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 | Hapo | Catch (a ball etc.) in the air |
| Tokelau | Hapotu | (of heart) Beat faster than normal, palpitate; be short of breath, gasp for air |
| Tokelau | Haau/a | Feel the wind of something passing swiftly by |
| Tokelau | Hopo | Lick food off something; scrape last morsels of food from a dish with fingers and lick them Phonologically Irregular |
| Tokelau | Tae/hii | Pass oil from the back passage without noticing (caused by eating too much laxative flesh of the palu or oilfish (Ruvettus)) |
| Tokelau | Hika | Make a fire by rubbing the kaunatu or pointed stick to and fro on the hikaaga or piece of dry soft wood |
| Tokelau | Hikuleo | Voice, echo, accent, tone |
| Tokelau | Hikumata | Corner of one's eye |
| Tokelau | Hilo | Spiral valve of the small intestine in sharks and various other fish |
| Tokelau | Hoka | Poke, stab; husk (coconuts) |
| Tokelau | Hoke | Pompano or Swallow Tail (Trachinotus bailloni) |
| Tokelau | Hou | (of sea) Rough |
| Tokelau | Huke | Try, question, inspect, examine |
| Tokelau | Hu/huke | Open, uncover, lift the covering up, reveal |
| Tokelau | Hu/huki | Thrust (something into something) |
| Tokelau | Hu/hulu | Insert, put in |
| Tokelau | Hulu | Wear around the waist, tucking in one of the top corner ends; insert, slide in, tuck in; wrap-around garment, sarong |
| Tokelau | Hulu | Fall headlong, trip over, fall flat on one's face |
| Tokelau | Umu/fatu, umu/tea | Different colour phases of Dark Yellowhead Triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens) Phonologically Irregular |
| Tokelau | Tafatoo | A steep ridge (such as those found just off the reef); to be very steep, sheer |
| Tokelau | Tagaamimi | Bladder |
| Tokelau | Taainamu | Mosquito-net |
| Tokelau | Takaa | Wire trace for fishing; put wire trace on a hook |
| Tokelau | Taakaga | Walk, stroll; group of people who roam together, gang |
| Tokelau | Ta(a)kai | Roll up, wind up, coil (mat, paper, thread, etc.); roll or ball of something |
| Tokelau | Ta(k)amilo | Go round; circle around, go around; (of speech) indirect, slow in coming to the point |
| Tokelau | Takapau | Floor-mat woven from coconut leaves |
| Tokelau | Takavili(vili) | Too loose, not tight fitting (of a hole, or something that fits in a hole) |
| Tokelau | Takele | Bottom (of the sea) |
| Tokelau | Taki | Lead, guide; trail something by following its tracks |
| Tokelau | Taki- | Numeral prefix with distributive meaning: each, so many at one time |
| Tokelau | Takoto | Lie; be operated on |
| Tokelau | Takupu | Mature Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) |
| Tokelau | (Tala)talai | Chip, adze, cut; make something out of wood by hewing and chipping with an adze |
| Tokelau | Taalaki | Tell the people one by one of an authorized instruction or request; preach, teach |
| Tokelau | Tali | Await (in special context of keeping watch for schools of fish...) |
| Tokelau | Tali | Fend, block off (blow, strike etc.); offer resistance (to a statement, by answering back) |
| Tokelau | Tama | Child of both parents (i.e. father and mother who produced him); child of a woman (i.e. son or daughter); boy(s) |
| Tokelau | Taane | Male, man; husband |
| Tokelau | Taanoa | Wooden foood bowl |
| Tokelau | Tanu | Bury; (met.) forgive, forget |
| Tokelau | Tao | Spear (n) |
| Tokelau | Tao | Roast in an oven, bake |
| Tokelau | Tao/mia | Be caught under something |
| Tokelau | Ta/tao | Hold something down with weight, press, push down |
| Tokelau | Tapa | Call to someone, call for something; roll-call, the calling of names to ascertain attendance |
| Tokelau | Taapola | A carrier woven from a coconut frond, used in carrying pandanus leaves |
| Tokelau | Tapui | (of land, fruit, etc.) Be placed under a taboo or a prohibition... |
| Tokelau | Tapuvae | Ankle; trotter(s) of a pig |
| Tokelau | Tatao | Follow, repeat |
