Entries from Moyle 2011 in Pollex-Online
Richard M.Moyle, Takuu Grammar and Dictionary. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics 634.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Takuu | Turi | Knee, whole of the knee joint |
| Takuu | T/turu | (of a house roof) Leak, drip |
| Takuu | Turuturu | House post |
| Takuu | Tuna | Moray Eel |
| Takuu | Tunu | Cook on hot coals, roast |
| Takuu | Tupa | Species of green edible land crab |
| Takuu | Tupe | Various hard seeds (from seed pods) that drift to Takuu (Children thread them into necklaces.); operculum or cat’s eye of a llia shell |
| Takuu | Tipu | Grow up or into something, develop, emerge, appear; (of bread) rise |
| Takuu | Tipua | Category of visible spirit having no personal name, inhabiting the area east of the houses on Nukutoa Island |
| Takuu | Tusi | Stripe |
| Takuu | Aa/u | Second person singular possessive postposed pronoun, sg and pl, of yours |
| Takuu | Uu (pass. uu/tia) | Bite; (of medicine applied to skin, spicy hot food, etc.) sting, burn |
| Takuu | Uu | Coconut Crab [Birgus latro] |
| Takuu | Ua | Neck (of a person, animal, bottle, etc.) |
| Takuu | Ue | Jiggle, shake about |
| Takuu | Una | Tell someone to do something, order, invite |
| Takuu | Una | Hermit crab; types of shell occupied by hermit crabs |
| Takuu | Ua | Rain, rain water |
| Takuu | Uila | Lightning |
| Takuu | Uka | General term for rope, string, thread, fishing line, wire |
| Takuu | Uka | Vein, artery, blood vessel, pulse |
| Takuu | Ukau | Pus, phlegm |
| Takuu | Ura | Burn with an open flame, be burning; flare (as on a ship), meteorite, shooting star, lightning bolt, skyrocket |
| Takuu | Ura | Lobster, crayfish. Name of a constellation. |
| Takuu | Ure | Penis |
| Takuu | Uri | Dark-coloured, black |
| Takuu | Urua | Fish sp. [Caranx ignobilis] |
| Takuu | Uru tuki | Fish sp., poss. Rock Cod or Handfish... |
| Takuu | Umo/oma, uma/uma | Scapula, shoulder-blade |
| Takuu | Ume | Unicorn fish [Naso unicornis] |
| Takuu | Umi | To taste, touch something to the lips |
| Takuu | Umu | Earth oven, consisting of a shallow pit filled with coral pieces |
| Takuu | Una | Turtleshell plate |
| Takuu | Unahi | Scale of fish; to scale a fish |
| Takuu | Unu | Drink |
| Takuu | Upu | Semi-spherical object such as half coconut shell, cup, basin, rat-guard |
| Takuu | Uta | A boat’s complement (cargo or passengers); board (a vessel), load (cargo onto a vessel) |
| Takuu | Uta | Ashore, inland, (while at sea) towards land |
| Takuu | Uto | Coconut embryo, which is round, spongy and sweet to the taste |
| Takuu | Utu | Fill a container with liquid, pour liquid into a container |
| Takuu | Utu | Fish sp., caught on a line in the lagoon and on the ocean |
| Takuu | V/vaa | Noise; to make a vocal noise; (of fish) create turbulence near a canoe; loud, noisy |
| Takuu | Vaelani | Horizon |
| Takuu | Vaelo | Small lagoon fish sp. Problematic |
| Takuu | V/vae | Distribute, divide |
| Takuu | Vai | Fresh water, liquid, well for drawing water, puddle, lake, or other body of water |
| Takuu | Vaka | Canoe, ship, vessel |
| Takuu | V/vare | Insensible, ignorant, lacking sensibility or knowledge; (of a limb) asleep, numb; drunk, intoxicated; foolish, silly, crazy; ignorant person |
| Takuu | Varo | Crustacean species: Mantis Shrimp, squilla |
| Takuu | Varovaro | Tree sp. [Premna taitensis] (strong, heavy wood used for posts and paddles) |
