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 Guufeke Cuttlefish
Tokelau Gugu Name given to a number of complaints including gout, rheumatism, arthritis
Tokelau Aa What?
Tokelau -angafulu Ten of a kind
Tokelau Aagai Go towards, head for
Tokelau Ai Who?
Tokelau Ake Post-verbal directional particle; upwards, inland, away (in same direction as speaker)
Tokelau Aku Fish sp.similar to Giant Needlefish (Strongylura sp.)
Tokelau Ala Road, path, way
Tokelau Ama Outrigger of a canoe
Tokelau Au Needle for sewing thatch; tattooing comb
Tokelau Paki/au/ Tattooing pen
Tokelau Ifo Downwards, towards the sea
Tokelau Ila Feel the effect of something; be hurt Problematic
Tokelau Ili Be caught on top of something, be stuck fast
Tokelau Igoa Name
Tokelau Iva Nine
Tokelau Ogo/hia Be hurt, feel pain
Tokelau Oge Famine
Tokelau Oko Arrive, reach; be on, happen, eventuate, take place
Tokelau Olo Grate, grind, file, rub, smooth out (as Pandanus leaves for thatch)
Tokelau Ua/agalu Set of eight big waves
Tokelau Huhu Breast, milk
Tokelau Ui Lift off (something hanging), take off clothes, cut down bunch of Pandanus fruit
Tokelau Uku Dive under the water
Tokelau Uli Fish sp., Mackerel scad (Decapterus pinnulatus)
Tokelau Ulu Enter, go through
Tokelau Ulu/fia Be possessed by a spirit
Tokelau Ka Future, esp. immediate future
Tokelau Ka But (short form used before ko and kua)
Tokelau Kae But, and (then), when
Tokelau Lau/kafa/ Coconut husk fibre
Tokelau Kafu Cover oneself with sheet
Tokelau Kai Eat
Tokelau Kakaha Sharpness, keenness Phonologically Irregular
Tokelau Kaaiga Family household (e.g. father, mother, children); extended family, including uncles, aunts, cousins etc.; relative; marriage relationship; spouse; cognatic descent group
Tokelau Kaka Coarse, fibrous material at base of coconut fronds
Tokelau Kakai Village, city, town
Tokelau Kakai Legend, folktale
Tokelau Kakau Swim, swimming
Tokelau Kakava Sultry (of weather)
Tokelau Kake Climb (of tree, mountain)
Tokelau Ka/kala Sting, cause an acute pain (on wound or cut); be sore (of throat)
Tokelau Kalaa Hard, heavy stone found on ocean side of outlying islets on an atoll
Tokelau Kalaga Shout, call
Tokelau Kalamihi Land Crab (Geograpsus sp.)
Tokelau Kalea A small Cone-shell about 3 centimetres long
Tokelau Kaaleva Long-tailed cuckoo (Eudynamis sp.)
Tokelau Kaleve Sap extracted from bud of coconut tree
Tokelau Ali Wooden pillow Problematic