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Language: Takuu

Resources:

•  Ethnologue Information for nho
•  OLAC Information for nho
•  Wikipedia page on Takuu
•  [Suggest a resource]

Change History:

Showing all of 58 entries

• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: umo/oma -> umooma (Word 19) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: umo/oma -> umooma (Word 19) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: puk/a -> puka (Word 30) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: puk/a -> puka (Word 30) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: fa/fine/ -> fafine (Word 55) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: fa/fine/ -> fafine (Word 55) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: tama/na -> tamana (Word 60) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: tama/na -> tamana (Word 60) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: fe/arati/ -> fearati (Word 77) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: fe/arati/ -> fearati (Word 77) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: t/tuu/ -> ttuu (Word 78) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: t/tuu/ -> ttuu (Word 78) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: f/faa/ -> ffaa (Word 80) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: f/faa/ -> ffaa (Word 80) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: t/tafe/ -> ttafe (Word 123) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: t/tafe/ -> ttafe (Word 123) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: ao/a -> aoa (Word 131) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: ao/a -> aoa (Word 131) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: m/mafa -> mmafa (Word 142) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: m/mafa -> mmafa (Word 142) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: tuni/a -> tunia (Word 144) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: tuni/a -> tunia (Word 144) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: k/kena/ -> kkena (Word 148) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: k/kena/ -> kkena (Word 148) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: t/tea -> ttea (Word 148) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: t/tea -> ttea (Word 148) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: m/mea -> mmea (Word 149) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: m/mea -> mmea (Word 149) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: f/felo/ -> ffelo (Word 150) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: f/felo/ -> ffelo (Word 150) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: n/nui/ -> nnui (Word 153) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: n/nui/ -> nnui (Word 153) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: po/poto -> popoto (Word 154) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: po/poto -> popoto (Word 154) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: ro/roa/ -> roroa (Word 155) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: ro/roa/ -> roroa (Word 155) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: a/runa -> aruna (Word 175) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Updated to remove morpheme boundaries: a/runa -> aruna (Word 175) - (2024-07-17 16:02:39)
• Source: (Word 96) - Mary Walworth (2022-09-28 04:05:21)
• Changed "source" from "@article{POLLEX, journal = {Oceanic Linguistics}, number = {2}, pages = {551--559}, title = {{POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online}}, volume = {50}, year = {2011}, author = {Greenhill, Simon J. and Clark, Ross} }" - Mary Walworth (2020-04-18 22:06:35)
• Changed #88038 from "koupuu", "Stomach (Hwd) [<]", "2", "L" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-18 22:06:35)
• Changed #91281 from "tinna", "Mother (Hwd) [<]", "1", "L" (Word 65535) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-18 22:06:35)
• Source: Pawley 1967 (Word 118) - Simon Greenhill (2010-01-18 04:56:35)
• Source: Pawley 1967 (Word 43) - Simon Greenhill (2010-01-18 04:55:09)
• Source: Pawley 1967 (Word 27) - Simon Greenhill (2010-01-18 03:37:01)
• Source: POLLEX 2006 (Word 134) - Simon Greenhill (2010-01-04 22:11:44)
• Adding Resource - Simon Greenhill (2007-02-25 23:51:35)
• Source: (Word 206) - (2006-05-02 16:50:13)
• Source: (Word 158) - (2006-05-02 16:47:20)
• Source: (Word 132) - (2006-05-02 16:46:14)
• Source: (Word 116) - (2006-05-02 16:45:24)
• Source: (Word 89) - (2006-05-02 16:43:50)
• Source: (Word 49) - (2006-05-02 16:42:16)
• Source: (Word 30) - (2006-05-02 16:00:58)
• Source: (Word 30) - (2006-05-02 16:00:38)
• Source: (Word 6) - (2006-05-02 15:58:49)
• Source: (Word 2) - (2006-05-02 15:57:51)
• Source: (Word 2) - (2006-05-02 15:57:06)

Entries:

