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 | Taa | Play (musical instrument) |
| Tokelau | Tuki | Pestle, food-pounder |
| Tokelau | Tutue | (of meat or fish) Be tough |
| Tokelau | (Tau)ala | (of canoes or sailboats) Be close to the wind |
| Tokelau | Puaa/koile | An early stage of coconut, after the flower has fallen and before the milk has formed inside it Phonologically Irregular |
| Tokelau | Mokomoko | Drinking coconut (the stage at which the thin soft layer of kernel has just started forming) Phonologically Irregular |
| Tokelau | Pei | Stunted coconut; stunted pandanus fruit |
| Tokelau | Aahiohio | Whirlwind, waterspout |
| Tokelau | Fai | Say, rehearse; perform, act; give (a command) |
| Tokelau | Fai | Be on, be underway, be in progress |
| Tokelau | Fakapoi | Threaten by gesture (to strike or throw something at someone) |
| Tokelau | Lo/loku | Bend (vt) (sg) |
| Tokelau | Valemoe | Drowse, doze |
| Tokelau | Valea | Foolish, stupid, silly, crazy about, mad |
| Tokelau | Hu/hunu | Burn, set alight |
| Tokelau | Maaimoa | Look at, observe |
| Tokelau | Ili | Fan (v); (of conch, horn, etc.) blow, sound |
| Tokelau | Hulumaki | Narrow, covered section of a reef channel through which the fish escape to the open sea |
| Tokelau | Lole | Deal with something unprofessionally or unskillfully |
| Tokelau | Matuku | (of ropes, bindings, etc.) Be slack, become less tight; (of crowd) be dispersed, break up; (of anxiety, pain etc.) be relieved, alleviated; (of people) crowd together, throng together |
| Tokelau | Maukoloa | Be wealthy, be rich |
| Tokelau | Fa(a)gatua | Wrestle |
| Tokelau | Tokia | Be struck by a falling object; have a cramp in the stomach; (of wahoo when one is fishing with a noose) be frightened away.... |
| Tokelau | Tookia | (of certain fish spp.) Be frightened and stop biting because of some failure in fishing technique |
| Tokelau | Fakatuatua | Have faith; faith, belief |
| Tokelau | Faga/faga | Sideboards, side-whiskers |
| Tokelau | Fiitaa | (of food, goods, etc.) Products of one's striving |
| Tokelau | Heki | Pull, draw, extract, snatch |
| Tokelau | Laga | Initiate, start (a fight, etc.) |
| Tokelau | Laauga | Sermon; speech, talk; preach, give a sermon; give a speech, address |
| Tokelau | Lote(lote) | Handle, touch [fiddle with] |
| Tokelau | Maaluu | Calm; sweet |
| Tokelau | Nunu | Work with hands in water, knead (of making edible starch from grated arrowroot) |
| Tokelau | Nuti | Crush, smash, break; (of heart) be broken; hand-wash (clothes) |
| Tokelau | Nu/nuti | Screw up, crumple (paper etc.) |
| Tokelau | Piko/piko | Be full of dishonesty, be deceitful |
| Tokelau | Tau | Pick (flower or fruit, except for coconut and pandanus) |
| Tokelau | Tau | Fresh wide leaves of pupu (Asplenium nidus) used in covering a traditional oven... |
| Tokelau | Taia | Be struck, be hit, be affected |
| Tokelau | Teki | Surprise, shock; be surprised, be dumbfounded, have a shock |
| Tokelau | Teki lava | Sudden, happen without warning |
| Tokelau | Toi/toi | The pith of the gahu or saltbush [Scaevola] Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tokelau | Tulivae | Knee |
| Tokelau | Vanu | Valley, gorge, canyon |
| Tokelau | Veehi/a | Be disturbed, be shaken |
| Tokelau | Feiloaki | Meet, greet (one another) |
| Tokelau | Fakapulupulu | Cover someone's shoulders with a shawl |
| Tokelau | Leeaga | Evil, sinful Borrowed |
| Tokelau | Uga | The scale or deposit on humans' teeth |
| Tokelau | Fakaulu | Hold a feast to mark the arrival of the firstborn child of a married couple; hold a ceremony to formally mark the completion of an enterprise such as the building of a canoe, house, etc. |
