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 | 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 |
| Tokelau | Tatau | Tattoo (n) |
| Tokelau | Tatau | Be fitting, proper, necessary; must, etc. |
| Tokelau | Tau/tau | Hang up, be hanging |
| Tokelau | Tau | Count |
| Tokelau | Tau | Land, arrive; hit (a target); anchor, moor; (of a school of fish) become stationary or settle down in one place |
| Tokelau | Taua | War, battle, fighting |
| Tokelau | Taula | Anchor (n,v); anchor line; traditional line fishing while the canoe is anchored |
| Tokelau | Taulaga | Anchorage, harbour, port |
| Tokelau | Taumua | Bow, forepart (of canoe or boat) |
| Tokelau | Taumuli | Stern (of canoe or boat) |
| Tokelau | Tautai | Master fisherman, skipper, or captain of a boat; to steer, direct |
| Tokelau | Tee | Be bulging, stick out |
| Tokelau | Teke | Prop up; lean (v); a piece of wood bound to coconut trunk for climber to stand on while cutting bunches |
| Tokelau | Te/teke | Refuse, decline; oppose, object to; resist, stand against |
| Tokelau | Teetahi | Singular article: the other, a certain one |
| Tokelau | Tiaki | Throw away, discard, get rid of; leave, abandon |
| Tokelau | Tiale/tiale | The shrub, Gardenia, which has fragrant flowers |
| Tokelau | Tifa | Pearl Oyster (Meleagrina sp.), which produces mother of pearl; mother of pearl shell, highly valued for making skipjack lures |
| Tokelau | Ti/tiko | Defecate, move the bowels (not polite) |
| Tokelau | Tila | Mast |
| Tokelau | Tinae | Fat (n) (of fish); be rich, fat (of fish-food) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tokelau | Tino | Body; corpse; person |
| Tokelau | Tino- | Classifying prefix used in counting people, skipjack, octopus and birds, and referring to a unit of ten |
| Tokelau | Tio | Mollusc (Vermetus sp.); hard coral-like material or shell of the mollusc, found in brain coral.... |
| Tokelau | Tipa | Glide sideways in the air or water; (met.) go away, walk away |
| Tokelau | Tipi | Cut, slice; be operated on, amputated, cut off, circumcised; slash, lower, reduce (wages etc.) |
| Tokelau | Titi | Traditional leaf-skirt... |
| Tokelau | Too | Pregnant |
| Tokelau | Too | Fall; (sun etc.) set, go down below the horizon |
| Tokelau | Too | Make something come loose from its place (pull out nail, cut out back portion of skipjack) |
| Tokelau | Toega | Remainder, things left over, bits and pieces |
| Tokelau | Tofi | Cut with a chisel; split, rend |
| Tokelau | To/tofi | Separate, split (v) |
| Tokelau | Tofi/tofi | Split something into pieces for sharing, divide |
| Tokelau | Toho | Pull, tow, heave; troll |
| Tokelau | Toho, toho teine, toho fafine | Rape |
| Tokelau | Toka | (of ocean, wind, etc.) Be calm, peaceful, settle down |
| Tokelau | Tokotoko | (Walk with) walking stick, crutch |
| Tokelau | Toko/toko | Punting pole; to pole along, punt along |
| Tokelau | Toko | The pole of which the top end is tied to the tilatuu (main sprit) to support the sail when sailing; to support something with something |
| Tokelau | Toli | Pick (coconuts or breadfruit) |
| Tokelau | Toloa | Grey Duck (Anas superciliosa) |
| Tokelau | Tologa | Durable, hard wearing |
| Tokelau | Tolu | Three |
| Tokelau | Tomua | Be too early, too hasty; (of talk, speech, etc.) begin, commence, introduce |
| Tokelau | Tomuli | Be too late, arrive late |
| Tokelau | Tohi | Slit (pandanus leaves) into even strips, for mat weaving |
