Entries from Moyle 2011 in Pollex-Online
Richard M.Moyle, Takuu Grammar and Dictionary. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics 634.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Takuu | Mate | Die; death, corpse |
| Takuu | Mate | Guess, recognise, identify, distinguish, tell |
| Takuu | Matila | Stout and strong type of bamboo used as tuna fishing rod; constellation: seven stars within Grus, interpreted as being in the shape of a pole... |
| Takuu | Mattoru | (of flat object) Thick |
| Takuu | Maatou | We (exc.) |
| Takuu | Matu | Pacific Silver-Biddy (Gerres argyreus) |
| Takuu | Matuu | Mature coconut in its final stage of growth before sprouting Borrowed |
| Takuu | Maatua | Clan head, traditional religous and secular leader |
| Takuu | Matuku | Mottled Reef Heron (Demigretta sacra) |
| Takuu | Mau | Firmly caught on a hook; constipated, sluggish; stuck on, firmly attached; (of a name, idea etc.) stick, not be readily forgotten; support oneself in falling |
| Takuu | Maaua | We two (exc) |
| Takuu | Mauakena, mouokena | Red Footed Booby (Sula sula) |
| Takuu | Maauii, maavii | Left side |
| Takuu | Maunu, mounu | Earthworm, when used as bait |
| Takuu | Maaunu | Generic term for bait; sea worm used as bait; food given to pet bird |
| Takuu | Maavae (pl.mavvae) | Divided, separated from each other, divorced |
| Takuu | Mavete | Come apart or undone by itself |
| Takuu | M/mea | Red, reddish |
| Takuu | Mee | Thing, belongings, property |
| Takuu | Mere | Wounded, injured; (of an object) scarred, chipped, cut; cut, wound, esp. from a fish attack |
| Takuu | Te Meremere | A constellation: three stars forming a straight line within Orion |
| Takuu | Milo | Tree sp. with spreading canopy (Thespesia populnea) |
| Takuu | Mmii | Urine, urinate |
| Takuu | Mmini | Pandanus mat in which (a woman's) valuables are stored |
| Takuu | Misi | Make a clicking sound with the tongue to attract attention, esp. as a signal to one's companion to indicate interest in someone of the opposite sex |
| Takuu | Miti | Dream (n,v) |
| Takuu | M/miti | Taste a liquid, suck, sip |
| Takuu | Moa | Domestic chicken |
| Takuu | Moa | Soft underside of fish jaw; ventral fin of a fish |
| Takuu | Moomoa | Boxfish spp. |
| Takuu | Moana | Sea, ocean, deep water |
| Takuu | Moe | Sleep; (of eyes) closed; recline, lie |
| Takuu | Moko | Large, black kind of lizard found in the bush |
| Takuu | Mokopuna | Classificatory grandchild |
| Takuu | M/more | Smooth, even; hairless or with a short and even hairstyle |
| Takuu | Moli | Citrus fruit |
| Takuu | Moomona | Fatty, rich, oily (esp. of fish); fatty tissue, grease |
| Takuu | M/mono | Deep (of a hole); far in or down Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Takuu | Moso | Shellfish taxon, small white mollusc, used for attaching to a tuu moso ceremonial belt |
| Takuu | M/moti | Sneak up on, approach slowly or with stealth, stalk |
| Takuu | Moto | (Of fruit) Immature, green, unripe |
| Takuu | Motu | (of cord) Severed, cut short, cut off, broken; (of rain, wind, storm) die down, abate |
