Tokelau entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PN.MATA-LIKI.A | Mataliliki | Fine, not coarse; (of net) have small mesh; (of grater) fine-toothed | (Sma) |
| EO.MATA-LIKI.B | Mataliki | The constellation of Pleiades | (Sma) |
| PN.MATA-QA-MUQA | Matamua/mua | Be cheeky, saucy Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sma) |
| CE.MATA-POOURI | Matapoouli | Have poor eyesight Problematic | (Sma) |
| PN.MATA-TOQA | Matatoa | Be brave, look fearless | (Sma) |
| PN.MATAQU.1 | Matau | Fish-hook (traditional) | (Sma) |
| CP.MAA-TAU | Maatau | Note, observe; visualise; count; observation, judgement | (Sma) |
| AN.MATE.1A | Mate | Die, be dead (of animals and plants; of humans in joking or disrespectful way); (of engine) stop; (of people in game) be out | (Sma) |
| PN.MATIWA | Mativa | Be poor; poverty | (Sma) |
| PN.MATE.1B | Mate | Be paralysed (of body part) | (Sma) |
| PN.MATE.1D | Mate | (of fire, lights) Go out | (Sma) |
| RO.MATU | Matu | Silver Sand-eater (Gerres sp.) | (Sma) |
| AN.MATUQA.A | Matua | Be grown-up, be an adult; (of people) be old; (of fruit, crops, etc.) be matured, be ready (for picking) | (Sma) |
| PN.MAQUGA | Mauga | Mountain | (Sma) |
| EO.MAUII | Maui | Left-handed | (Sma) |
| PN.MAA-UNU | Maunu | Be detached (from place), come loose (out of place) | (Sma) |
| PN.MELE.1 | Mele | Throw away, discard, reject | (Sma) |
| NP.MELE.2 | Melemele | The star Antares in the constellation Scorpio | (Sma) |
| PN.MIGI | Migi/migi | Curly, frizzy (hair) | (Sma) |
| NP.MIGOI. | (Migo)migoi | Wriggle; writhe, twist the body about (in pain); budge, move slightly (in discomfort) | (Sma) |
| PN.MILI | (Mi(li))mili | Rub; massage | (Sma) |
| MP.MIMI | Mimi | Urine; urinate, pass urine | (Sma) |
| OC.MITI.3A | Miti | Suck; sip; puff (pipe); absorb | (Sma) |
| PN.MOQO | Moo | Preposition: for | (Sma) |
| PN.MOGAMOGA | Mogamoga | Cockroach | (Sma) |
| MP.MOHE | Moe | Sleep, be asleep | (Sma) |
| PN.MOLE.1 | Mole | (of people and things) Be none remaining, nothing remaining; (of stomach) empty; faint, swoon | (Sma) |
| PN.MOLE.2 | Mo/mole | Slippery | (Sma) |
| NP.MOOLII | Moolii | Lamp (in general) | (Sma) |
| PN.MO-MOHE | Momoe | Sleep (pl.); sleep together, have sexual intercourse (of man and woman) | (Sma) |
| PN.MOTO.1 | Moto | Punch, strike someone with the fist | (Sma) |
| PN.MOTO.2A | Moto | (of fruit and vegetables) Green, unripe | (Sma) |
| OC.MOTU.A | Motu | Be broken, break (of long things such as a stick or rope, also of connection, agreement, etc.); paid off (of accounts) | (Sma) |
| OC.MOTU.B | Motu | Island, islet | (Sma) |
| MP.MUU.2 | Muu | Tropical Porgie (Monotaxis grandoculis) | (Sma) |
| PN.MUQA.B | Mua | Politeness particle, with emphatic effect, which generally follows the verb | (Sma) |
| MP.MURI.1A | Muli | (of a contest of speed) Be beaten, be last | (Sma) |
| PN.MURI.1B | Muli | Bottom (of basket, box etc.); base, bottom (of timber, pole, etc.); head, blunt end (of nail, pencil, etc.); bottom, posterior (of people) (vulgar) | (Sma) |
| PN.MULU.1 | Mulu/mulu | Wash one's hands and face | (Sma) |
| PN.MULU.1 | Mu/mulu | Wipe (one's face) with hands (The involuntary action of clearing one's eyes when one wakes from sleep) | (Sma) |
| PN.MULU.2 | Mulu | Meddle, interfere; masturbate; talk about someone behind his back | (Sma) |
| EO.MU-MUNI | Mumuni | Hide, conceal | (Sma) |
| FJ.MUNUA | Munua | Large bass or grouper, about a metre long when fully grown (Epinephelus sp.) | (Sma) |
| PN.MUSU.1 | Muhu | Refuse (v) | (Sma) |
| PN.MUSU.1 | Muhu/muhu | Whisper | (Sma) |
| PN.NA.3 | Na/e | Verbal particle indicating a continuous activity or state in the past | (Sma) |
| PN.NAQA.1 | Naa | (of young children) Stop crying | (Sma) |
| MP.NAMU.2A | Namu | Mosquito | (Sma) |
| NP.NANEA | Nanea | (of food) Plentiful, enough to go round; also applied to food such as fish which have a high proportion of edible material in them | (Sma) |
| PN.NAO | Nao | Kill (clam) by cutting off the tough cord which anchors it to the coral; extract the flesh (of a clam) by cutting off the cord which holds the two sides of the shell together; a special implement used for this | (Sma) |
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