Tokelau entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PN.LAU-GA | Laauga | Sermon; speech, talk; preach, give a sermon; give a speech, address | (Sma) |
| XW.LOTE | Lote(lote) | Handle, touch [fiddle with] | (Sma) |
| PN.MAALUU.2 | Maaluu | Calm; sweet | (Sma) |
| PN.NUNU | Nunu | Work with hands in water, knead (of making edible starch from grated arrowroot) | (Sma) |
| XW.NUTI | Nuti | Crush, smash, break; (of heart) be broken; hand-wash (clothes) | (Sma) |
| XW.NUTI | Nu/nuti | Screw up, crumple (paper etc.) | (Sma) |
| PN.PIKO.C | Piko/piko | Be full of dishonesty, be deceitful | (Sma) |
| PN.TAU.11 | Tau | Pick (flower or fruit, except for coconut and pandanus) | (Sma) |
| PN.TA-QIA | Taia | Be struck, be hit, be affected | (Sma) |
| PN.TEKI.2 | Teki | Surprise, shock; be surprised, be dumbfounded, have a shock | (Sma) |
| PN.TEKI.2 | Teki lava | Sudden, happen without warning | (Sma) |
| PN.TOQI | Toi/toi | The pith of the gahu or saltbush [Scaevola] Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sma) |
| PN.TURI-QI-WAQE | Tulivae | Knee | (Sma) |
| XW.WANU | Vanu | Valley, gorge, canyon | (Sma) |
| PN.FE-QILO-AKI | Feiloaki | Meet, greet (one another) | (Sma) |
| PN.FAKA-PULU-PULU | Fakapulupulu | Cover someone's shoulders with a shawl | (Sma) |
| NP.TEQE-AGA | Leeaga | Evil, sinful Borrowed | (Sma) |
| XW.QUGA-QUGA | Uga | The scale or deposit on humans' teeth | (Sma) |
| PN.FAKA-HURU | Fakaulu | Hold a feast to mark the arrival of the firstborn child of a married couple; hold a ceremony to formally mark the completion of an enterprise such as the building of a canoe, house, etc. | (Sma) |
| XW.MAALIE.C | Maalie | Interjection in approval of performer or speaker | (Sma) |
| PN.WAO.B | Manu kai vao | Wild animal | (Sma) |
| SO.TUKA | Mata/tupa, mata/tuka | Blunt, dull-edged | (Sma) |
| PN.FOHE-MURI | Foemuli | Captain (or stern paddler) of canoe; the paddle used by the canoe captain (at the stern) | (Sma) |
| XW.LEVA | Leva | (of events) Be a long time (since); (of things) be old, ancient | (Sma) |
| XW.VILI.2 | Vili | Lot (for deciding something by chance); lottery | (Sma) |
| PN.HUI-TUQA | Ivi tua | Backbone [in Eng-Tok] | (Sma) |
| OC.SIKA.2 | Hika/aga | Dry wood which is held onto the ground firmly while being rubbed to and fro with the kaunatu until a fire is produced; the place on the wood where the kaunatu is rubbed to start a fire | (Sma) |
| PN.WA-WAA | Vavaa | Holes in the reef which open out to the ocean, and which, at certain stages of the tide, contain particularly turbulent water | (Sma) |
| PN.LAU-HAKAU | Lauakau | Reef surrounding an island | (Sma) |
| PN.I.2A | I | Preposition which usually indicates position in space or time: in, on, at, with, from, by means of, by | (Sma) |
| PN.MAQU-A | Maua | Get, obtain, find, catch; receive, win | (Sma) |
| PN.TO-TOLO | Totolo | Crawl, move along on hands and knees; (of plants) climb, creep | (Sma) |
| PN.WAI-A | Vaia | Have excess of water, be watery [ex. 'water-logged'] | (Sma) |
| PN.FIA-MOHE | Fiamoe | Be sleepy; sleepiness | (Sma) |
| NP.EQA.B | Ea | Be elevated, raised; released (from bondage) | (Sma) |
| NP.KAI-GA.A | Kaiga | Meal; party, feast; act of eating | (Sma) |
| NP.KELO.2 | (Ke)kelo, faka/kelo | A quick stealing look, glance (e.g. out of corner of eyes); to glance | (Sma) |
| PN.MATA-QA-MURI | Matamuli | Be shy, reserved Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sma) |
| CE.OE | Oe | Acknowledge or answer a call by name, i.e. say yes Problematic | (Sma) |
| PN.OFO.B | Ofo | Be astonished, amazed; lead off, start (a song) | (Sma) |
| NP.PUSI-A | Puuhia | Be blown away (e.g. by the wind) | (Sma) |
| NP.PUU-QOSO | Puuoho | The bow or stern cavity, or hold, of a seacraft; that part which is covered over at the bow and the stern by a forepeak on a traditional canoe | (Sma) |
| PN.TUSU.B | Lima/tuhi | Index finger | (Sma) |
| PN.LOLO.1B | Lo/lolo | Be fatty, oily; rich (food) | (Sma) |
| PN.RAQA-KAU.B | Laakau | Timber, log, stick, wood; set, apparatus; musical instrument; skipjack fishing rod | (Sma) |
| SO.KALAPA | Kalapa | Lizardfish (Saurida gracilis) | (Sma) |
| SO.MUKA.1C | Muka/muka | (Of growing things) be tender, frail, young | (Sma) |
| PN.TAA.4B | Taa | Fish for schools of fish on the reef or in the lagoon; (taa ihe) fish for half-beak, with a crowd of people in the lagoon, using a net | (Sma) |
| PN.MEQA-KAI | Meakai | Food, meal | (Sma) |
| PN.TAU-SOA | Tauhoa | Carry a load (between two persons) | (Sma) |
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