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 | Ufu | (of a spinner, lure etc.) Agitate by giving the fishing line small jerks while trolling |
| Tokelau | Fakatafa | Move to the side, go away from the centre; lie on side |
| Tokelau | Aka/hi | Push one's foot against something; apply pressure with one's heel to the rectum of an injured person to restore lower inner organs to normal position |
| Tokelau | Aka | Kick; back-heel; weave a leaf skirt by holding the weaving string on the foot |
| Tokelau | Gaauta | Shore, land (from the sea); further inland |
| Tokelau | Fakaata | Look at one's image in a mirror; aim, point, sight along a line |
| Tokelau | Fakaata | Mirror |
| Tokelau | Heke | Dislocated |
| Tokelau | Heke/heke | (of a boat etc.) Travel along downhill or downwind |
| Tokelau | (Lau)talotalo | Spider Lily (Crinum asiaticum) |
| Tokelau | Puka-vaka | (Hernandia peltata) |
| Tokelau | Fakamaa | Cause someone to be ashamed or shy; shameful, disgraceful |
| Tokelau | Mafole | Flake or peel (e.g. of skin); be torn, scratched, lacerated |
| Tokelau | Uu | To put in proper place, relationship |
| Tokelau | Takale | Terminal bud of a coconut palm |
| Tokelau | Tofiga | Trade, occupation, profession |
| Tokelau | Tuulei | Push, shove, drive |
| Tokelau | Paa | Explode; puncture (e.g. balloon); (of loud weeping) break out |
| Tokelau | Paa | Arrive, reach; until; touch, come in contact with |
| Tokelau | Gahue | (of people) Be disturbed, physically or mentally (Nahe kee gahue, Don't bestir yourself, don't bother, don't worry) |
| Tokelau | Gahue/hue | (of people) Move continuously (physically or mentally) |
| Tokelau | Koli | Dance (with excitement) |
| Tokelau | Faiga | Method, way, act of making a thing |
| Tokelau | Fakatuu | Make (someone or something) stand up; set up, establish; head for, make for; (of vehicle etc.) stop, discontinue its journey |
| Tokelau | A/api | (of people) Sit, be seated in a group |
| Tokelau | Fakatau | Buy, sell; shopping, trade |
| Tokelau | Lua he/fulu | Twenty |
| Tokelau | Kau/gutu/vai | Riverbank, shoreline of lake Problematic |
| Tokelau | Kautaliga | Ear lobe |
| Tokelau | Kautaa | Drum stick; gong stick; bell clapper |
| Tokelau | Fakavale/a | Be made a fool of, be fooled, be cheated |
| Tokelau | Faka/va/vale | Bother, prevent someone from doing something, pester |
| Tokelau | Fakavale/vale | Do something to distract someone, fool |
| Tokelau | Fakaalofa | A term for expression one's emotions of sadness or sympathy towards someone or something |
| Tokelau | Henga/ia | (Of eyes) be dazzled, be blinded Phonologically Irregular |
| Tokelau | Fehili | Question, inquire |
| Tokelau | Ifo | Bow down |
| Tokelau | Aiheaa | Why? |
| Tokelau | Lefulefu | Bird sp., Sanderling (Calidris alba) |
| Tokelau | Taulealea (pl. taaulelea) | Married man, mature man (NB These men make up the aaumaaga or the group of able-bodied men of the village) Borrowed |
| Tokelau | Maau(a)lalo | Be low, deep; modest, humble |
| Tokelau | Tili/kia | Continue family line |
| Tokelau | Fakatau- | Reciprocal prefix |
| Tokelau | Aa/poo | Tonight |
| Tokelau | Afii | Parcel (of food) |
| Tokelau | Aafu | Perspiration, sweat; (of plants) wither and die |
| Tokelau | Kau/aafua | Sandbank, coral islet |
| Tokelau | Agaaga | Soul, spirit; ghost |
| Tokelau | Ago | Chalk-line: the charcoal-soaked string used for marking logs in canoe-building...; the line marked by the chalk-line; mark a log with the chalk-line; to line something up or judge distance with the eye; observe and study |
| Tokelau | Ao | Daylight; day (time) |