ID:	Word:	Item:	Annotation:	Cognacy:	Loan:
1	hand	rima	Five; hand-arm	1, 64
2	left	maauii	Pollex 06: Maauii. :Left (not right) (Hwd).	1, 59
2	left	maauii	Pollex 06: Maauii. :Left (not right) (Hwd).	1, 59
3	right
4	leg/foot
5	to walk	sare	Go, walk (I. Howard 1981	6, 76
6	road/path	ara	Pollex 06: Ara. Road, path, way (Hwd).	1
7	to come	au	Come (singular)	44
8	to turn
9	to swim	kau	Swim (Hwd)	5
10	dirty	kerekere	Dirt, soil, dirty (Hwd)	10
11	dust
12	skin
13	back
14	belly	koupuu	Stomach (Hwd) [<]	2
14	belly	manava	Belly, seat of the emotions, entrails (Hwd)	9
15	bone	ivi	Bone (Hwd)	52, 5
16	intestines	vava	Intestines, guts (Hwd)	11
17	liver	ate	Liver (Hwd)	1
18	breast	uu	Breast (Hwd)	1
19	shoulder	umooma	Scapula, shoulder-blade (Hwd)	10
20	to know, be knowledgeable	iloa	Know	13
20	to know, be knowledgeable	kkafi	Capable, knowledgable, skilful	16
21	to think	maanatu	Remember, bear in mind (Hwd)	9
21	to think	manatu	Think, remember	9
22	to fear	mataku	Fearful, scared (Hwd)	1
23	blood	toto	Bleed (Hwd)	4
23	blood	ttoo	Blood, sap (Hwd)	4
24	head
25	neck	ua	Neck (Hwd)	18
26	hair	rauuru	Hair of head (Hwd)	40
27	nose	kaiisu		1, 10
28	to breathe	maanava	Breathe (Hwd)	1
29	to sniff, smell
30	mouth	laanutu	Pollex 06: Laanutu. :Mouth (Hwd).	2
30	mouth	puka	Pollex 06: Puk/a. :Mouth.	49
31	tooth	nifo	Tooth	1
32	tongue	arelo	Tongue (Hwd)	15
33	to laugh	kata	Laugh, smile (Hwd)	7
34	to cry	tani	Cry, cry out (Hwd)	1
35	to vomit	rua	vomit (Hwd)	8
36	to spit
37	to eat	kai	Eat, meal (Hwd)	1, 47
38	to chew	nau	Chew (e.g. sugarcane) so as to suck the juice (Hwd)	8
39	to cook	tao	Cook in earth oven (Hwd)	10
40	to drink	unu	Drink (Hwd)	1
41	to bite	uu	Bite (Hwd)	8
42	to suck
43	ear	kautarina'		1, 25
44	to hear
45	eye	mata	Eye, face, appearance (Hwd)	1
46	to see
47	to yawn
48	to sleep	moe	Sleep (Hwd)	10, 109
49	to lie down	takoto	Pollex 06: Takoto. :Lie down, recline (Hwd).	7, 10
50	to dream	miti	Dream (Hwd)	36
51	to sit	nofo	Sit, dwell, be situated (Hwd)	16
52	to stand	tuu	Stand, be standing (Hwd)	2
53	person/human being	tanata	Man (Hwd)	1, 66, 97
54	man/male	taane	Male (Hwd)	1, 11
55	woman/female	ffine	Woman, girl, female (Hwd)	1, 106
55	woman/female	fafine	Women, girls (Hwd)	1, 106
56	child	tama	Child (Hwd)	6
56	child	tamariki	Pre-adolescent child (Hwd)	6, 63
57	husband	avana	Spouse (Hwd)	13
58	wife	avana	Spouse (Hwd)	8
59	mother	tinna	Mother (Hwd) [<]	1
59	mother	tinnaa	Mother (Hwd)	1
60	father	tamana	Father (Hwd)	1
61	house	fare	House, dwelling (Hwd)	14
62	thatch/roof	inaki	Vertical row of thatch panels (Hwd)	11
63	name	inoa	Name (Hwd)	6
64	to say
65	rope	maea	Rope (Hwd)	10
66	to tie up, fasten	fau	Bind (Hwd)	11
66	to tie up, fasten	noa	To bind, tie	15
67	to sew	tui	To string or lace (Hwd)	13, 16
68	needle	sika	Net needle (Hwd)	9
69	to hunt
70	to shoot
71	to stab, pierce	suki	Pierce, especially a drinking nut (Hwd)	1, 8
