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 | Tuuga/a/fale | Piece of land for a house, section for a home |
| Tokelau | Tuuga/a/koho | Place where the coconut-husking stake is pitched |
| Tokelau | Tuukau | The wooden butt or handle on to which the bamboo rod is fastened by lashing with sennit |
| Tokelau | Tuli | Pursue, chase (in order to catch); expel, dismiss, drive out; send (someone on an errand); take a run (in cricket) |
| Tokelau | Tulou | An archaic expression of great reverence addressed addressed to the traditional stone god; expression to show respect and courtesy before addressing a formal gathering; expression of deference used when one has to do something that is contrary to tradition or good manners, such as walking in front of someone |
| Tokelau | Tupa | The large beach-crab (Cardisoma sp.) |
| Tokelau | Tupuna | Grandparent |
| Tokelau | Tuha | Be the same, equal; be about, roughly about; according to, in accordance with |
| Tokelau | Tuhi | Indicate with one's finger, point |
| Tokelau | Tuhi | Write, scribble; register, enter in a book; draw, paint, sketch |
| Tokelau | Ufa | Buttock(s) (impolite) |
| Tokelau | Ufi/ufi | Put on (lid, cap, etc.), cover; conceal, cover up, defend (of conduct, behaviour) |
| Tokelau | Uga | Hermit-crabs (Coenobita spp.) in general |
| Tokelau | Uga/uga | Coconut crab (Birgus sp.) |
| Tokelau | Ugakoa | Variety of sharp prickly coral found on the upper surface of the reef, pinkish in colour |
| Tokelau | Ukamea | Metal (steel or iron) |
| Tokelau | Uli(uli) | Steer (a canoe or boat) |
| Tokelau | Uluulu | Part of reef just inland of the channels |
| Tokelau | Ulumatua | Eldest child |
| Tokelau | Ulutuki | A giant grouper which can grow up to three metres long |
| Tokelau | Uma | The front part or breast of a bird |
| Tokelau | Umelei | Smooth-headed Unicornfish (Naso lituratus) |
| Tokelau | Umiti | Crave for a particular food, particularly fish |
| Tokelau | Unafi | Scale (n,v) |
| Tokelau | Unoko | Bruise; be bruised |
| Tokelau | Unu | Line or row of dancers |
| Tokelau | Uho | Pith (of trees) |
| Tokelau | Uhu | (of a man) Pay one's court, woo, solicit in love; start (a fight or quarrel) |
| Tokelau | Uto | Floats (of a fish net) |
| Tokelau | Uto | Germinating coconut; young sprout of, or spongy growth inside, germinating coconut |
| Tokelau | Vainoa | The ninth month of the Tokelau traditional year, from mid-August to mid-September... Phonologically Irregular |
| Tokelau | Vaipuna | Spring, water-source |
| Tokelau | Vaitafe | River, stream |
| Tokelau | Vaivai | Soft, tender |
| Tokelau | Vakavaka | Rib-cage, skeleton (of a bird, without wings and legs) |
| Tokelau | Vala | (of a road or path) Branch off; be different, be separate |
| Tokelau | Vao | Weed (including patch of land covered with grass); forest, bush, wilderness |
| Tokelau | Vata/vata | Full of holes, porous, soft and light |
| Tokelau | Vavae | Kapok tree (Ceiba sp.)...; cotton wool; wick, mantle, fuse |
| Tokelau | Vavao | Restrain, stop someone from doing something; curfew, time when people are restricted from walking about the village... |
| Tokelau | Veli | A small greyish species of sea cucumber (Holothuria sp.) |
| Tokelau | Vete | Goatfish (Mulloidichthys samoensis) |
| Tokelau | Auhulu/hulu | Do something diligently, work very hard; flee, run for one's life |
| Tokelau | Tino | Structure; shape, appearance |
| Tokelau | Laku/oofaga | (of birds) Build a nest |
| Tokelau | Foa | Make, carve or shape something out of rock, coral, etc. Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tokelau | Kaafui/fui | Gather around someone or something Problematic |
| Tokelau | Mi/mio | Twist, wring, bend |
| Tokelau | Ma/mio | Warped, bent, askew; sprained, twisted |
| Tokelau | Tama/aki | Very small, tiny, wee; barely (precedes noun or verb) |
