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 | Moti | Drop n. |
| Tokelau | Motimoti | Drip, drizzle (of rain, leaks in roof, etc.) |
| Tokelau | Mua | Front, in front, forward |
| Tokelau | Muaki | To bear fruit Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tokelau | Hua muka/muka | Drinking coconut with soft meat inside |
| Tokelau | Muli | Youthful, young |
| Tokelau | Fafine /muli/ | Young married woman |
| Tokelau | Mulivae | Heel |
| Tokelau | Mulivai | Mouth of river |
| Tokelau | Mulu | Singe pig or chicken |
| Tokelau | Mumu | Said of flies covering the body |
| Tokelau | Muna | Criticise, scold |
| Tokelau | Mutia | Grass |
| Tokelau | Mutu | Cut off, lopped (of parts of living things) |
| Tokelau | Mutu | Tropical ragfish (Abudefduf sp.) |
| Tokelau | Na | Verbal particle, past tense, indicating an action completed in past time |
| Tokelau | A a/na, o o/na | His, of his |
| Tokelau | Namo | Lagoon |
| Tokelau | Nana | Eyes only for the best |
| Tokelau | Naapaa | Regret, feel sorry or guilty for not doing what one thinks one should have done |
| Tokelau | Nape | Sit cross-legged with feet on thighs; pluck out (eye from eye socket) |
| Tokelau | Na(na)ti | Hurry, hasten; urge Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tokelau | Nei | Interrogative particle used to emphasize a question |
| Tokelau | Ni | Plural indefinite article |
| Tokelau | Ninimo | Move round in a circle; be confused in mind; be giddy, dizzy |
| Tokelau | Nini | Apply on skin, smear, rub into the skin |
| Tokelau | Ni/niva | Feel giddy, dizzy |
| Tokelau | Faka/noanoa/ | Be sad, disappointed; sadness, bereavement, mourning Problematic |
| Tokelau | Nuafine | An old term for an old woman |
| Tokelau | Tamataane | Boy, son; division of a kaainga made up of sons of the founding couple and all their descendants... |
| Tokelau | Nofo | Sit, reside, stay |
| Tokelau | Nofoa | Chair, seat, stool, etc |
| Tokelau | Nuanua | Rainbow |
| Tokelau | Oo | Lepidozygus sp |
| Tokelau | L/oo/tala | Siganus sp. (juvenile) |
| Tokelau | Oo | Go (more than one) Borrowed |
| Tokelau | Oo | Loose-fitting |
| Tokelau | Oa | Gunwale |
| Tokelau | Ofi | To fit in; go through a passage or channel |
| Tokelau | Ofi | To fit in; go through a passage or channel |
| Tokelau | Ola | Life, recover, be refreshed |
| Tokelau | Ola | The canoe on which the net is carried when fishing for oo fish |
| Tokelau | Oma | Sponge (from sea); to sponge up, swab |
| Tokelau | One | Sand |
| Tokelau | Ono | Six |
| Tokelau | Ono/ono | Observe, watch attentively, care for; (of the sun and moon) peep through; come through, sprout through |
| Tokelau | Oope/a | Float, drift |
| Tokelau | Opo | Place or put together in one lot |
| Tokelau | Opo/opo | Clasp, hold (in both arms) |
| Tokelau | Ota | Raw fish |