72	to hit	paki	Slap (Hwd)	6
72	to hit	taa	Strike, as in chopping, carving (Hwd)	10
72	to hit	tuki	To pound (taro etc.) (Hwd)	8
73	to steal
74	to kill
75	to die, be dead	mate	Dead, death (Hwd)	1
76	to live, be alive	ora	Alive, live; escape (Hwd)	6
77	to scratch	fearati	To scratch an itch	10
78	to cut, hack	vasi	Split, cut lengthwise; lose virginity (Hwd)	13
78	to cut, hack	sere	Cut with a knife; circumcise (Hwd)	16
78	to cut, hack	ttuu	Cut (Hwd)	17
79	stick/wood	rakau	Tree, stick (Hwd)	1, 26
80	to split	ffaa	To split, rend, break open (Hwd)	5
81	sharp	kaa	Sharp (of an edge only)	14, 15
82	dull, blunt
83	to work
84	to plant	tori	To plant something to grow (Hwd)	4
85	to choose	fili	Choose, select (Hwd)	1
86	to grow	somo	Grow, shoot, sprout (Hwd)	7
86	to grow	tori	To plant something to grow (Hwd)
87	to swell
88	to squeeze	fotafota	Humid, muggy, stuffy (Hwd)	8, 2, 93
88	to squeeze	romi	Submerge under water (Hwd)	10
88	to squeeze	kumi	Squeeze, pinch (Hwd)	14
89	to hold	ao	Pollex 06: Ao. :Hold in the hand (Hwd).
90	to dig	keri	Dig up (Hwd)	1
91	to buy	sui	Replace, change, pay, go after in revenge	8
92	to open, uncover	taaraki	To open (Hwd)	10, 39
93	to pound, beat	tuki	To pound (taro etc.) (Hwd)	2
94	to throw
95	to fall	too	Fall (of rain); fall from a height (Hwd)	14
96	dog	poi		108
97	bird	manu	Bird, animal, insect (Hwd)	1
98	egg
99	feather	paraa	Wing feather (Hwd)	5
100	wing	kapakau	Wing (Hwd)	1, 59
101	to fly
102	rat
103	meat/flesh
104	fat/grease	sunu	Grease, fat (Hwd)	12
105	tail	suki	Tail (Hwd)	13
106	snake
107	worm (earthworm)
108	louse	kutu	Louse	1
109	mosquito	namu	Mosquito (Hwd)	1
110	spider	verevere	Spider (Hwd)	1, 99
111	fish	ika	Fish n	1
112	rotten	popo	Decayed, rotten (Hwd)	14
113	branch	raa	Branch (Hwd)	1
113	branch	rakau	Tree, stick (Hwd)	1, 4
114	leaf	lau	Leaf (Hwd)	1
115	root	aka	Root of a tree or plant (Hwd)	2
115	root	patiaka	Root of a tree (Hwd)	2
116	flower	rakei	Pollex 06: Rakei. :Flower, ornament (Hwd).	37
117	fruit
118	grass	mouku	General term for various grasses; area with gardens (Hwd)	58
118	grass	vvee		30
119	earth/soil	kerekere	Dirt, soil, dirty (Hwd)	10
120	stone	fatu	Stone, rock, coral (Hwd)	1
121	sand
122	water	vai	Water, liquid, well (Hwd)	2
123	to flow	ttafe	Flow strongly (of current); current (Hwd)	10
124	sea	moana	Ocean, sea, deep water (Hwd)	10
124	sea	tai	Sea, sea-water, tide, lagoon (Hwd)	1
125	salt
126	lake	namo	Lagoon (Hwd)	7
127	woods/forest	vao	Uncultivated area, bush (Hwd)	14
128	sky	rani	Sky, heaven (Hwd)	1
129	moon	maasina	Shine (especially of the moon) (Hwd)	37, 5
130	star	fetuu		1
131	cloud	aoa	Cloud (Hwd)	12
132	fog	nefu	Pollex 06: Nefu. :Mist, fog, haze, opacity (Hwd).	22
133	rain	ua	Rain	1
134	thunder	fatturi	Thunder (Hwd)	14
134	thunder	mana		37
135	lightning	uila	Lightning (Hwd)	2
136	wind	matani	Wind, air (Hwd)	1, 66
