Takuu entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| EO.KINA.1 | Kina | Sea worm (echiurid or sipunculid) used for food or bait; (of sea cucumber, worm etc.) become thin an elongated Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Mle) |
| NO.KINA.4 | Kina | Place, location, site; private parts, genitals | (Mle) |
| SO.KI-NAA | Kinaa | There, near the listener, or place already mentioned in discourse | (Mle) |
| SO.KI-NEI | Kinei | Here, this place by me | (Mle) |
| OC.KINI.1 | K/kini | Sting, pinch, bite (of insect), secure something with a knot | (Mle) |
| SO.KINI.2B | K/kini | (of the sun) Intense, very hot; have a bitter taste, pungent smell Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Mle) |
| PN.KIO-KIO | Kiokio | Bonefish (Albula vulpes) | (Mle) |
| NP.KIOLE | Kiore | Polynesian Rat (Rattus exulans) | (Mle) |
| AN.KITE.A | Kite | See, understand | (Mle) |
| AN.KITE.A | Kiitea! | It's found! | (Mle) |
| FJ.KITIKITI-VAI | Sisioi | Dragonfly (Anisoptera spp.) | (Mle) |
| NP.KIU.2 | Kiu | Large number, bigger than mano (10,000) but smaller than popu (100,000). Hundred thousand (100,000) (Hwd). | (Mle) |
| SO.KIVA | Kiva | Mythical 'diamond' with which the spirit ancestor Rapi created the well on Takuu island named after him | (Mle) |
| PN.KIWA.1 | K/kiva | Shiny, glossy, reflect light, sparkle Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Mle) |
| NP.KIWI.1* | Kivi | General term for shore birds and waders that feed on the ground: Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva), Mongolian Plover (Charadrius mongolia), Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana) | (Mle) |
| NP.KIWI.1* | Kivi/aitu | Shore bird with black rings around the eyes; said to cry during times of human misfortune | (Mle) |
| PN.KIWI.2 | (H)ak/kivi | Wink | (Mle) |
| PN.KIWI.2 | Kivi | Blind in one eye; (of one's eye or eyes) permanently half-closed and partially blind | (Mle) |
| FJ.KO.1 | Ko | Pre-basic particle, used mostly in utterance-initial position and having several functions | (Mle) |
| AN.KOE | Koe | 2sg pronoun: you | (Mle) |
| FJ.KOFE.A | (Sa)kohe | Shrub (Miscanthus floridulus), a swamp-growing indigenous bamboo... | (Mle) |
| FJ.KOFE.A | (Sa)kofe | Plant sp. | (Hwd) |
| FJ.KOFE.B | Kohe-a | Peel (skin); scrape (a koo [digging stick]) | (Mle) |
| OC.KOFU.2 | Kofu | Emit smoke; be opaque | (Hwd) |
| OC.KOFU.2 | Kohu | Emit smoke or steam...(of smoke) billow out; smoke, steam...column of a waterspout | (Mle) |
| OC.KOFU.2 | K/kohu | (of the sea) Dirty, full of sediment, murky | (Mle) |
| PN.KOGA-A-LOTO | Kunaaroto | Midsectional piece of a trunk of a tree (in terms of length)... | (Mle) |
| OC.KOHO | Koo | Any long object with a sharp end: sharpened stick used for digging, husking coconuts, etc.; part of a backstrap loom; canine tooth; cockspur | (Mle) |
| OC.KOI.3 | Koi | Still (post-verbal) | (Mle) |
| NP.KOI-GA | Kooina | Boundary line of swamp taro between two taro gardens | (Mle) |
| EO.KOKA | Koka | Tree sp. (Glochidion ?ramiflorum) | (Mle) |
| XO.KOKO.3 | (Ha)kkoo | Sago palm (non-indigenous, drifts to Takuu) | (Mle) |
| MP.KOLO.2 | Hak/koro | Organize, prepare for, start, plan | (Mle) |
| PN.KOLOA | Koroa | Set of whale's or porpoise's teeth; collective term for cultural valuables | (Mle) |
| NP.KOLU | K/koru | Curved, bent into a curve; (of a person) stooped; bow (n), shoot with bow | (Mle) |
| RO.KONA.1 | Kona | Male urethra | (Mle) |
| NP.KONA.2 | Kona | Burp and partially regurgitate one's food | (Mle) |
| NP.KONA.2 | K/kona | Have food stuck in one's throat (or the feeling thereof), have heartburn; belch up a bitter gastric fluid, belch, hiccough | (Mle) |
| SO.KONI | Koni | Have sexual intercourse, copulate | (Mle) |
| CP.KONO | K/kono | Strain (one's muscles, as in labour or defecation) | (Mle) |
| NO.KOO.4 | Koo takaniva | Constellation: so-called Coalsack of the Southern Cross (Hwd). | (Mle) |
| NP.KOO-LUA | Koorua | Second person dual pronoun, you | (Mle) |
| EC.KOOPUU.B | Koopuu | Stomach (organ) of any animal; pocket...sack, bag; head of an octopus | (Mle) |
| NP.KOO-TOU.* | Kootou | Second person plural pronoun, you | (Mle) |
| TA.KOPA.3 | Kopa | Concave; concave part of a wave Problematic | (Mle) |
| TA.KOPA.3 | Koopa/na | Broadly-curved indentation along the perimeter of an island; inlet, bay | (Mle) |
| MP.KOPI.A | K/kopi | Close something by bringing its two parts together | (Mle) |
| NP.KOPI-TI | K/kopi | Narrow (as of canoe), too small, of insufficient size to accomodate an object | (Mle) |
| AN.KOTI.1 | Koti | Break, rip or snap off (as leaves from a tree or plant), silently break something off something else | (Mle) |
| NP.KOU-TOU | Koutou | Second person plural pronoun, you (preferred form among older speakers) | (Mle) |
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