutu, launutu | Lip |
| Takuu | Raurau | Basket containing enough cooked food for one or two people |
| Takuu | Lauru, louru, rauuru | Hair (on one's head) |
| Takuu | Laupata, loupata, raupata | Tree sp. (Macaranga ? dioica) |
| Takuu | Laatou, raatou | Third person plural independent pronoun: they, them |
| Takuu | Rave, lave | Snag, catch (as a fish on a hook, a fishhook on a rock), entangled |
| Takuu | Rena | Type of ano plant producing a yellow powder made into turmeric dye |
| Takuu | Rei | Whale tooth |
