Entries from Moyle 2011 in Pollex-Online
Richard M.Moyle, Takuu Grammar and Dictionary. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics 634.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Takuu | Uma | Breast of a bird; breast meat |
| Takuu | Uumana | Special abilities or work associated with a particular family, group or gender |
| Takuu | Uumata | Rainbow |
| Takuu | Una/mea | General term for turtle |
| Takuu | Unu/hia | Remove [exs bird's feathers; cigarette from packet] |
| Takuu | Unu | Singe, as of the hair of a pig or feathers of a bird Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Urahi | White reef fish caught with spear or line using hermit crab as bait. Poss? the Longnose Parrotfish [Hipposcarus longiceps] |
| Takuu | Uru | In compound terms: head, skull, front of topmost portion or position of something |
| Takuu | U/rukau | Food prepared for a sick person on the first day he/she stays in the elder’s house Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Takuu | Uru/uru | Large steering paddle used when a canoe is racing. |
| Takuu | Uso | Umbilical cord, navel |
| Takuu | Uso | Soft innermost core of a tree, pith |
| Takuu | Uto | Net float |
| Takuu | Utua | A tidal flat between the islands and in the lagoon offshore from Nukutoa, partially uncovered by low tide; Te Utua is also a location on Takuu Island |
| Takuu | Vaa | Distance along a known (and usually stated) route (noun of place, not preceded by an article); in compounds, gap or distance between two or more objects... |
| Takuu | Vae | Foot, leg (of person, animal, stool, etc.) thigh, lap; shank of a fishhook |
| Takuu | Vai/soni | Kiss, rub or press noses in formal greeting or farewell |
| Takuu | Vana | Tell, relate, say, promise; think, believe Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | V/vana | Spear someone or something, throw a spear Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Vare | Slime from a fish or plant |
| Takuu | Varo | Call out, but not using real words |
| Takuu | Varu | Eight |
| Takuu | Vasi/a | Take a woman's virginity, deflower |
| Takuu | Vasi | Half, part, side, region, area |
| Takuu | Vvee | General term for grass, lawn |
| Takuu | Veku | (of cooked food) Shred; wring (one’s hands) with sand to remove an unpleasant smell; rinse (of clothes, but not the body) |
| Takuu | Vela | Burnt, burning, on fire |
| Takuu | (Haka)vini | To whistle; insect species that makes a noise at night but cannot be seen |
| Takuu | V/voro | Stab through, hurl (a stick or spear) Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Vusi | Cultivated area on Takuu Island Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Vare | Ordinary, plain, common, not special; as usual, normally, without any special property or incident (usually followed by koi); |
| Takuu | (Hui) muka/muka | Third stage of coconut growth (small inedible fruit) |
| Takuu | Ika tapu | Large trevally [Caranx sp.] |
| Takuu | Paaua | Black Trevally [Siganus spinu], or Striped Rabbitfish |
| Takuu | Poso/uru | Head (older form?) |
| Takuu | A/nake | East trade wind; season when this wind blows |
| Takuu | Tipu | Grow up or into something, develop |
| Takuu | Tipu/tipu | Resemble, look like; assume the form of something, emerge as; manner, form, style, character, resemblance |
| Takuu | Marooroo | Rested, refreshed; recovered from an illness |
| Takuu | Nuturimu | Blue-mottled Parrotfish (Callyodon dubius) |
| Takuu | Taka/sii | Copra |
| Takuu | Te(e)laa | That (over there, further from the speaker than indicated by tenaa); another, (somebody or something) else |
| Takuu | Teenaa | That (near you, closer to the speaker than that indicated by teelaa) |
| Takuu | Tuu/pani | Surround fish on the reef and catch them with a long net or hand nets Problematic |
| Takuu | Lavaa, ravaa | Able to do something (do a task, meet a challenge) |
| Takuu | Mataavaka | End of a canoe |
| Takuu | Mataauu | Nipple, teat |
| Takuu | Makkaa | (of a rope) Taut; (of a person) strong, healthy |
| Takuu | M/muru | Apply mulch or compost to a taro crop Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Takuu | N/o | And (connecting two verbs or clauses) Phonologically Irregular |
