Takuu entries in Pollex-Online

Protoform Item Description Source
CP.SOA Soa Pair, friend, lover, sister (of a brother), counterpart, two things; be friends (Mle)
PN.SOGI Vai/soni Kiss, rub or press noses in formal greeting or farewell (Mle)
PN.SOGO S/sono Smell bad from body odour (esp. of genitals) (Mle)
NP.SOKO-.3A Soko- (with numerals) Only (Mle)
PN.SOKO-.3B Soko- (with pronouns and proper names) Only, alone, single-handed, by oneself (Mle)
NP.SOLO.2B Soo/soro Food made from giant taro or taro (Mle)
EC.SOLO.5 S/soro Drag a heavy object (Mle)
EC.SOLO.5 Soro/ki Move oneself; move over; move a canoe to water or to the beach (Mle)
PN.SOLO-QI.* Soro Rub off, wipe off; obliterate; strike (match) (Mle)
NP.SOMO.2 Somo (of vegetation) Grow, shoot, sprout (Mle)
EC.SOMO.4 Somo Suck the fingers after eating (Mle)
PN.SOPO.A Sopo Jump, (of fish) leap into the air; gush forth, spurt (Mle)
PN.SOPO.C Sopo (of the sun or moon) Rise, come up (Mle)
PN.SUA.1 Sua/mere A type of dance (Hwd)
EO.SUA.3 Sua/a, suo Large steering paddle (such as used on ancient canoes) (obs.) (Mle)
NO.SUA-KOLOKOLO Suakorokoro, siakorokoro Squid or cuttlefish when large (Mle)
NP.SUE.1 Sue Toadfish (poisonous) (Mle)
NP.SUE.2 Sue Rotate...shake (something) around; rest a paddle handle agains the hull and then push the blade away, in order to move the canoe sideways (sue te hoe) (Mle)
NO.SUGU Sunu Smell something (Mle)
PN.SUI Sui Succeed to a position, replace, change; pay; pursue (in revenge) (Mle)
PN.SUKE (S)suke Remove or lift something to access what is underneath, uncover (esp. an earth oven) (Mle)
PN.SUKE S/suke Reveal things that should remain private or secret (Mle)
MP.SUKI.A Suki Insert pointed object into something: impale, pierce (esp. a coconut for drinking), prod for sea worms using a pointed stick, caulk a canoe by pushing koka fibres into joints; tuck in the loose folds of a laplap (Mle)
EO.SULA Sura Appear, emerge, beget (an offspring); hole in net (Mle)
PN.SULU-MAKI Surumaki Insert, inject, stick into something (Mle)
PN.SULU-MAKI Surumaki-na Insert, inject, stick into something; insert a finger through an opening (in making a string figure) (Mle)
NP.SUMU.1 Simu Lash or tie a three-legged stool (tuai) or oilfish hook (maatau hakasoro) in a prescribed manner Phonologically Irregular (Mle)
PN.SUMU.3 Simu Two four-star constellations in the southern sky ..., said to resemble a triggerfish...One appears to be the Southern Cross (Mle)
NO.SUNU.1* Sunu Grease, fat, coconut oil (Mle)
OC.SUNU.2 Unu Singe, as of the hair of a pig or feathers of a bird Phonologically Irregular (Mle)
PN.SUNU-KI Sunuki Prick someone with an object (Mle)
PN.SURU.A Suru Bend over (Mle)
PN.SURU.A S/suru Lean outwards, as of house end; be sloping or not level (as house ridge covering) (Mle)
XO.SURU.B Laa/suru Afternoon (Mle)
AN.SUU.1 S/suu Damp, moist (Mle)
NP.SUU.2 Suu Fart softly or inaudibly (Mle)
EO.TAA.1A Taa Strike, beat, hit, kill; kill fish trapped in shallow water with an implement or by hand (Mle)
AN.TAA.1B Taa Strike (as in chopping or carving); cut; butcher a large fish, turtle, pig, etc; ritually cut four incisions in a tuna before placing it on the top of a large catch for display (Mle)
PN.TAA.1C Taa/taa Tattoo (Mle)
PN.TAA.1D Taa sau Beat the rhythm for sau dances (Mle)
PN.TAA.2 Taa Hand or row of eight to ten bananas on a bunch (Mle)
EC.TAA.4A Taa Add an extra mesh to a hand net which in turn is attached to the net handle. Mend a hole in a net (Hwd). (Mle)
PN.TAA.4B Taa maunu Catch bait fish using hand nets and assistants (Mle)
NO.TAA.6 Taa (of a person, automobile, etc.) Diverge from the main path, take a branch road... (Mle)
OC.TAAEQA Taea Paddle-tail Snapper (Lutjanus gibbus) (Mle)
SO.TAAFAO.B Taahao Play, but more frequently refers to dancing (Mle)
SO.TAAFAO.B Tafao Play; game (Hwd)
PN.TAAGAKI Taanaki A post-death ritual Problematic (Mle)
EC.TAAIKI Taaiki Snare something in a noose; trap; knot used as foot snare; fish for flying fish or mullet using baits suspended on short lines from floats (Mle)
OC.TAAIWA Taaeva, taaiva Onespot Seaperch [Lutjanus monostigma] (Mle)

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