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 | Fakahehee | Lead astray, mislead; distort, twist the meaning of something |
| Tokelau | Fakaheke | Slide something along or across |
| Tokelau | Fakaheke/heke | Slide or glide along smoothly |
| Tokelau | Fakatoka | Get ready, prepare |
| Tokelau | Fakavae | Found, establish; foundation, base |
| Tokelau | Fakavaka | (of picture) (Enclose in) frame; (of book) put cover on, cover; covering, binding |
| Tokelau | Faki | Break off, pluck, snap off; (of tooth) pull out, extract |
| Tokelau | Fanake | Come up; come (in the direction of speaker); increase, grow bigger; come ashore, come towards land; come inland (from the sea) (singular) |
| Tokelau | Fahi/oti | Murder, kill (human being) |
| Tokelau | Fata | Shelf; stretcher; carry someone on stretcher |
| Tokelau | Fatafata | Chest, thorax |
| Tokelau | Fau | String of flowers for wearing (either on head or round the neck); to wear a string of flowers |
| Tokelau | Fe-...-aki | Indicates plural, reciprocal action |
| Tokelau | Fe/fegu | Blow (the nose) |
| Tokelau | Fegu/fegu | Mucus of the nose |
| Tokelau | Fekai | Fierce, savage; very angry, in a rage |
| Tokelau | Fekau | Message; business, concern, affair; errand, mission; send for something or someone |
| Tokelau | Feke | Octopus |
| Tokelau | Fili | Enemy, foe; hate, dislike |
| Tokelau | Fili | Braid, plait (coconut leaves, sennit, hair, etc.) |
| Tokelau | Filo | Roll together the coconut fibre strands (usually between the palm of the hand and the upper thigh) into cord; thread (of cotton, silk etc.) |
| Tokelau | Folafola | Announce (publicly); declare; proclaim; promise |
| Tokelau | Fou | Fresh, new |
| Tokelau | Fua | Weigh; measure; take reading of (body temperature); aim at; scale, measurement |
| Tokelau | Fuaa | Be jealous; jealousy |
| Tokelau | Fua/fua | Plan, arrange; determine, decide; survey |
| Tokelau | Fuafua/aaua | The little silvery mullet which are found in shoals just off the shore |
| Tokelau | Fuata | Crop (of a tree) |
| Tokelau | Fulitua | Turn one's back on |
| Tokelau | Fu/fulu | (of body or objects, excluding clothes) Wash (with water) |
| Tokelau | Fulufulu | Fine short hair, down; boil on back of hands or feet (caused by injury to a hair); wool; fur; feathers |
| Tokelau | Fuhu | Fight with fists; box (in a boxing match) |
| Tokelau | -ga | Suffix added to verbs, to form nouns |
| Tokelau | Ga/paa | Crack, burst, explode |
| Tokelau | Gafigafi | Personal clothing |
| Tokelau | Gaakau | Intestine, gut |
| Tokelau | Gako | Fat, lard, the inner abdominal fat of a beast; wax; grease |
| Tokelau | Galo | Be lost; forgotten; die, be dead; not present, out of sight, away |
| Tokelau | Galo | Brown Parrotfish (Scarus globiceps) |
| Tokelau | Galu | Wave, breaker, billow, surge; (of sea) be rough |
| Tokelau | Gao | A black mark on one's record which can become a sore point Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tokelau | Gaaogao | Empty; (of people) fewer than expected in number |
| Tokelau | Gahae | Torn, ripped |
| Tokelau | Gagahe | (of the body) Ache (e.g. the pain which accompanies a high temperature) |
| Tokelau | Gahee | Make or cause a rustling or crackling sound |
| Tokelau | Gaholo | Travel fast, go fast, be fast |
| Tokelau | Gaaholo | (of crowd, fleet etc.) Move forward in a body |
| Tokelau | Gata | Snake |
| Tokelau | Gata | End, come to an end, stop |
| Tokelau | Gatahi | (of actions performed by groups of people, e.g. dancing, marching, etc.) Be uniform, the same, correctly timed; of the same height, level; in line (to form a straight row) |
