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 | Maatuu/tuu | Dry (of containers of liquids, of land) |
| Tokelau | Oloaamanu | The lsst month of the Tokelau traditional year...mid-November to mid-December |
| Tokelau | Maatua | Mother; parents (both father and mother together) |
| Tokelau | Maatua | Mother; parents (both father and mother together) |
| Tokelau | Matuku | Reef Heron (Demigretta sacra) |
| Tokelau | Mau | Be fixed, fast, firm; firmly, persistently, permanently |
| Tokelau | Mao- | Prefix used with locational nouns (loto, mua, muli and tua) to indicate "too far" in a specific direction |
| Tokelau | Ki maa(ua) | We two (exc) |
| Tokelau | Faka/maaumau | Be sympathetic |
| Tokelau | Mauli | Seat of the emotions or feelings thought to be in the region of the solar plexus |
| Tokelau | Maaunu | Bait |
| Tokelau | Mauteni | Pumpkin |
| Tokelau | Maavaa | Gap, opening; be partly open, ajar |
| Tokelau | Mavae | Pass, be gone (of time), gone from one's mind, forgotten, pass away, die (of people) |
| Tokelau | Maavae | To part (of people) |
| Tokelau | Maavae/lua | Be split in two |
| Tokelau | Maavava | Yawn |
| Tokelau | Mavete | Be split (of a thing) |
| Tokelau | Maavete | To split apart (of a company, shoal) |
| Tokelau | Mea | Thing, object, matter, reason, property, area, etc |
| Tokelau | Me/menge | Shiver, shrivel |
| Tokelau | Migao | Reverence, respect |
| Tokelau | Migi | Curl arms round something and hold on |
| Tokelau | Tuu/milo/ | A tree |
| Tokelau | Milo/hia | Twisted, sprained |
| Tokelau | Mi/milo | Twist, turn, change direction |
| Tokelau | Milo | Twist, twine, wind something around |
| Tokelau | Mi/miha | Rippling (on the surface of the sea) |
| Tokelau | Mihi | To wish |
| Tokelau | Mihi | Make a tsk with the tongue and teeth to indicate frustration or annoyance |
| Tokelau | Mi/mita/ | Pride |
| Tokelau | Miti | Dream |
| Tokelau | Miti | Coconut cream mixed with water and salt |
| Tokelau | Moa | Chicken, fowl (domestic) |
| Tokelau | Moa | Spinning top |
| Tokelau | Moaga | A fish (Parupeneus sp.) |
| Tokelau | Moana | Deep sea (especially outside the lagoon |
| Tokelau | Moega | Bed, sleeping-place; cot; mat; nest |
| Tokelau | Moemiti | Dream |
| Tokelau | Moe-totolo | Intrude to possess a woman while she is sleeping at night |
| Tokelau | Takale | Terminal bud of a coconut palm |
| Tokelau | Moi | Small Garnet Red Parrotfish, regarded as not big enough to eat |
| Tokelau | Moko | Gecko |
| Tokelau | Mo/moko/ | Wish, hope |
| Tokelau | Moko/moko | Be young (e.g of drinking nut, bunch of nuts) Problematic |
| Tokelau | Molokau | Centipede |
| Tokelau | Momo | Be broken into pieces |
| Tokelau | Moomona | Rich and fleshy (of crabs, crayfish etc.) |
| Tokelau | Mono | To plug, seal |
| Tokelau | Moho | Cooked |
