Entries from Moyle 2011 in Pollex-Online
Richard M.Moyle, Takuu Grammar and Dictionary. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics 634.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Takuu | Karaoi | Love magic Problematic |
| Takuu | Kaareva | Oriental Cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus) |
| Takuu | Karo/karo | Twirl a grass-stalk in the ear to remove wax |
| Takuu | Karu | Dried residue from making oil from coconut cream |
| Takuu | Karu/karu | Soft white substance like a flower beside the egg sac inside a clam |
| Takuu | Kaasani | Coconuts of any growth stage when tied in pairs; tear a strip from the husk of a dry coconut in order to tie it to another.... |
| Takuu | Kataha | Great Frigatebird (Fregata spp.) |
| Takuu | Kaatoa | All, full, complete; (in counting) ten |
| Takuu | Kaa/tona | Sucker on the tentacle of an octopus |
| Takuu | K/au | (adult to child) Come! Come here! |
| Takuu | Kau | Umbilical cord; loop of fishing line tied to the base of a tuna fishing pole to which the hooks of the several fishing lines are attached when not in use |
| Takuu | Kau/manava | Sides of the waist; sides of a canoe |
| Takuu | Kauana | Fold at the top of one's legs when sitting; lap, pubic area |
| Takuu | Kaua/roro, kauo/roro | Mature stalk of coconut |
| Takuu | Kaauii | Tie or attach by means of a continuous series of knots, as when attaching a sail or net to its supporting poles or when tying up a long bundle |
| Takuu | Kaukau uri | Tree sp. having black wood that drifts to Takuu and is used for carving canoes |
| Takuu | Kauna/ki | (To send) summons, message for people to come |
| Takuu | Kaute | Hibiscus rosa-siniensis |
| Takuu | Kava | Second growth stage of the barracuda |
| Takuu | Kaavii | Attach a hand-net to its frame |
| Takuu | Kehu | Albino |
| Takuu | K/kehu | Grey-brown; (of vision) indistinct, blurred |
| Takuu | K/kemo | (of one's eyes) Blink; (of lightning) flash |
| Takuu | K(k)enu | Disturb or mess up the ground |
| Takuu | Kete | Basket |
| Takuu | K/keti | Peel of the husk or bark (e.g. of coconut, sugarcane) with one's teeth Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Ki | With (an instrument), using |
| Takuu | Ki | In order to, to; indicates a recommended or expected course of action: should |
| Takuu | Hakkii | Larynx, Adam's apple; make a sound from the throat |
| Takuu | Kkii | (of one's ear) Ring, buzz (because of the people making noise nearby) |
| Takuu | (Ki)laa, raa | There, yonder (further from the speaker than kinaa) |
| Takuu | Kkila | Shine, glisten, be oily, covered with oil (as hands after eating fried food) |
| Takuu | Kimoa | Rat (from Nukuria) Borrowed |
| Takuu | Kina | Sea worm (echiurid or sipunculid) used for food or bait; (of sea cucumber, worm etc.) become thin an elongated Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Takuu | K/kini | Sting, pinch, bite (of insect), secure something with a knot |
| Takuu | K/kini | (of the sun) Intense, very hot; have a bitter taste, pungent smell Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Takuu | Kiokio | Bonefish (Albula vulpes) |
| Takuu | Kiore | Polynesian Rat (Rattus exulans) |
| Takuu | Kiri | Skin, animal hide, bark, external surface; skin disease |
| Takuu | Kirikiri | Surface, gravel flooring |
| Takuu | Kirisi | Lizard with long stripes on its back Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Kite | See, understand |
| Takuu | Kiva | Mythical 'diamond' with which the spirit ancestor Rapi created the well on Takuu island named after him |
| Takuu | K/kiva | Shiny, glossy, reflect light, sparkle Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Takuu | Kivi | Blind in one eye; (of one's eye or eyes) permanently half-closed and partially blind |
| Takuu | Ko | Pre-basic particle, used mostly in utterance-initial position and having several functions |
| Takuu | (Sa)kohe | Shrub (Miscanthus floridulus), a swamp-growing indigenous bamboo... |
| Takuu | Kohu | Emit smoke or steam...(of smoke) billow out; smoke, steam...column of a waterspout |
| Takuu | K/kohu | (of the sea) Dirty, full of sediment, murky |
| Takuu | Koka | Tree sp. (Glochidion ?ramiflorum) |
