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 | Lefu/lefu | Name of a heavenly body associated with the traditional Tokelau month Vainoa (late August-early September) -- possibly the Magellanic clouds Problematic |
| Tokelau | Leka | Joke, jest |
| Tokelau | Lele | Fly (v) |
| Tokelau | Lelea | Be blown off (by the wind); pass off in vapour, evaporate |
| Tokelau | Leelea | Be blown off course (of travelling party); be damaged by wind (of green coconuts) |
| Tokelau | Lelei | Good; healthy, well, all right |
| Tokelau | Leo | Voice; noise, sound; talk |
| Tokelau | Lepa | (of water, blood, etc.) Collect into a small puddle or pool |
| Tokelau | Lepu | Muddy, cloudy (of water) |
| Tokelau | Leu | Ripe (of pandanus fruit) |
| Tokelau | Lii | Bind, lash; sennit cord... |
| Tokelau | Ligoligo | Insect which makes a soft, high pitched sound, especially in the evening (probably cricket) |
| Tokelau | (Li)lika | Have a nervous feeling of foreboding |
| Tokelau | Lili | Be angry, upset |
| Tokelau | Lilo | Be covered; lost (to one's view); unknown; secret |
| Tokelau | Lima | Five |
| Tokelau | Lima | Arm, upper limb; hand; sleeve |
| Tokelau | Liu | The innermost part of the keel (of canoe); bilge-water |
| Tokelau | Liu | Change, alter; melt, dissolve; evaporate |
| Tokelau | Liliu | Turn; turn inside out; turn back, go back; change, alter; change (money) |
| Tokelau | Loa | Long; length, span |
| Tokelau | Loa | Immediately, at once (post-verbal particle) |
| Tokelau | Loofi/a | Flooded, covered with water |
| Tokelau | Loimata | Tear (n) |
| Tokelau | Lo/loka | Flow swiftly (of reef channel or ocean current) |
| Tokelau | Loli | A small species of black sea-cucumber (beche-de-mer, Holothuria sp.) |
| Tokelau | Lologa | A length of fishing net... |
| Tokelau | Loto | Inside, in; among |
| Tokelau | Lotu | Service (of worship); religion, denomination; be religious; attend service of worship |
| Tokelau | Luu | Unopened buds of the pupu fern; dish of these cooked |
| Tokelau | Luu | Shake |
| Tokelau | Luaki/na | (of an illness) Relapse, become worse after a partial recovery Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tokelau | Lue(lue) | Shake; swing, sway; nod (the head) |
| Tokelau | Lulu | Descendants, offspring (singular noun) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tokelau | Luma | Disgrace, shame, humiliation |
| Tokelau | Maa | For |
| Tokelau | Maea | Rope, cord |
| Tokelau | Mamafa | Heavy; serious, weighty; (head) ache; (nose) having a cold |
| Tokelau | Mafai | Be able to, can |
| Tokelau | Mafaki | Be broken off |
| Mangareva | Mafela | (of eyes, anus, &c.) Be open, exposing the red inside surface; (very impolite word for) women's genitals, anus |
| Tokelau | Mafi | (of things one often likes doing) Be excessive, be too much [ex. eating]; (of things done) favourite task, preferred work |
| Tokelau | Mafiti | Jump, bounce, jerk (accidentally or spontaneously); (of foreskin) turned back |
| Tokelau | Mafola | (of area of land, reef, etc.) Level; (of sea) calm; (of hand) open |
| Tokelau | Mafu | Be stale, go bad (of food) |
| Tokelau | Mafuta | (of schools of fish) Be startled and scatter for safety |
| Tokelau | Mafuti | (of hair, weeds, etc.) Be pulled (accidentally; be able to be pulled out |
| Tokelau | Maga | Fork, branch (of a tree, road etc.); skipjack hook made of turtle shell |
| Tokelau | Maagalo | Be pardoned, be forgiven |
| Tokelau | Maagalo | Fresh (water) (i.e. not salty); sweet (tea, fruit, etc.) |
