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 | Faitama | (of a woman) Be pregnant, produce a child |
| Tokelau | Faitamana | Be concerned about one's father, care for one's father; uncle |
| Tokelau | Faiva | Occupation, employment, something that somebody regularly does |
| Tokelau | Fakafiti | Deny; decline, refuse, turn down |
| Tokelau | Fakafua | Lift something up in order to strike with it. [Used of a wave, "rolling up ready to break"] |
| Tokelau | Fakaiku | Bring to an end, conclude, end |
| Tokelau | Fakakau | Allow someone to join and participate in a game |
| Tokelau | Fakakau/kau | Show favour to, be partial |
| Tokelau | Fakalele | Make something fly; (of birds) release, let go |
| Tokelau | Fakaali | Show; make known, reveal; inform; confess, tell frankly; express |
| Tokelau | Fakalotolotolua | Be undecided |
| Tokelau | Fakamatala | Explain, describe; translate, interpret |
| Tokelau | Fakamaatuu/tuu | Dry (vt) |
| Tokelau | Fakaopo/opo | Add, unite, extend |
| Tokelau | Fakapelepele | Be affectionate, show affection; treasure highly, value highly |
| Tokelau | Fakahee | Confuse |
| 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 |
