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 | 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 | -taga | Suffix added to some verbs to form nouns with specialized meanings |
| Tokelau | Tafea | Be washed away or carried away in a current; (of a deal in a card game) be lost |
| 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 |
| Tokelau | Teine | Girl, lass |
| Tokelau | Taaeao | Morning; tomorrow |
| Tokelau | Taiki/a | To be caught, be found at a particular place at a particular time |
| Tokelau | Taina | Same-sex sibling |
| Tokelau | Taitea | The soft white wood of (Cordia subcordata) |
| Tokelau | Taaiva | Black Spot Snapper (Lutjanus monostignus [monostigma]) |
| Tokelau | Taka | Roam, wander, stray |
| Tokelau | Taka | Sandal |
| Tokelau | Takalo | Playing (of a game) |
| Tokelau | Take | Break, broken, cracked; hairline crack |
| Tokelau | Takele | Bottom, keel |
| Tokelau | Taku | Tell; say, pronounce; report; confess; announce |
| Tokelau | Taku | My (A category of possession) |
| Tokelau | Takua | Be mentioned, be known as, be remembered, be known (favourably or otherwise) |
| Tokelau | Takuali | Small but dangerous sea-eel which attacks |
| Tokelau | Tala | Thorn, spine, barb |
| Tokelau | Tala | Story, news, report |
| Tokelau | Tala | Untie, release, open |
| Tokelau | Tala(gogo) | Sooty Tern (Sterna fuscata) |
| Tokelau | Tala | Gable ends of a traditional house |
| Tokelau | Feketalivai | A thin black sea creature which has short thick black hairs on its five long arms Problematic |
| Tokelau | Talava | Upper purlin (Macgregor 1937:126) |
| Tokelau | Tale | Cough, coughing |
| Tokelau | Tali | Answer, reply; respond, react |
| Tokelau | Tali | Go out and meet someone; receive guests, be a host |
| Tokelau | Tari | Fetch, collect (of water) |
| Tokelau | Taliga | Ear |
