Entries from Moyle 2011 in Pollex-Online
Richard M.Moyle, Takuu Grammar and Dictionary. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics 634.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Takuu | Maarama | Clear, bright; (of place) light, not dark; (of liquid) clear, transparent, pure; clear-thinking, quick-witted... |
| Takuu | Marama | Moon, month |
| Takuu | Marau | General term for squirrelfish (Holocentridae sp.) |
| Takuu | Marau | Melanesian Scrubfowl (Megapodius eremita) |
| Takuu | Mare | Clear one's throat |
| Takuu | Marena | Green parrotfish (Bolbomeetropon musicatus) |
| Takuu | Maremo | (of a human) Drown, suffocate in water |
| Takuu | Ma(a)rie | Sweet-tasting, (of fruit) fresh, delicious [from Nukumanu] Borrowed |
| Takuu | Maarie | Slowly, slightly |
| Takuu | Mannii | Spill over Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Marino | Lacking wind, calm; smooth undisturbed area of water.... |
| Takuu | Maro | Fabric, cloth, laplap |
| Takuu | Maru | Shade, shaded area, shadow; (of weather) approach |
| Takuu | Maaruu (pl. malluu) | Defecate, have a bowel movement, go to the toilet (pl. malluu) |
| Takuu | Maamaa | Lungs |
| Takuu | Mmae | Sting, smart |
| Takuu | Mmao | Far, distant |
| Takuu | Mmata | Look at, watch; watch over, manage, supervise, direct; inspect; mirror, glasses, spectacles |
| Takuu | Mana | Continual thunder (a feature of mid-year weather); thunder occurring simultaneously with lightning (considered damaging and able to strike trees) |
| Takuu | Manako | Want something, desire |
| Takuu | Maanatu, manatu/a | Think; bear in mind, consider; remember; believe something; be homesick, pine |
| Takuu | Manava | Stomach, abdomen, belly; seat of the emotions, feelings; underside or belly of something; hip bone |
| Takuu | Maanava | Breathe; take a rest, get relief... |
| Takuu | Mania | Absolutely smooth...; slippery |
| Takuu | Mannii | Convict Tang (Acanthurus triostegus) |
| Takuu | Mano | Large number, ten thousand |
| Takuu | Manoni | Fragrant; fragrance, pleasant odour, aroma |
| Takuu | Manu | Generic taxon which includes all animals, insects, arachnids, birds, and a variety of marine life other than fish |
| Takuu | Mao | (of rain, urination, defecation or a menstrual period) Over, finished |
| Takuu | Moa | (of food) Sufficiently cooked, done |
| Takuu | Maaoni | True, real; truly, really |
| Takuu | Maota | Tree sp. with hard, red, wood, food for making planks, that drifts to Takuu |
| Takuu | Masa | (of the tide) Low, out; (of a container) empty of liquid, dry |
| Takuu | Masana | Turtle sp. with valuable shell whose plates are part of the hakatuu ritual |
| Takuu | Maasana | Twins |
| Takuu | Maasara | Breathing (in the sense of being alive or well); regain consciousness...; conscious, revived; remember, recall |
| Takuu | Maasaro, maasalo | Experience an emotion, feel sorry (for what one has done or not done); feel happy or thankful; admire |
| Takuu | Maasina | (of moon, fire, flashlight) Shine; (of water) clear but whitish; illuminated area |
| Takuu | Mata- | Eye, face, appearance |
| Takuu | Atu/mata | One mesh within a hand net |
| Takuu | Mata, mata- | Front end or edge, tip, face |
| Takuu | Mata | Raw, uncooked |
| Takuu | Mata- | Numerical prefix denoting a unit of ten (fish, taro) |
| Takuu | Mataatara | Triangular end of a house above the doorway. King-post complex at ends of house consisting of king post and struts (Hwd). |
| Takuu | Matani | Wind, air, breath; propellor |
| Takuu | Mataku | Afraid, fearful, scared |
| Takuu | Matara | Separated; undone, untied, unravelled; (of bivalve) open; (of overcast sky) open up, allow sun to break through |
| Takuu | Mataarima | Finger |
| Takuu | Maatau | Fishhook; fish with a hook |
| Takuu | Maatau | Right hand, right side |
