Entries from Moyle 2011 in Pollex-Online
Richard M.Moyle, Takuu Grammar and Dictionary. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics 634.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Takuu | Koo/miti | Disturbance of the water created by the movement of a paddle, etc. |
| Takuu | Pakaiasa | Cheek Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Peellaa | Like that (over there), in that way |
| Takuu | Peruperu aavaka | Largest kind of indigenous butterfly |
| Takuu | Haka/p/pisi | Shoot (e.g. a gun, snap the fingers, tap a coconut to check its contents |
| Takuu | Ppii | Round edible bivalve found individually on the reef |
| Takuu | Pii/pii | Duckling; imitate sound of duckling Problematic |
| Takuu | P/poo | Cup one's hand, slap with a cupped hand, clap cupped hands Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Puna | Coconut bud Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Ppuu | Untidy, cluttered (esp. with rubbish); (of a bush area) densely vegetated or uncultivated, littered with uncleared domestic rubbish |
| Takuu | Pupu/aki | Cleanse or rinse one's mouth |
| Takuu | Sisioi | Dragonfly (Anisoptera spp.) |
| Takuu | Aapoi | Wrap something around something else (as a towel around one's body) Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Uku | Dive for fish using spear, swim underwater, swim downwards |
| Takuu | Kai/nnoo(tia) | Ask or beg someone to give something (an act normally done in private or via a small child to avoid shame) |
| Takuu | Kk/apo | Afraid (that something might happen), anxious, worried |
| Takuu | Aauna | (Perform) dance actions |
| Takuu | Kaputu | Bud of a flower, head of a match |
| Takuu | Koo/sihu | Fish sp. (carangid?) Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Hakahua | Ocean swell; wave on the open sea |
| Takuu | Tike | Revolve, rotate or spin rapidly... |
| Takuu | Toko | (Of a bird) roost, settle, perch |
| Takuu | Haka/toko | Put a bird onto a perch |
| Takuu | Hakappuru | Listen carefully and commit to memory; concentrate one's efforts (on achieving a goal) |
| Takuu | K/kutu | Close together, in a group |
| Takuu | Hak/kutu | Bring close together, gather; (of people) assemble, congregate... |
| Takuu | T/taro | Massage the body of an unconscious person to induce consciousness; shake someone repeatedly to waken them from a deep sleep Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Takuu | Taa | (of a person, automobile, etc.) Diverge from the main path, take a branch road... |
| Takuu | Tata | Pull, jerk (a line) |
| Takuu | Tauama | Rope from mast to furthest outrigger stringer on ancient canoe; shroud |
| Takuu | Tautari | Follow (an example), imitate |
| Takuu | Toli | Plant vegetables in hard ground requiring a hole to be dug; plantation, area of planted crops, grove of trees |
| Takuu | Toko/naki | Help, assist, help one another |
| Takuu | Atumata | One mesh within a hand net |
| Takuu | Lao | Tail of crayfish or matapoo crab |
| Takuu | Moemoeao, moomoeao | Shark sp. that sleeps among the rocks during the day and eats clams and other shellfish |
| Takuu | Tama taane | Adolescent male, boy |
| Takuu | Petake | (of a hole or container) Shallow; (of ground) uneven; (of a road) to have potholes’ |
| Takuu | Isu | Hurt, ache, pain |
| Takuu | Posu | Be full, satisfied from eating |
| Takuu | S/sepe | Cut or sever (as with a machete) |
| Takuu | Sunu | Smell something |
| Takuu | Kunaaroto | Midsectional piece of a trunk of a tree (in terms of length)... |
| Takuu | Kau mai | Give me (example s.v. kau.1) |
| Takuu | Uhu | Untie (a knot), undo, unfasten; remove something that has been thrust into something else; make a slip-knot |
| Takuu | Ha(k)ataha | Move aside, get out of the way; escape from being inside or in the path of something |
| Takuu | Hatturi | Thunder of a non-dangerous type... |
| Takuu | Kai/lesi | Lie, deceive; liar |
| Takuu | Kai/meo | Greedy, stingy |
| Takuu | Seke | (of a school of fish) Move from one reef location to another |
