Entries from Moyle 2011 in Pollex-Online
Richard M.Moyle, Takuu Grammar and Dictionary. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics 634.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Takuu | -Ana | Particle creating nominalisations referring to location of, occasion of, incident of, state of something identified in verb root |
| Takuu | Aanei | (And) then |
| Takuu | Apuru | (Of a canoe) Full, having little freeboard; (of an object that normally floats) sink |
| Takuu | Ara/ara | Scratch (e.g. an itch); marine sponge used as back-scratcher |
| Takuu | Ari | Shave off (e.g. one's whiskers); scrape up a substance with a long sweeping stroke; scoop up something with the finger; lick off (a substance) |
| Takuu | Aroha | Feel love or affection; compassion, pity; to miss someone |
| Takuu | Aro/haki | Beckon, wave to a person to come; swim with opening arm movements, like breast stroke |
| Takuu | Arohi | Sandy area of beach on lagoon side of each island |
| Takuu | Aruna | Top, summit; above |
| Takuu | Aasa/ki | Swing one's arms briskly while walking; walk quickly through shallow water, using this arm motion to aid progress |
| Takuu | Asuahi | Grey rain cloud on the horizon which brings only light rain Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Atu- | Group of objects physically or conceptually in a line |
| Takuu | Atua | Spirit (aitu) taxon, about which little is now known; (Christian) God Problematic |
| Takuu | Atu/mata | One mesh within a hand net |
| Takuu | Ature | Silver scad (Selar crumenophthalmus) |
| Takuu | Au | Remove something by cutting it away: remove unwanted matter; clean or clear up a place |
| Takuu | Aua | Exclamation of surprise or amazement, Wow! Problematic |
| Takuu | (A)u/taru | To weed, remove weeds from garden |
| Takuu | Avaava | Shallow channel through the reef exposed at low tide; areas separating Takuu's individual islands |
| Takuu | Avvana | Marriage; be related as husband and wife |
| Takuu | A, e | Pre-basic particle marking agent in -Cia suffixed verbs |
| Takuu | Ea | Shallow water inside the lagoon where the bottom is clearly visible |
| Takuu | Ehu | Dust, dusty |
| Takuu | E(e)i, ai | Hey! |
| Takuu | Epu | (Of water) Murky because of stirred up sediment Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Eva | (of a bird) Flutter before settling |
| Takuu | Mahaa | Cracked, broken |
| Takuu | Ffaa | Rope regulating the angle of a canoe sail against the wind; sheet |
| Takuu | Ffai | Gut a fish; clean a fish prior to cooking or eating raw; remove contents of turtle's intestines... Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Takuu | F/fana | Remove, release, take off; take out, withdraw; (of person, ship, bus, etc.) leave a place, depart |
| Takuu | Ffano (pass. haarona) | Awaken someone, wake someone up |
| Takuu | F/fari | Scoop up faeces or vomit; wipe the bottom after defecating |
| Takuu | F/fati | (of a joint of the body) Break |
| Takuu | F/fati | Carve a surface to be slightly dished, as on the bow of a canoe |
| Takuu | Haahine | Plural of ffine |
| Takuu | Hiti (pl. ffiti) | Race on foot through shallow water Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Takuu | F/foa | Break or crack open a round object (e.g. a mature coconut or hermit crab shell) to get at the contents |
| Takuu | F/futa | Have a blister, blistered Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Haa | Four |
| Takuu | Haa | Stem or stalk of a taro or swamp taro plant, base of a coconut frond or banana leaf |
| Takuu | Haa | Be hoarse, have bronchitis |
| Takuu | Haahaa | Touch with the hand, feel around for something, grope |
| Takuu | Haaite | Test something; try to do something |
| Takuu | Haho | Exterior, outside, outdoors |
| Takuu | Hai | Do, make |
| Takuu | Hai | Ray (Himantura sp.) |
| Takuu | Haaite | Horizontal bar used in setting up a backstrap loom |
| Takuu | Haiva | Running race; competitive sporting activity generally |
| Takuu | Hakannoo | Listen to, listen for, feel; show respect for, believe, obey; understand (what one hears) Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Hakaara | Contribute (a gift) |
