Entries from Moyle 2011 in Pollex-Online
Richard M.Moyle, Takuu Grammar and Dictionary. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics 634.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Takuu | Hakaranu | Rinse oneself with fresh water after swimming or bathing in the sea; water (a plant); add water to another liquid, dilute |
| Takuu | Haki | Knock down or pluck with hand (coconuts, breadfruit, pawpaw); pluck flowers or branches |
| Takuu | Mahaki | (of fruit from a tree) Fall; (of a branch) snap. |
| Takuu | (H)ak/kivi | Wink |
| Takuu | Hak/koro | Organize, prepare for, start, plan |
| Takuu | Hana, vana, fanga, vanga | Black or brown inedible sea urchin species... |
| Takuu | Hana | Fish trap, fish weir |
| Takuu | Hana | Free edge of a canoe sail, leech; remove, let loose a string when making string figures |
| Takuu | Haanai | Feed; formal meal for mourners |
| Takuu | Hanamea | Red Snapper (Lutjanus bohar) |
| Takuu | Haanau | Give birth, lay an egg; be born |
| Takuu | Haanau | Same-sex siblings |
| Takuu | Haanauna | Descendant; relative |
| Takuu | Hano | Go (singular) |
| Takuu | Hano | Tree (Guettarda speciosa) |
| Takuu | Haanota | Fish, catch fish (particularly by net or some means other than line fishing); pull in (a fish, line, or net) |
| Takuu | Hao | Very small, chisel-shaped adze...formerly used for making holes; hole drilled in the side of a canoe used for lashings |
| Takuu | Hao | Nail |
| Takuu | Hara | Pandanus |
| Takuu | Hare | House, dwelling; chrysalis; hole in which an animal lives; clan |
| Takuu | Harelo | General term for coral |
| Takuu | Haariki | Put a carrying cloth beneath an infant; put one's hands under someone in order to lift them up; line the bottom of a basket with leaves |
| Takuu | Haaroo | (of arm or neck) Stretch, crane the neck, raise hand to reach something |
| Takuu | Hasi | Cut, chop into pieces (kindling or taro) |
| Takuu | Hata | Shelf, outdoor platform with holes in its base, wire rack for smoking fish |
| Takuu | Hatahata | Chest (of a human) |
| Takuu | Hatahata | Uneven surface of two badly joined pieces of wood or the ground where a bed is spread |
| Takuu | Hati | Chorus, refrain of a song; to sing the chorus |
| Takuu | Hati | Break into pieces; joint of the body |
| Takuu | Mahati | Cracked but retaining the same shape |
| Takuu | Hatu | Single hard object (stone, rock, coral head, grindstone...seed...callous...) |
| Takuu | Hatu karaa | Hard volcanic stone... |
| Takuu | Hatu manava | Heart, mind, seat of the emotions; breath, stamina |
| Takuu | Hatu | Compose, fabricate, make up (story or pattern), invent |
| Takuu | Hatu | Fold, roll up, tuck (leg), bend (elbow or knee), |
| Takuu | Hatuke | Sea urchin sp. |
| Takuu | Hau | Tree, Sea Coast Mallow (Hibiscus tiliaceus) |
| Takuu | Hau | Anything worn on the head or around the neck, e.g. leaf headband... |
| Takuu | Hau | Bind, lash or fasten with rope; weave |
| Takuu | He- | Prefix indicating: reciprocal action; simultaneous action by a group; doing something to oneself |
| Takuu | Hee | Where? When? Which? (Expects a less specific answer than with hea?) |
| Takuu | Hea | Where exactly? Precisely where? Which one? |
| Takuu | Heata | Fish sp., Flowery Cod (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus) |
| Takuu | Heatu | Quarrel, fight, argue |
| Takuu | Hekau | Fishing activities in general, work; ceremonial obligations of each elder and ritual assistant |
| Takuu | Hekeheke | Boil or abscess anywhere on the body and before it has burst |
| Takuu | Hela | Stand with legs wide apart |
| Takuu | Henua | People of a place, entire population |
| Takuu | Henua | Placenta, afterbirth |
| Takuu | Henu/i | A loose leaf inserted into material being plaited or woven... |
