Takuu language
Takuu (also Mortlock, Taku, Tau, or Tauu) is a Polynesian language from the Ellicean group spoken on the atoll of Takuu, near Bougainville Island. It is very closely related to Nukumanu and Nukuria from Papua New Guinea and to Ontong Java and Sikaiana from Solomon Islands.[1]
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Takuu |
Samoan |
Tokelauan |
Rarotongan |
Māori |
Hawaiian |
| sky |
/ɾani/ |
/laŋi/ |
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/ɾaŋi/ |
/ɾaŋi/ |
/lani/ |
| north wind |
/tokoɾau/ |
/toʔelau/ |
/tokelau/ |
/tokeɾau/ |
/tokeɾau/ |
/koʔolau/ |
| woman |
/ffine/ |
/fafine/ |
/fafine/ |
/vaʔine/ |
/wahine/ |
/wahine/ |
| house |
/faɾe/ |
/fale/ |
/fale/ |
/ʔaɾe/ |
/ɸaɾe/ |
/hale/ |
| parent |
/maːtua/ |
/matua/ |
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/metua/ |
/matua/ |
/makua/ |
| mother |
/tinna/, /tinnaː/ |
/tinaː/ |
/maːtua/ |
/maːmaː/ |
/ɸaea/ |
/makuahine/ |
| father |
/tama/, /tamana/ |
/tamaː/ |
/tama/, /tamana/ |
/metua/, /paːpaː/ |
/matua/, /paːpaː/ |
/makua kaːne/ |
References
See also
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Papua New Guinea portal |
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Language portal |