Entries from Moyle 2011 in Pollex-Online
Richard M.Moyle, Takuu Grammar and Dictionary. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics 634.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Takuu | Teki | Be startled; jerk the head in surprise; (of back) dislocated |
| Takuu | Tere/tere | Peel (e.g. taro corm) with a knife or shell |
| Takuu | Tere | Move swiftly over ground or water, chase after s.t. or s.o. (of a person or animal with legs) run |
| Takuu | Tii | Plant sp., Cordyline fruticosa |
| Takuu | Tii | (of sun or moon) Shine brightly |
| Takuu | Tia | Weave (a fishing net) |
| Takuu | Tiare | Plant sp. whose leaves are used for body decoration |
| Takuu | Tipitipi | General term for Butterfly Fish (Chaetodon spp.) Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Tiko | (obs.) Squat to defecate |
| Takuu | Tila | Gaff of a canoe sail Problematic |
| Takuu | Tiinai | Extinguish, put out (lamp or fire); turn off (radio, etc.); drop (a discussion topic); retract (a statement) |
| Takuu | Tinna | Birth mother, real mother |
| Takuu | Tini | Call out, name, identify, designate |
| Takuu | Tino | Body, trunk |
| Takuu | Tino | Tens of people. (Used with numerals from two to nine.) |
| Takuu | Tipa | At an angle, slanting; (of road) bend, curve; (of person) turn off a track onto another track |
| Takuu | Tipuna | Grandparent (real or classificatory), relative by blood or marriage two or more generations above o.s., ancestor, ancestral spirit |
| Takuu | Too | (of a person or object) Fall accidentally from a height, fall off; (of rain) fall |
| Takuu | Too | Your, singular possessor, singular object Problematic |
| Takuu | Too | Take, bring, accept something offered |
| Takuu | Too | Hold one's breath |
| Takuu | Toa | Ironwood (Casuarina sp.) |
| Takuu | Toa | Mythical warrior |
| Takuu | Tono | Mangrove [Bruguiera gymnorrhiza] |
| Takuu | Taka- | Prefix for cardinal numbers for counting from two to ten people Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Toki | Adze made from Tridacna shell; incisor tooth; constellation: three stars within Orion outlining a shell adze... |
| Takuu | Toko | Pole or punt a canoe; pole used for punting |
| Takuu | Toro | (of the penis) Become erect Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | T(o)/toro | Massage |
| Takuu | Toroa. Taroa (Hdn). | Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) |
| Takuu | Toru | Three |
| Takuu | Tonu | Correct, right, proper; straight, level, even; straight (adv), in a straight line, directly |
| Takuu | Tono | Coral Cod or Leopard Cod (Plectropomus spp.) Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Toti | Lame, have a limp |
| Takuu | Ttoo | Blood; thick, viscous sap of certain trees and plants; general term for discharge of blood through bodily orifices (including by menstruation) |
| Takuu | Tuu | Stand, be standing; stand up (from sitting or reclining position); (of breasts) firm; (of hair or body hair) stand on end |
| Takuu | Tuu | Belt |
| Takuu | Tuu | Cut, chop with an axe or knife, cut into cross-sections |
| Takuu | Tua | Ocean side of an island (as opposed to the lagoon side) |
| Takuu | Tuai | Wooden three-legged stool for grating coconut; coconut-grater commonly used as a stool itself |
| Takuu | Tuai | (of an object) Old, ancient; (at the same endeavour or location) for a long time |
| Takuu | Tuaki | Stuff and cook (a turtle, fish, bird, etc.) |
| Takuu | Tuunia | Burn, burned |
| Takuu | Tui | Pierce with a sharp object, pin pandanus leaves to a stick to construct thatch panels; pin, sharpened stick, wooden needle used to tie thatch panels to the rafters |
| Takuu | Tuke | Corner, angle, edge, border, rim |
| Takuu | Tuki | Pound (taro, etc.); bag (copra) |
| Takuu | Tuku | Leave (something), place, put down; lay (an egg); set or lay (a trap or snare) |
| Takuu | Tikkuu | Various Damselfish of the genera Abudefduf and Pomacentrus Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | T/turi | Deaf |
| Takuu | Turi | Small, black shore bird (kivi) with a white breast and protruding eyes, probably a Turnstone |
