Entries from Moyle 2011 in Pollex-Online
Richard M.Moyle, Takuu Grammar and Dictionary. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics 634.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Takuu | Hune | Core of a breadfruit |
| Takuu | Hunu | Pubic hair |
| Takuu | Hure | Peel off (as of skin); graze (n) |
| Takuu | Huri | Capsize; turn something over or around; (thoughts, habits etc.) change |
| Takuu | Huru | Body feather of an adult bird... |
| Takuu | Huru | Paint oneself with turmeric dye |
| Takuu | Huruhuru | Body hair, skin of a bird or pig, hide of an animal, fine rootlets covering a taro corm, downy feathers |
| Takuu | Huti | Pull, hoist, catch fish with a line, pluck a chicken |
| Takuu | Huti | Type of banana (Musa sp.), apparently a late 19th century introduction to Takuu |
| Takuu | Ia | Focus marker; phrase marker following the name or pronoun, and marking a contrast between one phrase and another |
| Takuu | Iaa | Exclamation made when giving something: Here it is! Here you are! |
| Takuu | Ihi | Tahitian Chestnut |
| Takuu | Iho | Post-verbal particle indicating: downward motion; movement of a vessel either towards or away from the speaker; movement towards the speaker from a relatively distant location |
| Takuu | Ila | Natural mark on skin: birthmark, freckle, mongolian spot |
| Takuu | I/loo | Postposed particle: intensifier, immediately |
| Takuu | Ino | (of the sun, moon, etc.) Be past its vertical position in the sky; slant or slope downwards, tilt to the side |
| Takuu | Isi | Be, exist |
| Takuu | Ka | But (used between contrasting sets of information) |
| Takuu | Ka | ...indicating movement to an uncertain/unknown destination |
| Takuu | K/kaa | Alight, burning |
| Takuu | K/kaa | (of one's mouth) Make raucous noise (as when birds chatter or people clear their throats, gargle, or say 'ah'); loud, impertinent |
| Takuu | Kkaa | Fibre around the base of a coconut frond |
| Takuu | Kaha | Sennit, braided rope of coconut husk fibres |
| Takuu | Kahoa | Sore, boil Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | (K)kahu | Clothing, shirt, covering....clothe oneself, wear clothes |
| Takuu | Kai | Point(s) in a card game...share of a distribution |
| Takuu | Kkai | Fable told for entertainment (may contain one or more short songs) |
| Takuu | Kaitoa | Serves him right! (Said when the speaker believes someone else's misfortune represents natural justice) Comeuppance |
| Takuu | Kama | Sling (n)...; hurl something with a sling Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Kamakama/nii | Common Threadfin (Polydactylus plebejus) |
| Takuu | Kaamata | Start, begin |
| Takuu | Kamete, kumete | Wooden food bowl; constellation: four stars within Delphinus... |
| Takuu | Kana | Shellfish sp. |
| Takuu | K/kana | Be frustrated in a course of action Problematic |
| Takuu | Kanani | Black and White Sea Perch (Macolor niger) Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Kana/tua | Back (of the body) |
| Takuu | Kana/tua | Upper part of a turtle shell; upper or exterior portion of a taro corm or adze |
| Takuu | Kanohi | Meat or flesh (of a fish, coconut, etc.) |
| Takuu | Pu/kanohi | Animal flesh, meat; inner wood of a tree, cortex |
| Takuu | Kano/kano | Giant Taro (Cyrtosperma chamissonis) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Takuu | Kaokao | Vertical upper portion of the side of a canoe; side of human body |
| Takuu | Kapa (trans. kaapaa, kapatia) | Grasp, hold in one's hand; reach out to touch or grasp |
| Takuu | Kapakapa | Leaf of a giant taro plant Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Takuu | Kapatiko | Small Threadfin (Polydactylus sp.) |
| Takuu | Kape | Elephant Ear Taro (Alocasia macrorrhiza) |
| Takuu | Kapi | (of garment) Narrow, tight-fitting; a tight squeeze, blocked; ....stuck, lodged in one's throat;...crowded with people |
| Takuu | Kapoo | Fish sp., Snake Mackerel (Promethichthys prometheus) |
| Takuu | K/kara | Chafed, grazed |
| Takuu | Karamata, karomata, karemata | Eye, face Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Karana | Call out in loud voice to someone, announce |
