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 | Nanu | Mispronounce, mumble (e.g. small children); speak English |
| Tokelau | Kupu/gia | Be talked about unfavourably, criticized (as a result of doing something against the general feeling of the community) |
| Tokelau | Tae | Gather up, collect, pick up (of many things) |
| Tokelau | Kinei | Locative noun: here (near speaker) |
| Tokelau | Kinaa | There, at that place (near person spoken to) |
| Tokelau | Ulu | Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) Borrowed |
| Tokelau | Ui/ga | Meaning; be about, regarding, concerning |
| Tokelau | Malepe | Disintegrate, be disintegrated |
| Tokelau | Faitalia | Do as one pleases |
| Tokelau | Āloa | Be treated with attention and respect, be recognized |
| Tokelau | Vefee | How? |
| Tokelau | Haga | Dowry of mats prepared by the family of the bride for the wedding |
| Tokelau | Maafatia | Be deeply upset; be bereaved, deeply sad; suffer, be overcome |
| Tokelau | Maaui | Recede, subside, diminish; (tai maaui) ebbing tide |
| Tokelau | Ifo | Bow down; surrender, give in; humble oneself |
| Tokelau | Toohina | Be attracted, be drawn |
| Tokelau | Va(e)luaapoo | Middle of the night |
| Tokelau | Kale | Chase (of canoe chasing flock of birds); (of more than one person) race, run |
| Tokelau | Maaina | Light, beam (n); be clear, be distinct |
| Tokelau | Ogo/hia | Be hurt, feel pain |
| Tokelau | Palapala | Mud, dirt, blood |
| Tokelau | Palapala/a | Muddy, dirty |
| Tokelau | Hiko | Surround, encircle Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tokelau | Hiko | Wind in, pull in (a line) |
| Tokelau | Kaleu | (of a sailing canoe) Bring or turn up-wind; turn one's face |
| Tokelau | Gole | Escape one's mind (generally with negative) Problematic |
| Tokelau | Taainifo | Gum (of the mouth) |
| Tokelau | Muhu | Refuse (v) |
| Tokelau | Tiigaa | Pain, soreness; sorrow, grief, sadness; anger, grief, rage; painful, sore. |
| Tokelau | Togaa- | First element in compound nouns denoting a grove of a particular kind of tree or bush. |
| Tokelau | Kite | Be visible, be seen |
| Tokelau | Tapena | Tidy up; put away; get ready; clear off |
| Tokelau | Fuakoo | Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) |
| Tokelau | Tumu | Be full of, be fully packed with, be fully occupied or covered with |
| Tokelau | Taku/au | Shoulder Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tokelau | Peehi/a | Affected by epidemic, hit by storm |
| Tokelau | Fela | Colloquial usage for 'eye'; (of eyelids) be turned inside out, exposing the red inner surface |
| Tokelau | Afi | Colloquial for eyes |
| Tokelau | Faatio | Look (at something over the top or side of something), crane the neck Borrowed |
| Tokelau | Kapa | (of flat surfaces, especially of rectangles) Edge. |
