Entries from Moyle 2011 in Pollex-Online
Richard M.Moyle, Takuu Grammar and Dictionary. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics 634.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Takuu | Suru | Bend over |
| Takuu | S/suru | Lean outwards, as of house end; be sloping or not level (as house ridge covering) |
| Takuu | Laa/suru | Afternoon |
| Takuu | Tuutae | Ink of an octopus or cuttlefish, sepia |
| Takuu | Tahea (pl. taffea) | Drifting, floating along |
| Takuu | Taahena | Mouth of a channel between islands |
| Takuu | Taairi | Fan (vt) (e.g. a fire) |
| Takuu | Taiava | Fish sp., similar in shap to tono [Plectropomus]... Problematic |
| Takuu | O | Poetic variant of 'a' particle, meaning 'of'... Problematic |
| Takuu | A | Of. Used in song but rarely in speech |
| Takuu | I | At, in, on; to, towards, with respect to; from; among, between |
| Takuu | Too/ta-au | Second person singular possessive pronoun, singular possessum. /ta-au/ = inalienable possession |
| Takuu | Tana/ta ana | Third person singular possessive, singular object. /ta ana/ optionally indicates inalienable possession |
| Takuu | Too | Your, singular possessor, singular object, neutral |
| Takuu | Ka mai | Give it to me |
| Takuu | Maarae | Upper part of the forehead, the area between the first vertical lines of hair Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Karisi/ttai | Water Strider (Gerridae spp.) |
| Takuu | Hakaoti | Finish, complete; fire (a person), sack |
| Takuu | Hakaoti | Last (in a series), final |
| Takuu | Hakaoti | Completely, done so as to last or endure or be at some extreme |
| Takuu | Haka/f/fura | Puff out one's abdomen; (of certain fish) inflate themselves |
| Takuu | Hakatoo/ina | Lower (canoe sail) |
| Takuu | Haka/t/too | Decline or slope, drop off at an angle; mountainside, hillside, slope |
| Takuu | Tanaroa | Meteor, falling star, shooting star |
| Takuu | Hai- | Reciprocal prefix used in defining relationships...between pairs of people... |
| Takuu | Hakalluu-tia | Take refuge; hide, conceal |
| Takuu | Huruhuru mata | Eyelash |
| Takuu | Huruhuru kara/mata | Eyebrow |
| Takuu | Vela | Be feverish, have the flu |
| Takuu | Hakatonu | Correct, straighten |
| Takuu | Hakatipu-ria | Build up |
| Takuu | Hakatipu/rana | Pile of objects, e.g. taro, coconuts... |
| Takuu | Hakatipu/tipu | Take the form of, emerge as |
| Takuu | Hakamata-ina, -ria | Sharpen something to a point |
| Takuu | Taupiri, toupiri | Near, close |
| Takuu | Kallapa | Base of a coconut frond on which a large canoe is placed to keep it off the ground while being stored Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Kuna/aroto | Midsectional piece of a trunk of a tree... |
| Takuu | Turana | Climbing frame for children |
| Takuu | Tuutana | Portion cut from a larger entity; (obsolete) the five sections into which a coconut palm trunk is ritually cut should it fall on top of a grave... |
| Takuu | Kooina | Boundary line of swamp taro between two taro gardens |
| Takuu | Tuta | Junction of two logs forming the hull of a canoe |
| Takuu | Simu | Two four-star constellations in the southern sky ..., said to resemble a triggerfish...One appears to be the Southern Cross |
| Takuu | Otaota | Umbilical cord and placenta |
| Takuu | Haiumu | Place where the oven is located |
| Takuu | Tonu ttika | (colloq.) Perfectly correct, exact |
| Takuu | Hakasuki | Make something into a tail |
| Takuu | Inoa hakasuki | Surname, family name |
| Takuu | Soro | Rub off, wipe off; obliterate; strike (match) |
| Takuu | Ruru | Shake |
| Takuu | Aramea | Crown-of-thorns Starfish Phonologically Irregular |
