Takuu entries in Pollex-Online

Protoform Item Description Source
PN.GUTU-LIMU Nuturimu Blue-mottled Parrotfish (Callyodon dubius) (Mle)
OC.GUU.1 N/nuu Make a whirring or vibrating noise; whimper, whine, (of pig) squeal Uncertain Semantic Connection (Mle)
EO.HAA.1 Aa What? what kind of?; why? (what for?) (Mle)
PN.HAFA.B Ai Why (Hwd)
PN.HAGA.2 Ana (of trees etc.) Bend slightly (Mle)
PN.HAGA.2 Ana sara Crooked (Hwd)
PN.HAGA.2 Ana/ana Take care of (someone), look after (Mle)
PN.HAGA.2 Ana/ana Act as nursemaid to; support (as with clothes or food) (Hwd)
MP.HAI Ai Who? whom? (Mle)
OC.HAKAU Akau The coral reef, exposed at low tide, which encircles Takuu...; isolated coral head in lagoon (Mle)
OC.HAKE.B Ake Post-verbal particle indicating lateral movement (Mle)
PN.HAKU Aku Needlefish or Longtom (Strongylura or Tylosurus indica) (Mle)
AN.HALA Ara Trail, track, path, road; way, method; behaviour (Mle)
EO.HAMA Ama Outrigger float or outrigger side of a canoe (Mle)
PN.HAPI Api Spotted Surgeonfish (Acanthurus guttatus) (Mle)
AN.HAU Au Black dye used in tattooing (Hwd)
AN.HAU A/au (Obs) Tattooing needle, set of tattooing combs (Hwd)
FJ.HAUPULU Taupulu Coconut husk (Hwd)
OC.HIFO.A Iho/ana Place where descent (literal or figurative) occurs (Mle)
OC.HIFO.B Ifo Downwards, over long distance (Hwd)
OC.HIFO.B Iho Post-verbal particle indicating: downward motion; movement of a vessel either towards or away from the speaker; movement towards the speaker from a relatively distant location (Mle)
PN.HIGOA Inoa Name (Mle)
MP.HIKO-FI Ukohi Wooden tongs for removing hot stones from fire; remove (e.g. hot stones) from fire with tongs (Mle)
CP.HINA Ina Shine, of a torch or flame, light a fire or otherwise provide light...; go fishing at night with a light (Mle)
PN.HOA -oa Unit of measurement for pairs of things other than coconuts (siaoa, ruaoa, torunaaoa...) (Mle)
OC.HOGE One Drought, famine (Mle)
PN.HOKA.1 Oka Rafter of a house (Mle)
EO.HOKA.2 Oka Husk (coconuts using a stick); husking stick (Mle)
PN.HOKO.2 Oko Adductor muscle of a nakohu giant clam, which holds the two shells together at the base (Mle)
AN.HUHU Uu Breast; suck at the breast, suckle, nurse (Mle)
OC.HUKU Uku Dive for fish using spear, swim underwater, swim downwards (Mle)
OC.HULI.1 Uri Fish sp., blue and some yellow, caught in the lagoon with a line (Mle)
EO.HUQI.1 Uii Remove something from its hanger, lift off, undress, remove one’s clothing (shirt, pants, shoes, etc.); pick pandanus fruit (Mle)
OC.HURU.A Uru Enter or exit a location (Mle)
FJ.HURU-MAKI Urumaki Stab, pierce, thrust, penetrate (Mle)
PN.I.2A I At, in, on; to, towards, with respect to; from; among, between (Mle)
AN.IA.1 Ia He, she, it; him, her (Mle)
AN.IA.3 Ia Focus marker; phrase marker following the name or pronoun, and marking a contrast between one phrase and another (Mle)
AN.IA.4 Iaa Exclamation made when giving something: Here it is! Here you are! (Mle)
OC.IFI.2 Ifi A tree found in Samoa (Hwd)
OC.IFI.2 Ihi Tahitian Chestnut (Mle)
AN.IKA.A Ika Generic term for fish, including marine mammals, some turtles, and two species of clam (Mle)
XO.IKA-A-FATU Ika-a-hatu General term for fish inhabiting coral heads (all lagoon fish except perhaps members of the trevally family) (Mle)
XO.IKA-TAPU Ika tapu Large trevally [Caranx sp.] (Mle)
NP.INAKI Inaki The two spaces between each set of three rafters in a house (Mle)
NP.INAKI Inaki Vertical row of thatch panels (Hwd)
EO.INO-QI Faka/ino/ Sail to windward, turn downwards (Mle)
EO.INO-QI Ino (of the sun, moon, etc.) Be past its vertical position in the sky; slant or slope downwards, tilt to the side (Mle)
PN.IO.2 Io Edge of a piece of wood, longitudinal ridge; longitudinal quarter portion of a tuna when cooked... (Mle)
AN.IRI.A Iri Fan (held in one's hand) (Mle)

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