Entries from Simona 1986 in Pollex-Online
Simona, R. e. a. (1986). Tokelau Dictionary. Apia, Western Samoa, Office of Tokelau Affairs.
Language | Item | Description |
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Tokelau | Hafe | Menstrual pad |
Tokelau | Hafu | An arrangement by whereby rain-water is channelled off a coconut tree or a breadfruit tree trunk so that it can be collected in a bucket or other receptacle...; the flow of rain-water off an iron roof |
Tokelau | Aafu | Waterfall, cascade, cataract b Problematic |
Tokelau | Faka/feangai | Be opposite to, face directly, confront |
Tokelau | (Haai)hai | Bind, tie |
Tokelau | Haka | Dance |
Tokelau | Hakalo | Remove clam meat from shell |
Tokelau | Haaki/na | Be dragged into or towards something |
Tokelau | Hakili | Search for, seek |
Tokelau | Hako | Be straight, not crooked |
Tokelau | Hala | Be guilty, be at fault; do something wrong unintentionally, make a mistake |
Tokelau | Hala | Cut, trim, prune (parts of a plant) |
Tokelau | Hali | Scoop out, scoop up, scrape |
Tokelau | Haalo | Wipe in a sweeping movement (e.g. clean one's lips with one's own tongue) |
Tokelau | Halu | Shave, plane (with spokeshave); sweep, rake |
Tokelau | Hama | Shine one's body by rubbing coconut oil on |
Tokelau | Hami | Sea (as in Tasman Sea etc.) |
Tokelau | Hamu | Snatch, pull, jerk, tug |
Tokelau | Hani/hani | Attract attention by lightly tapping or scratching |
Tokelau | Hao | Surround with a net |
Tokelau | Hapai | Carry in arms (of a baby) |
Tokelau | Hape | Club-footed person |
Tokelau | Hahaga | Large lengthwise timber or stringer-beam which rests on the main posts of the traditional house |
Tokelau | Hau | Dew |
Tokelau | Ha/hau | Swing, hit, lash; fling, cast |
Tokelau | Haauaa | Cruelty, brutality |
Tokelau | Hauga | Bad odour or smell |
Tokelau | Haumi | A section of a canoe hull |
Tokelau | Hava | Filthy |
Tokelau | Havili | Wind, breeze, air; slip-stream; be windy |
Tokelau | Hee | Locust, grasshopper |
Tokelau | Hee | Pre-verbal negative particle, not |
Tokelau | Hei | Ear or hair ornament of flower, leaf |
Tokelau | Heke | Slip, slide, skid, slip by, miss |
Tokelau | Hele | Noose for catching sharks |
Tokelau | Hele | Incision, cut; to cut (pl.) |
Tokelau | He/hele/ | To cut (sg.); incision, cut |
Tokelau | Helu | Comb |
Tokelau | Hega/ia | Dazzled, blinded Problematic |
Tokelau | Segi/segi | Daybreak (I) Problematic |
Tokelau | Heu/heu | Cast and draw with fishing rod |
Tokelau | He/heva/ | Dull, slow, clumsy |
Tokelau | Hii | Fish with a line |
Tokelau | Higa | Fall over, tumble over |
Tokelau | Higano | The male flower of the pandanus; pandanus tree which bears male flowers only |
Tokelau | Hika | Netting needle |
Tokelau | Hiki | To lift, raise (as a canoe, a price) |
Tokelau | Hiko | Wind or pull in, of a line |
Tokelau | Hiku(hiku) | Tail, tip, end, extremity |
Tokelau | Hikulagi | Horizon |