Entries from Moyle 2011 in Pollex-Online
Richard M.Moyle, Takuu Grammar and Dictionary. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics 634.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Takuu | Moli | Citrus fruit |
| Takuu | Moomona | Fatty, rich, oily (esp. of fish); fatty tissue, grease |
| Takuu | M/mono | Deep (of a hole); far in or down Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Takuu | Moso | Shellfish taxon, small white mollusc, used for attaching to a tuu moso ceremonial belt |
| Takuu | M/moti | Sneak up on, approach slowly or with stealth, stalk |
| Takuu | Moto | (Of fruit) Immature, green, unripe |
| Takuu | Motu | (of cord) Severed, cut short, cut off, broken; (of rain, wind, storm) die down, abate |
| Takuu | Motu | Island within an atoll; naturally occurring circular mound for planting taro, bananas etc.; small clearing of dry land in garden area |
| Takuu | Muu | Large-eyed Sea-bream (Monotaxis grandoculis) |
| Takuu | M/muu | Mumbled, not clearly audible (of speech); a sound whose source is unseen |
| Takuu | Mua | Front, first, before, ahead |
| Takuu | Muri, muli | Later, after, behind; later (but not right now), afterwards; hindmost, last |
| Takuu | Muri- | Part, remainder, end |
| Takuu | M/muru | Warm oneself by side of fire, lie or sit by the fire for warmth |
| Takuu | M/muni | Hide oneself |
| Takuu | Musu | Speak in a low voice, mumble, speak to oneself, speak as if in secrecy, whisper |
| Takuu | Aa/na | Third person singular postposed possessive pronoun, sg and pl, of his/hers |
| Takuu | Nai | Mollusc sp., Fluted Clam (Tridacna squamosa) |
| Takuu | Namo | Lagoon |
| Takuu | Namu | Mosquito |
| Takuu | Nanue | Rudderfish (Kyphosus sp.) |
| Takuu | N/nao | Insert finger or hand to feel for, probe... |
| Takuu | Nape | Pry out (e.g. copra from its shell) |
| Takuu | Natu | To mix (e.g. grated starch and pounded fruit) by folding; knead (as in preparing sosoro food) |
| Takuu | Natu | Tree sp. (Madhuca obovata) |
| Takuu | Nei | Here (beside me); this |
| Takuu | N/neke/ | Move oneself over |
| Takuu | Neva | Hover; (walk) unsteadily |
| Takuu | Ni | Tense-aspect marker |
| Takuu | Niho | Tooth, teeth; horn (of goat, cow); whale tooth; cog (of a wheel) |
| Takuu | N/nini | Pour |
| Takuu | N/nimo | (e.g. of fish swimming) Go round in circles; (of wind, current) go round, change direction; go around in circles, dawdle, delay; eddy |
| Takuu | N/niti | (Of a knot, zip, clam shell, etc.) drawn together tightly; caught in an object whose sides have been drawn tightly together; extremely crowded, jam-packed. (of knot), caught, enmeshed |
| Takuu | Noa | Rope, string or leaves used to tie something; noose (esp. the one used in shark fishing); leaves used to tie up food parcel |
| Takuu | N/nui | Big, thick, important |
| Takuu | Nui | Coconut tree, coconut |
| Takuu | Oo | Go (plural of hano) Borrowed |
| Takuu | Ora | Life; alive, live, (of machine) be in working condition; escape (as of a fish), survive |
| Takuu | Ori | Rock, sway gently; (of legs) wobbly, unsteady |
| Takuu | Aronaa | Plant sp. (Pipturus argenteus) used for making cord |
| Takuu | Ono | Barracuda (Sphyraena sp.), final life stage |
| Takuu | Ono/ono | Mend or repair a net |
| Takuu | Oso | Jump from being startled, surprised or frightened; jump the gun (start too quickly) |
| Takuu | Ota | Eat something raw (esp. fish) |
| Takuu | Ota | Small bits and pieces of a substance (esp. a residue): coconut or pawpaw gratings; sawdust; shreds of tobacco; preparation of coarsely ground turmeric |
| Takuu | Oti | Finished, over, done; end, final portion; ultimate, best |
| Takuu | P/paa, paa/kia | Strike with the open hand, slap (mosquito etc.), clap (with flat hands) |
| Takuu | Paa | Fish hook made from oyster shell or stone |
| Takuu | Paena | The border areas of a family garden plot where kanokano [ Cyrtosperma taro] is grown |
| Takuu | Paioro | Hip. Buttock (Hwd). |
