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 | Poopoo | Pat (as in soothing a baby) |
| Tokelau | Poto/poto | Assemble (of people) |
| Tokelau | Potu | Section, part, piece; end, end part; room, apartment |
| Tokelau | Pou | Post |
| Tokelau | Poouli/uli | Dark; in the dark, unaware; primitive, uncivilized |
| Tokelau | Puu | Trumpet |
| Tokelau | Puu | Hole, cavity, pit |
| Tokelau | Pua | (Calophyllum inophyllum) |
| Tokelau | Puaka | Pig |
| Tokelau | Puaki | Spit out |
| Tokelau | Puapua | A tree (Guettarda speciosa) |
| Tokelau | Pefu | Dust |
| Tokelau | Puga | Coral, lime |
| Tokelau | A/pogaaleveleve | Spider; web (of spider) |
| Tokelau | Puka-kakai | (Pisonia grandis) |
| Tokelau | Puke | Grab, take hold of |
| Tokelau | Puke | Bow and stern decking of canoe |
| Tokelau | Puku | To swallow something that is too large |
| Tokelau | Puku/puku | Short |
| Tokelau | Puku | Swallow |
| Tokelau | Pula | Phosphorescence in the sea |
| Tokelau | Pu/pula | Shine (sunshine, torch, reflected light) |
| Tokelau | Pu/pula | Open the eyes |
| Tokelau | Pulaka | Elephant-ear taro (Cyrtosperma chamissonis) |
| Tokelau | Pulapula | Coconut seedling; human foetus |
| Tokelau | Pule | Cowrie |
| Tokelau | Pulepule | Spotted, mottled |
| Tokelau | Pulotu | Song composer |
| Tokelau | Puulou | Hat, headgear in general |
| Tokelau | Puulou | Bird-scooping, scoop net for birds |
| Tokelau | Pulu | Coconut husk |
| Tokelau | Pulu | Water-tight |
| Tokelau | Pulu | Sap |
| Tokelau | Pulupulu | Loose shoulder covering, shawl; wear |
| Tokelau | -pulupulu | Suffix used in counting coconuts, indicating a unit of ten coconuts. It is suffixed to the numerals two to nine |
| Tokelau | Pulu | Lead |
| Tokelau | Puna | Spring |
| Tokelau | Puni | Surround, encircle (fish); block off |
| Tokelau | Puha | Any box-shaped container |
| Tokelau | Puha | Rise (of vapour, smoke) |
| Tokelau | Puhi | Blow out (a light), puff, smoke (cigarette) |
| Tokelau | Puhi | Sea-eel, moray eel (Gymnothorax and Echidna spp.) |
| Tokelau | Puta | Stomach; fatness, corpulence; doughnut; lump, swelling |
| Tokelau | Pute | Navel, umbilical cord |
| Tokelau | Pu/putu, putu(putu) | Be close together, serried, tightly crowded (of distance from one thing to another); be close, be tight (of weaving, plaiting etc.) |
| Tokelau | Haa/haa/ | To stick out |
| Tokelau | Haa | Restriction, prohibition, ban |
| Tokelau | Hae | Tear, rip |
| Tokelau | Haele | Walk |
| Tokelau | Hafe | Drape or put s.th. over s.th. (i.e. throw one end of a sheet over a line or over one's shoulder) |
