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 | Holo | Procession, parade; move in procession. All about, everywhere, up and down |
| Tokelau | Holo | A parcel of cooked, mashed pulaka [Cyrtosperma] |
| Tokelau | Hooloi | Wipe away, cancel |
| Tokelau | Homo | Sprout of a germinating coconut |
| Tokelau | Homo | Matter that collects in corner of eye |
| Tokelau | Homo/a | Discharging, covered with gum (of eye) |
| Tokelau | Honi | Chop with a knife or a spade |
| Tokelau | Hope | Tuft of hair left to grow on a child's forehead |
| Tokelau | Hopo | Overstep, go over the boundary |
| Tokelau | Hopo | Board, go on board (a canoe or ship) |
| Tokelau | Hoehaa | Annoyance, nuisance, annoying noise, pest |
| Tokelau | Hoho | Insane, demented, crazy |
| Tokelau | Hu/huu | Wet; water, wetness, dampness, moisture |
| Tokelau | Hua | Lever up, dig up, eradicate; charge (someone) with head and shoulders |
| Tokelau | Hua | Juice; young drinking coconut; to contain (e.g. liquid) |
| Tokelau | Hua | To come in (of the tide) |
| Tokelau | Huamalie | Sweetness |
| Tokelau | Hue | Stars and Stripes Pufferfish (Arothron hispidus) |
| Tokelau | Hui | Represent; succeed, change, replace; representative, successor; change (money) |
| Tokelau | Hui | To water down, thin down, e.g. soup |
| Tokelau | Huki | Pierce, inject, probe; stick used for piercing or probing (e.g. for turtle eggs); sticks which pierce through the ridge thatching to hold roof thatching in place; syringe |
| Tokelau | Hula | Appear, be visible, show up |
| Tokelau | Huli | Sucker of plants, e.g. elephant ear taro |
| Tokelau | Hulu | Torch, flashlight |
| Tokelau | Hu/hulu | (of a light, the sun, etc.) Shine, be bright; light (n), glare |
| Tokelau | Hunu/hunu | Cook by roasting over hot coals and turning over now and again |
| Tokelau | Taa | Hit, strike; blow |
| Tokelau | Taa | 1st person dual inclusive pronoun (short form, preposed to verb) |
| Tokelau | -taa(ua) | First person inclusive dual possessive suffix |
| Tokelau | Tae | Faeces, stool droppings |
| Tokelau | Taaea | Paddle-tailed snapper (Lutjanus gibbus) |
| Tokelau | Heeki | Pre-verbal negative particle, not (referring to past time), not yet |
| Tokelau | Tafa | Side |
| Tokelau | Tafatafaalagi | Horizon |
| Tokelau | Taafao | Go for a walk, stroll |
| Tokelau | Taafao | Play |
| Tokelau | Tafa te ata | The day breaks |
| Tokelau | Tafi | Brush off, wipe out |
| Tokelau | Tafito | Stump, trunk |
| Tokelau | Tafolaa | Whale |
| Tokelau | Tafu | Make, build or feed a fire |
| Tokelau | Taga | Sack, bag, pocket |
| Tokelau | Taga | Allowed; free to do something |
| Tokelau | Tagaki | Turn the face to see something |
| Tokelau | Tagata | Man, person |
| Tokelau | Tagau | Yellow-margined Sea Perch (Lutjanus vaigensis) |
| Tokelau | Tagi | Cry |
| Tokelau | Tago | Take, grab, pick up |
| Tokelau | Tagulu | Make a low thudding sound |
| Tokelau | Tai | Sea, tide |
