Entries from Simona 1986 in Pollex-Online
Simona, R. e. a. (1986). Tokelau Dictionary. Apia, Western Samoa, Office of Tokelau Affairs.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tokelau | Lau | Line of beaters in a fish drive |
| Tokelau | Lau | Thatch |
| Tokelau | Lauefa | Wide |
| Tokelau | Laufala | Pandanus leaf (leaves) in general |
| Tokelau | Laugutu | Lip |
| Tokelau | Lauiti | Narrow |
| Tokelau | Laulau | A table; a food mat |
| Tokelau | Lauulu | Hair of head |
| Tokelau | Fui/laumea/ | Gills of a fish |
| Tokelau | Ki laatou | Third person plural independent pronoun |
| Tokelau | Lava | Be enough |
| Tokelau | Lava | Intensifying particle which follows the word |
| Tokelau | Lava/hi | String used to secure bait to a hook |
| Tokelau | To | Particle occurring in dual and plural form s o f 1st and 3rd person definite, class-O possessive pronouns |
| Tokelau | Lea | Say, speak, tell, ask |
| Tokelau | Lefu/lefu | Ash |
| Tokelau | Lefulefu | Bird sp., Sanderling (Calidris alba) |
| Tokelau | Lega | Yolk of egg, turmeric |
| Tokelau | Leia | Be choked on food, water, etc. going down one's windpipe |
| Tokelau | Leke | Eye of a fish-hook |
| Tokelau | Lelefua | Moth |
| Tokelau | Le/lemu | Drown (vt); duck (vt) under the water Phonologically Irregular |
| Tokelau | Leo/leo | Policeman, guard, watchman |
| Tokelau | Lepa | Heave to |
| Tokelau | Lepu | Muddy, cloudy (of water) Problematic |
| Tokelau | Liaki | Throw (e.g. a ball); swing (e.g. a bat); flick (e.g.a cloth); uproot (of plants) |
| Tokelau | Liaki/na | Cast ashore, stranded |
| Tokelau | Lia/liaki | To wave (e.g. a handkerchief); shake (e.g. head) |
| Tokelau | Faka/lialia | Feel disgust at, have revulsion for; hate |
| Tokelau | Ligi | To pour (sg.) |
| Tokelau | Li/ligi/ | To pour (pl.) |
| Tokelau | Ligo/ligo | Still and quiet |
| Tokelau | Lia | Nit |
| Tokelau | Liki | Small sized |
| Tokelau | Li/liki/ | Be small |
| Tokelau | Liko/fia | Mixed with blood (of liquids discharged from the human body, such as urine, spit |
| Tokelau | Limu | Mosses, lichens, algae, seaweed |
| Tokelau | Lipi | Axe |
| Tokelau | Lito/lito | Leaf about to open |
| Tokelau | Loi | Ant Phonologically Irregular |
| Tokelau | Logo | Hear; be felt; tell |
| Tokelau | Logo | News |
| Tokelau | Logo/logoaa | Widely known, publicly talked about |
| Tokelau | Looloo | Stem on which coconuts hang |
| Tokelau | Lou | Fruit-picking pole; to pick fruit with such |
| Tokelau | Loi | Fish sp.: Blue-spotted Grouper (Cephalopholis argus) |
| Tokelau | Loki | Be sheltered (from winds) Problematic |
| Tokelau | Lolo | Coconut cream |
| Tokelau | Lolo | Flood |
| Tokelau | Loloi | Cook food in Coconut cream |
