Tokelau entries in Pollex-Online

Protoform Item Description Source
OC.NATU.1 Natu Knead (grated coconut or arrowroot)... (Sma)
PN.NEFU.2A Ne/nefu (of eyes, spectacles, etc.) Blur, dim; misty, hazy (weather); murky, unclear (water) (Sma)
NP.NEI Nei Demonstrative: this, these (post-nominal); now (post-verbal) (Sma)
PN.NIMO.1 Nimo Disappear, vanish; slip (from one's memory) (Sma)
MP.NIU.1 Niu Coconut tree (Cocos nucifera); its wood or timber; coconut cream (Sma)
CP.NOQA Noa Bind, tie (Sma)
CP.NOQA Noa/noa Bind up, tie up; be confined, detained (e.g. by police) (Sma)
CP.NOQA No/noa Secure, fasten; tie up, bind up (Sma)
MP.NONO.1 Nono Small black flying insect about the size of the sand-fly... (Sma)
FJ.NUKU.1 Nuku Village, town; country, place; home (Sma)
EC.NUKU.2 Nuku The people (of the village) (Sma)
PN.NUMI.1 Numi Be tangled; be muddled up, confused; wind, coil around something (Sma)
PN.NUMI.1 Nu/numi Crumple; bundle up; wind (or coil) around something; be mixed up, confused, confusing (Sma)
PN.OO.2 O Yes (in answer to being called by one's name) (Sma)
EO.OFAGA Oofaga Nest, brood (n); to nest, lay eggs in a nest (Sma)
OC.QOHO Oho Provision of food for outing (e.g. fishing voyage); to be provisioned (Sma)
PN.OI.2 Oi Exclamation of surprise or pain (Sma)
FJ.OLO.1 Olo/laakau Grove of bushes and trees (Sma)
FJ.OLO.1 Olo Fortress, shelter (from enemy); stumps, wicket (in cricket) Borrowed (Sma)
PN.ONA-POO Onapoo Days, times (Sma)
PN.QOSO Oho Jump; hop; rush upon; interrupt (in conversation); (of water) overflow; (of sun, moon and stars) rise; (metaphorically, of feelings, illness, etc.) arise, flare up, occur (Sma)
PN.PAA.5 Paa Explode; be punctured (e.g. balloon); break out (of loud weeping); (Sma)
PN.PAE-PAE Paepae Pavement made of stones around a house; build a stone pavement around a house (Sma)
PN.PAKEE Pakee Hit; tap, rap (of noise); make a noise (Sma)
MP.PAKU.D Paku/paku Scab (Sma)
PN.PAQALA Paala Fish sp., Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri) (Sma)
MP.LAFA-LAFA Paa/lafalafa Flat (of tables, boards, etc., but not land) (Sma)
SO.PAA-LAPU Paalapu Traditional name given to the north-west by west wind which blows during the laki or hurricane season (Sma)
PN.PALE.1B Pale Spread or lie something on something for support, cover, etc. (Sma)
PN.PALI.2 Pali The genital part of a woman where the pubic hair grows (Sma)
PN.PAPA-A-TUQA Papaatua Back (of man and animals) (Sma)
CE.PASU.1B Pahu Sharkskin drum (???)
PN.PEGU Penu (of sharp edges) Be dented, damaged Phonologically Irregular (Sma)
OC.PENU.A Penu Grated coconut (from which the cream has been extracted); butt remaining of a chewed pandanus fruit; term used of the growing seedlings of pandanus whose leaves are used for mat-weaving (Sma)
NP.PETI Peti (of animals) Fat; fatness, corpulence (Sma)
MP.POA.1 Po/poa Be abounding with fish (attracted by the ground bait) (Sma)
PN.POLA-POLA Polapola Basket (woven roughly with coconut leaf) (Sma)
PN.PONA Pona Knot; lump, swelling; node, knob; defect, fault; have a lump, protrude, bulge (Sma)
CP.POTO.2 Poto Intelligent, clever; skilled, expert; wise (Sma)
PN.POO-QULI Poouli Dark; darkness (Sma)
PN.PULE.2 Pule Authority, power; chief, director, manager; the corporate body in authority, council of elders... supervise, control, command (Sma)
PN.PUNOU Punou (of head) Bend, bow; (of back) bend downwards, stoop (Sma)
PN.PUNUA Punua Young of a bird, animal or shark (Sma)
OC.SAKA.3 Haka Boil, cook by boiling in water; food (esp. starchy foods) cooked by boiling (Sma)
PN.SAKE.3 Hake (of an outrigger canoe on the sea) Overturn, heel over (Sma)
MP.SAO Hao Escape (from death, injury etc.), be safe, get through to safety (Sma)
AN.SAPO Hapo Catch (a ball etc.) in the air (Sma)
PN.SAPOTU Hapotu (of heart) Beat faster than normal, palpitate; be short of breath, gasp for air (Sma)
EO.SAU.6 Haau/a Feel the wind of something passing swiftly by (Sma)
PN.SEPO.A Hopo Lick food off something; scrape last morsels of food from a dish with fingers and lick them Phonologically Irregular (Sma)

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