Tokelau entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| MP.TAU.5 | Tau | Land, arrive; hit (a target); anchor, moor; (of a school of fish) become stationary or settle down in one place | (Sma) |
| PN.TAU-QA | Taua | War, battle, fighting | (Sma) |
| PN.TAU-LA | Taula | Anchor (n,v); anchor line; traditional line fishing while the canoe is anchored | (Sma) |
| PN.TAU-LAGA | Taulaga | Anchorage, harbour, port | (Sma) |
| PN.TAU-MULI | Taumuli | Stern (of canoe or boat) | (Sma) |
| PN.TEQE.2 | Tee | Be bulging, stick out | (Sma) |
| FJ.TEKE.2 | Teke | Prop up; lean (v); a piece of wood bound to coconut trunk for climber to stand on while cutting bunches | (Sma) |
| CP.TEKE.4 | Te/teke | Refuse, decline; oppose, object to; resist, stand against | (Sma) |
| NP.TE-TASI | Teetahi | Singular article: the other, a certain one | (Sma) |
| PN.TIQAKI | Tiaki | Throw away, discard, get rid of; leave, abandon | (Sma) |
| PN.TIALE | Tiale/tiale | The shrub, Gardenia, which has fragrant flowers | (Sma) |
| OC.TIFA.1A | Tifa | Pearl Oyster (Meleagrina sp.), which produces mother of pearl; mother of pearl shell, highly valued for making skipjack lures | (Sma) |
| CP.TIKO.A | Ti/tiko | Defecate, move the bowels (not polite) | (Sma) |
| PN.TILA | Tila | Mast | (Sma) |
| AN.TINAQE.A | Tinae | Fat (n) (of fish); be rich, fat (of fish-food) Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sma) |
| OC.TINO.A | Tino | Body; corpse; person | (Sma) |
| SO.TINO-.B | Tino- | Classifying prefix used in counting people, skipjack, octopus and birds, and referring to a unit of ten | (Sma) |
| MP.TIO.2 | Tio | Mollusc (Vermetus sp.); hard coral-like material or shell of the mollusc, found in brain coral.... | (Sma) |
| MP.TIPA | Tipa | Glide sideways in the air or water; (met.) go away, walk away | (Sma) |
| OC.TIPI.1A | Tipi | Cut, slice; be operated on, amputated, cut off, circumcised; slash, lower, reduce (wages etc.) | (Sma) |
| PN.TITI.2 | Titi | Traditional leaf-skirt... | (Sma) |
| NP.TOO.1B | Too | Pregnant | (Sma) |
| PN.TOO.3 | Too | Fall; (sun etc.) set, go down below the horizon | (Sma) |
| PN.TOQO.1 | Too | Make something come loose from its place (pull out nail, cut out back portion of skipjack) | (Sma) |
| PN.TOE-GA | Toega | Remainder, things left over, bits and pieces | (Sma) |
| AN.TOFI | Tofi | Cut with a chisel; split, rend | (Sma) |
| AN.TOFI | To/tofi | Separate, split (v) | (Sma) |
| AN.TOFI | Tofi/tofi | Split something into pieces for sharing, divide | (Sma) |
| OC.TOHO.A | Toho | Pull, tow, heave; troll | (Sma) |
| FJ.TOHO.B | Toho, toho teine, toho fafine | Rape | (Sma) |
| MP.TOKA.2A | Toka | (of ocean, wind, etc.) Be calm, peaceful, settle down | (Sma) |
| PN.TOKO-TOKO | Tokotoko | (Walk with) walking stick, crutch | (Sma) |
| MP.TOKO.1A | Toko/toko | Punting pole; to pole along, punt along | (Sma) |
| PN.TOKO.1C | Toko | The pole of which the top end is tied to the tilatuu (main sprit) to support the sail when sailing; to support something with something | (Sma) |
| CP.TOLI.1 | Toli | Pick (coconuts or breadfruit) | (Sma) |
| PN.TOLOA.B | Toloa | Grey Duck (Anas superciliosa) | (Sma) |
| PN.TOLOGA | Tologa | Durable, hard wearing | (Sma) |
| AN.TOLU | Tolu | Three | (Sma) |
| PN.TOO-MUQA | Tomua | Be too early, too hasty; (of talk, speech, etc.) begin, commence, introduce | (Sma) |
| PN.TOO-MURI | Tomuli | Be too late, arrive late | (Sma) |
| AN.TOSI.1 | Tohi | Slit (pandanus leaves) into even strips, for mat weaving | (Sma) |
| PN.TOTO.1 | Toto | Blood; bleed | (Sma) |
| PN.TOTOGI | Totogi | Pay for; wages, salary; cost, price | (Sma) |
| AN.TUA-GAQANE.A | Tuagaane | Brother (of a woman) | (Sma) |
| NP.TUQA-AKAU | Tuaakau | (locative noun) The sea outside the lagoon | (Sma) |
| EO.TUFA.1 | Tufa | Share out, distribute | (Sma) |
| PN.TUQU-GA.1 | Tuuga/a/fale | Piece of land for a house, section for a home | (Sma) |
| PN.TUQU-GA.1 | Tuuga/a/koho | Place where the coconut-husking stake is pitched | (Sma) |
| PN.TUU-KAU.A | Tuukau | The wooden butt or handle on to which the bamboo rod is fastened by lashing with sennit | (Sma) |
| PN.TULI.3 | Tuli | Pursue, chase (in order to catch); expel, dismiss, drive out; send (someone on an errand); take a run (in cricket) | (Sma) |
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