Entries from Moyle 2011 in Pollex-Online
Richard M.Moyle, Takuu Grammar and Dictionary. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics 634.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Takuu | T/tao | (of a bird) Sit on an egg, hatch |
| Takuu | Sunuki | Prick someone with an object |
| Takuu | Nnau | (of a sick person) Show no sign of improvement |
| Takuu | Lotottonu, lottonu | Centre |
| Takuu | Taa sau | Beat the rhythm for sau dances |
| Takuu | Tuki | Food pounder; drum |
| Takuu | Tauara | Sail a canoe close to the wind |
| Takuu | Tauhaa | Contellation of four stars in Pegasus outlining a square (Starts the period of westerly trade winds when it sets at dawn, creating rain and wind to cool its body.) |
| Takuu | Mata | (of a coconut) At a stage where it has both meat and liquid inside |
| Takuu | Kaere | Smallest growth stage of a coconut |
| Takuu | Kaaile | An immature coconut Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Aa/moko | Early stage of coconut growth: small, some elongated, with no liquid inside Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Motomoto | Seventh named stage of coconut growth, which has relatively hard and thick meat, a dry husk, bubbly but drinkable water |
| Takuu | Matuu | Mature coconut in final stage of growth before sprouting |
| Takuu | Matasiri | Growth stage of a coconut between meemata and motomoto |
| Takuu | Hai | Have, possess, own |
| Takuu | Hai | (with directional particle) Utter in a particular context (e.g. tell, relate, inform, recount, sing) |
| Takuu | Pee | Perhaps, probably |
| Takuu | Koro/koro ahi | Spark, ember; the flash of light of a meteorite; flaming piece of wood inside a fire Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Ea/ea | Blister on the tongue (from tasting something too hot, or when one has a fever) Problematic |
| Takuu | Surumaki | Insert, inject, stick into something |
| Takuu | Urumaki | Stab, pierce, thrust, penetrate |
| Takuu | Surumaki-na | Insert, inject, stick into something; insert a finger through an opening (in making a string figure) |
| Takuu | Tokia | Pierce [ex. fish with spear] |
| Takuu | Toki | (of falling object) Strike (the ground or another object); (of thunder, according to local belief) strike; stab or spear; fall on one's head |
| Takuu | Maruu | (of pain) Lessen, become reduced, abate, disappear |
| Takuu | Maruu | (of an arm or leg) Buckle; (of a wave) weak, not strong; (of pounded food etc.) soft, pliable; (of a rope) slack |
| Takuu | Naa | Demonstrative pronoun:that; locative pronoun: there by you |
| Takuu | Poro | Trail of a meteor |
| Takuu | Ppua | Crevasse or furrow in the coral reef on the ocean side of the atoll |
| Takuu | Taaia | Kill it! Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Ta/taia | Written, tattooed |
| Takuu | Tot/toti | Rise to tiptoe; hop |
| Takuu | Haka/s/saa | Cause something to appear, emerge or show (esp. above water) |
| Takuu | Hakauru | Place something inside something else; contribute to; dye |
| Takuu | Aroarorima | Palm of the hand |
| Takuu | Aroarovae | Sole of the foot |
| Takuu | Aro/faa | Underside of chin |
| Takuu | Aro/aro | Thin scraping of coconut meat...; underside of the trunk of a leaning coconut tree; the half-coconut shell containing the three holes |
| Takuu | Tiri/hoouna | Kingfisher (Todiramphus [Halcyon] chloris) |
| Takuu | Nan/nanu | Watery; have too much water for a particular purpose; (of tide) too high for effective fishing Phonologically Irregular |
| Takuu | Puku turi | Kneecap |
| Takuu | Puku vae | Protrusion at the ankle |
| Takuu | Puku turi | Kneecap |
| Takuu | Aro/aro/ffaa | Roof of the mouth |
| Takuu | Tere | (of a liquid) Flow, run, seep |
| Takuu | Tama hakasere | Institutionalized indulgence for a particular child, who was not permitted to undertake manual labour; spoilt child |
| Takuu | Hoe muri | Coccyx; hindmost major plate on the carapace of a turtle |
| Takuu | Pukei | Canoe sail |
| Takuu | Mataaua | Raindrop |
