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 | Fakatuatua | Have faith; faith, belief |
| Tokelau | Faga/faga | Sideboards, side-whiskers |
| 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 | 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 | 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. |
| Tokelau | Maalie | Interjection in approval of performer or speaker |
| Tokelau | Manu kai vao | Wild animal |
| Tokelau | Mata/tupa, mata/tuka | Blunt, dull-edged |
| Tokelau | Foemuli | Captain (or stern paddler) of canoe; the paddle used by the canoe captain (at the stern) |
| Tokelau | Leva | (of events) Be a long time (since); (of things) be old, ancient |
| Tokelau | Vili | Lot (for deciding something by chance); lottery |
| Tokelau | Ivi tua | Backbone [in Eng-Tok] |
| Tokelau | Hika/aga | Dry wood which is held onto the ground firmly while being rubbed to and fro with the kaunatu until a fire is produced; the place on the wood where the kaunatu is rubbed to start a fire |
| Tokelau | Vavaa | Holes in the reef which open out to the ocean, and which, at certain stages of the tide, contain particularly turbulent water |
| Tokelau | Lauakau | Reef surrounding an island |
| Tokelau | I | Preposition which usually indicates position in space or time: in, on, at, with, from, by means of, by |
| Tokelau | Maua | Get, obtain, find, catch; receive, win |
| Tokelau | Totolo | Crawl, move along on hands and knees; (of plants) climb, creep |
| Tokelau | Vaia | Have excess of water, be watery [ex. 'water-logged'] |
| Tokelau | Fiamoe | Be sleepy; sleepiness |
| Tokelau | Ea | Be elevated, raised; released (from bondage) |
| Tokelau | Kaiga | Meal; party, feast; act of eating |
| Tokelau | (Ke)kelo, faka/kelo | A quick stealing look, glance (e.g. out of corner of eyes); to glance |
| Tokelau | Matamuli | Be shy, reserved Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tokelau | Oe | Acknowledge or answer a call by name, i.e. say yes Problematic |
| Tokelau | Ofo | Be astonished, amazed; lead off, start (a song) |
| Tokelau | Puuhia | Be blown away (e.g. by the wind) |
| Tokelau | Puuoho | The bow or stern cavity, or hold, of a seacraft; that part which is covered over at the bow and the stern by a forepeak on a traditional canoe |
| Tokelau | Lima/tuhi | Index finger |
| Tokelau | Lo/lolo | Be fatty, oily; rich (food) |
| Tokelau | Laakau | Timber, log, stick, wood; set, apparatus; musical instrument; skipjack fishing rod |
| Tokelau | Kalapa | Lizardfish (Saurida gracilis) |
