Entries from Moyle 2011 in Pollex-Online
Richard M.Moyle, Takuu Grammar and Dictionary. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics 634.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Takuu | Sake, ssaka | Lift one’s laplap to expose one’s buttocks as an act of provocation, expose oneself |
| Takuu | Saa/kila | Look or glance once out of the corner of one’s eye |
| Takuu | Saakiri, saekiri | Curse, swear |
| Takuu | Sa/mui/mui | (of several objects) Clustered |
| Takuu | Saana/i | Positioned, be in a correct position to do something, face towards something |
| Takuu | Sannee | (of horizontal beam, etc.) Bent, crooked, warped; (of fish) scatter, disperse; (of log, canoe, etc.) split, crack Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Takuu | Saa(o)roo | Scrape something (with a knife, etc.) in order to soften it |
| Takuu | Saapai | Carry in one's arms, lift [ex. child] |
| Takuu | Sara kai | (of a seabird or fig. of a person) Search for fish |
| Takuu | Saraa | Fish sp. [Atherinidae silversides], edible small blue and white fish netted and used for bait Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | S/sari | Wipe, remove someting with a flick/scrape (e.g. water) off the surface of something (e.g. of a human body after bathing, a common practice) |
| Takuu | Sarii | Fish sp. caught in hand nets for bait |
| Takuu | Sau | Breeze, gentle wind |
| Takuu | S/sau | State or condition (esp. of the human body) as specified by the following verb |
| Takuu | Saauaki | Edible sea urchin sp. Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Sava | Dance gesture, esp. in sau dances |
| Takuu | S/sava | Covered or smeared with an undesirable substance (e.g. paint, blood, faeces) |
| Takuu | Se | A, an (indefinite article) |
| Takuu | See | No, not (precedes verb) |
| Takuu | Sea | Lift the leg, as in a stamping movement; any (foreign) dance using this gesture |
| Takuu | Se/hui- | Prefix when counting coconuts in units of ten, or money in units of ten toea |
| Takuu | Seka/a | Fine white mould, mildew, or fungus (such as that appearing on leather); salt residue on one’s skin |
| Takuu | Paaseke | Ricochet, bounce off, graze |
| Takuu | Seki | Not yet (indicates incompletion of action) |
| Takuu | Se/kumi | Unit of lineal measure: ten fathoms |
| Takuu | Seku/seku | Dishevelled, disarranged in appearance, messy or untidy looking, unkempt Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Seemuu | Quiet, private, secret |
| Takuu | S/sena | Stain, spot, discoloration |
| Takuu | S/sere | Circumcise, operate on someone |
| Takuu | Sere | Dear, beloved, favourite |
| Takuu | Seru | Comb; long tail feathers of rooster and some other birds |
| Takuu | Se/tau | Year |
| Takuu | Seu | Oval hand net formerly used while perched in a tree for catching edible birds |
| Takuu | Ssii | Scoop out the flesh of coconuts, clams, etc. |
| Takuu | Ssii | Edible shellfish sp. |
| Takuu | Siaa- | A few Problematic |
| Takuu | S/sila | Slanted, crooked; bent; (of one’s eyes) cross-eyed |
| Takuu | Simu | Lash or tie a three-legged stool (tuai) or oilfish hook (maatau hakasoro) in a prescribed manner Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Si/nahuru | Ten |
| Takuu | Sinano | Flower of the male pandanus tree |
| Takuu | Si/puru | Soft fibres from the inner husk of a coconut, object used to prevent liquid from escaping; menstrual pad, tampon |
| Takuu | Siri | (of sleepiness, hunger, etc.) Decrease, wane, disappear, be gone; (of an entire coconut tree) too old to bear more fruit; (of a coconut, coconut embryo, giant taro, etc.) matured past the point where it is good to eat or drink, overripe |
| Takuu | S/siri | Vegetables left in the ground beyond their maturity |
| Takuu | Sisioi, siosio/lloa | Waterspout, typhoon; dragonfly |
| Takuu | Soko- | (with numerals) Only |
| Takuu | S/soro | Drag a heavy object |
| Takuu | Soro/ki | Move oneself; move over; move a canoe to water or to the beach |
| Takuu | S/suu | Damp, moist |
| Takuu | Sua/a, suo | Large steering paddle (such as used on ancient canoes) (obs.) |
| Takuu | S/suke | Reveal things that should remain private or secret |
