Entries from Moyle 2011 in Pollex-Online
Richard M.Moyle, Takuu Grammar and Dictionary. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics 634.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Takuu | Reia | Vomit back food through the nose; choke while drinking |
| Takuu | Llee | Fly; (of fish or other marine animal) move through the water, swim; (of wind) change direction, shift... |
| Takuu | Rehu | Toxic, indigestible, spoiled Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Takuu | Rehu/rehu | Small rain cloud |
| Takuu | Reo | Voice, melody of a song or musical instrument, intonation |
| Takuu | Hekau | Belongings, possessions, equipment (esp. of fishing), handicrafts |
| Takuu | Reu | (of fruit) Ripe; (of a pimple, sore, etc.) having a head or scab that may be removed to extract the pus |
| Takuu | Riaki | Perform throwing motion without releasing an object from the hand; scatter about, sprinkle; flick (s.o. from s.t. else); throw s.o. to the ground; throw s.t. over s.t. else without releasing it from one’s hand; shake out (with vigorous hand movement); throw with a sling; shed (hair, leaves, skin, etc.); cast off, lose (a tooth); lay (an egg) outside the nest; (of a baby) born prematurely |
| Takuu | Ria | Louse egg |
| Takuu | -riki | Diminutive |
| Takuu | Rimu | Generic term for certain types of seaweeds that grow singly or in clumps but do not send out runners |
| Takuu | Rilo | Go out of sight, disappear |
| Takuu | Rima | Five |
| Takuu | Rima | Arm, hand |
| Takuu | Lo/lo/sii, lo/ro/sii (pl. lollosii) | Watch over something or someone; protect |
| Takuu | Loata, roata | Generic term for the ant |
| Takuu | L/lohi, lo/rohi | Flood, inundate |
| Takuu | Rokonui, lokonui | Widow, divorcee |
| Takuu | Lloo | Coconut cream; coconut oil to which leaf fragrances are added after the meat has been boiled and strained; any expressed food |
| Takuu | Lloi | Prepare (food) with coconut cream |
| Takuu | L/lomi, romi | Press down, plant (taro...), push or hold under water, submerge, drown an animal... |
| Takuu | Roto | Angry, mad; anger |
| Takuu | Rua | Depression, hole in ground |
| Takuu | Rua | Vomit, throw up, retch |
| Takuu | Rua, lua | Two |
| Takuu | Rue | Rock or shake something back and forth |
| Takuu | Lluu | Sheltered from the wind; sheltered area |
| Takuu | Rupe | Pacific Imperial Pigeon (Ducula pacifica) |
| Takuu | Rupo | Fish sp., small growth stage of Caranx spp. which grows into a matapuku |
| Takuu | Ma | And, with |
| Takuu | Maea | Rope that is wound (as opposed to braided) |
| Takuu | Mataaua | Raindrop |
| Takuu | Mana | Forked, branching; fork, crotch |
| Takuu | Makkaa | (of a rope) Taut; (of a person) strong, healthy |
| Takuu | Maneo | Itch or sting due to an insect bite, coral or jellyfish sting, irritating plant material...; sexual excitement |
| Takuu | M/muru | Apply mulch or compost to a taro crop Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Takuu | Manoo | General term for sharks |
| Takuu | Manunu | Edge of water, shoreline Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Takuu | Mai | Bring it here! |
| Takuu | Maile | Fern sp. (Polypodium scolopendria) |
| Takuu | Makallii | (of o.s.) Be cool or cold; (of the weather, air etc.) cold; feverish |
| Takuu | Maki | Sick, ill |
| Takuu | Mako | Dance; dance song |
| Takuu | Mako/pini, moko/pini | Hardwood tree growing plentifully on Takuu island between Te Kaaina and I Tuattori |
| Takuu | Mara/mara | Wood cuttings, chips, or sawdust as a residue of carving; ashes of a pipe, cigarette, fire etc. |
| Takuu | Mara | Black Rock Cod (Epinephelus sp.) caught in the ocean |
| Takuu | Marae | Ritual performance arena... |
| Takuu | Marana | (of the tide) Rise, come up; surface, rise to the surface; be uprooted |
| Takuu | Mallaa | Red-hot; (of a fire) have embers |
| Takuu | Marari | General term for all species of small fish caught in saavake fishing and used as live bait for tuna fishing |