137	to blow	aŋi	Blow (of wind) (Hwd)	8
138	warm
139	cold
140	dry	masa	Dry, low (of tide) (Hwd)	11
141	wet
142	heavy	mafa	Heavy, expensive (Hwd)	46
142	heavy	mmafa	Heavy, expensive (Hwd)	46
143	fire	afi	Fire, flame (Hwd)	1
144	to burn	tunia	Burn, burned (Hwd)	1, 7
145	smoke	au	Smoke, steam (Hwd)	2
145	smoke	kofu	Emit smoke (Hwd)	13
146	ash
147	black	uri	Dark, black (Hwd)	7
148	white	kkena	Pale, whitish-yellow, blond (Hwd)	10
148	white	ttea	Light-blue, whitish-blue (Hwd)	8
149	red	mmea	Red or reddish (Hwd)	1
150	yellow	ffelo	Yellow (Hwd)	11
150	yellow	sega	Gold in colour, yellowish (Hwd)	12
151	green	moto	Green, unripe	1, 10
152	small	matalliki	Small, tiny (Hwd)	66
152	small	-riki	Diminutive (Hwd)	66
152	small	lliki	Diminutive (Hwd)	66
153	big	rasi	Big, large, gross (Hwd)	12
153	big	nnui	Large, big, thick (Hwd)	11
154	short	popoto	Short (Hwd)	9
155	long	roroa	tall (Hwd)	12, 105
156	thin	manifi	Thin	1
156	thin	pakapaka	Thin, lean (Hwd)	6
157	thick	mattoru	Broad, thick (Hwd)	3
158	narrow	kapi	Pollex 06: Kapi. :Tight-fitting, narrow (Hwd).	1
159	wide
160	painful, sick	mmae	Sting, smart (Hwd)	10
161	shy, ashamed	napa	Ashamed, shy, restrained (Hwd)	48
162	old	tuai	Old, ancient (Hwd)	48
163	new	fou	New (Hwd)	1
164	good
165	bad, evil
166	correct, true	tonu	Correct, right, proper (Hwd)	8
167	night	poo	Night (Hwd)	1
168	day	ao	Daylight (Hwd)	1, 54
168	day	aso	Day (Hwd)	1, 54
169	year	tau-	Season during which something is plentiful (Hwd)	1
170	when?
171	to hide
172	to climb	kake	Climb; board a canoe (Hwd)	32
173	at	i	At, from (Hwd)	1
174	in, inside
175	above	aruna	Top, summit, above (Hwd)	9
175	above	aluna	Top, summit, above (Hwd)	9
176	below	raro	Below, underneath, down (Hwd)	8
177	this
178	that
179	near
180	far	mmao	Far off, distant (Hwd)	13
181	where?	fea	Where? (Hwd)	3, 35
182	I	anau	I (Hwd)	1, 22
182	I	nau	I (Hwd)	1, 22
183	thou	koe	You (Sing.) (Hwd)	1
184	he/she	aia	Third person singular personal pronoun	1
185	we
186	you	koe	You (Sing.) (Hwd)	s
186	you	koorua	Second person dual pronoun, you (Hwd)	x
186	you	kootou	Second person plural pronoun, you (Hwd)	16
187	they
188	what?	aa	What?, which? (Hwd)	84
189	who?	ai	Who? (Hwd)	1
190	other
191	all	katoa	All, full, ten (Hwd)	13
192	and	ma	And, with (Hwd)	2
193	if
194	how?	peefea	How, in what way (Hwd)	11
195	no, not
196	to count	tau	Enumerate, count (Hwd)	8
197	One	tahi	One, once (Hwd)	41
198	Two	rua	Two (Hwd)	1
199	Three	toru	Three (Hwd)	1
200	Four	faa	Four (Hwd)	1, 66
201	Five	rima	Five, hand-arm.(Source: Pollex)	1
202	Six
203	Seven	fitu	Seven (Hwd).(Source: Pollex)	1
204	Eight
205	Nine	sivo	Nine (Hwd).(Source: Pollex)	5, 43
206	Ten	katoa	Pollex 06: Katoa. :All, full, ten (Hwd).	10
207	Twenty
208	Fifty
209	One Hundred	rau	Hundred (Hwd).(Source: Pollex)	2
210	One Thousand

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