Entries from Moyle 2011 in Pollex-Online
Richard M.Moyle, Takuu Grammar and Dictionary. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics 634.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Takuu | Taa | Strike, beat, hit, kill; kill fish trapped in shallow water with an implement or by hand |
| Takuu | Taa | Add an extra mesh to a hand net which in turn is attached to the net handle. Mend a hole in a net (Hwd). |
| Takuu | Taa | Hand or row of eight to ten bananas on a bunch |
| Takuu | Tae | Arrive at, reach a destination |
| Takuu | Tae | Hand net used for catching flying fish |
| Takuu | Tahata | Early morning, first light |
| Takuu | Tahauri | Fish [Caranx sp.], second growth stage between lluhe and sukimana |
| Takuu | Tahe | (of current) Flow strongly; current, rise and fall of waves |
| Takuu | T/tahi | Sweep |
| Takuu | Tahito | Foot or base of a tree or pole; beginning of a story, history; cause of a problem |
| Takuu | Tahoraa | Whale |
| Takuu | Ta/hore | Shellfish sp., a bivalve with a very sharp edge, formerly used for shaving |
| Takuu | Tahu | Kindle a fire, light a fire, add wood to a fire |
| Takuu | Tahua | The top of the beach, right under the trees, reached by the sea only at a very high tide Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Takuu | Tai | The hard black core of some trees |
| Takuu | Takai | Wind, coil; rotate; turn with a circular motion; rotate, turn around by itself; roll of dried pandanus leaves |
| Takuu | Takape | Blue-lined Sea Perch Snapper [Lutjanus kasmira] |
| Takuu | Taki | Procession...move in procession |
| Takuu | Taku | (of a clan elder) Stand on the ritual arena and invoke ancestral protection for clan members from sickness and unfavourable weather conditions |
| Takuu | Takuu unamea | (obs.) Hatchet whose blade is made of turtle bone set into a wooden handle, used for scraping swamp taro |
| Takuu | Talluu | Rumble like thunder; sound of thunder, peal Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Tamore | Swamp-growing vine [Polygonum dichotomum], whose fragrant leaves are used as headpieces and as a perfume agent when added to heated oil |
| Takuu | Tanaha | Fish sp., caught in the ocean |
| Takuu | Tani | (of a bird or animal) Sing, cry, make characteristic vocal noises; (of a radio, etc.) play, be playing; (of an engine) whine or make some other characteristic noise |
| Takuu | Taniha | Shark sp. |
| Takuu | T/tao | Weigh down with rocks; crush under a weight; press down, apply pressure to certain points (as in performing a massage) |
| Takuu | Taaohi | Hold firmly, grab, clutch; adopt; hold, possess (e.g. certain traditional knowledge) |
| Takuu | Taa/petu | Thrash about, move one’s body vigorously Problematic |
| Takuu | Tapuae | High tide mark, usually visible by the line of small items of flotsam Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Takuu | Tara | Great Crested Tern (Sterna bergii) |
| Takuu | Tara hora | Sooty Tern (Sterna fuscata) |
| Takuu | Tara moana | Sooty or Bridled Tern (Sterna sp.) (not usually seen close to Takuu) |
| Takuu | Tara | Tame, domesticated Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Tara | Barb on a fishhook, spear, etc; thorn; spine(s) on the fin of a fish |
| Takuu | Taararo | Glance quickly at someone or something Problematic |
| Takuu | Taraatua | Spiny dorsal fin of a fish, small fin(s) between the dorsal and caudal fins of some fish |
| Takuu | Taraha | Whisker, beard (of a person); whiskers of a cat, dugong, etc; barbels of certain fish such as goatfish |
| Takuu | Tare | Cough (n,v) |
| Takuu | Tari | Soft interior surface of the stem of a coconut frond or other cordage used for stringing fish |
| Takuu | Taro | Speak forcefully, order |
| Takuu | Taaruma | Burial mound, top surface of a grave Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Tasi | One, once; together, at the same time, alike; one time only, occasionally |
| Takuu | Tau | Verse or division of a song; sing a verse |
| Takuu | Taua | Egg yolk; turmeric in paste form Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Taumaha | Ward off sickness; cluster of five dry coconuts used as part of preventative measures against injury or sickness |
| Takuu | Tau/tara | Eave (of a house); longitudinal struts on which the thatch panels rest; end of a house. |
| Takuu | Tau/tuu | Woven belt or something functioning as a belt |
| Takuu | Teehea, teehee | Where? |
| Takuu | T/teki | Throb, twitch, shiver; tug, jerk, dislocate; set teeth on edge |
| Takuu | Tere | (of a canoe or ship or its occupants) Sail, travel over water; (of a car or other land vehicle or its occupants) go, drive; (of fish) run as a school |
