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 | Galue | Work, be industrious |
| Tokelau | Galulu | Tremble, vibrate, quake; swash, splash about (as the sound of milk in a ripe coconut) |
| Tokelau | Vahe/vahe | Draw a line to divide or separate |
| Tokelau | Gao | Molar |
| Tokelau | Gaoaa | Rough terrain, rocky road |
| Tokelau | Gaaohaa | Untidy (of house), overgrown (of road) Problematic |
| Tokelau | Gaoi | Thief |
| Tokelau | Gaoi | Make haste (in doing s.th.); move |
| Tokelau | Gaaoi/oi | Move; (of a variety of jobs, such as household work) work, perform, do; be active, be industrious |
| Tokelau | Gaaoi | Ache, throb with pain |
| Tokelau | Gaohi | Make, produce, manufacture |
| Tokelau | Gaholo | Be on the point, tend to, gradually becoming |
| Tokelau | Gaaholo | (Crowd, fleet, etc.) move forward in a body |
| Tokelau | Gaatu | Travel or move in order to congregate at one place (e.g. people congregating for a village meeting) Phonologically Irregular |
| Tokelau | Gatu | Be old (of clothes, mats, &c.) |
| Tokelau | Gatolo | Make a rustling sound (e.g. a rat running over dry leaves) |
| Tokelau | Gatete | Tremble with fear |
| Tokelau | Gatolo | Cause a sensation of something crawling on one's skin |
| Tokelau | Gatahi | (of actions performed by groups of people, e.g. dancing, marching, etc.) Be uniform, the same, correctly timed; of the same height, level; in line (to form a straight row) |
| Tokelau | -gataa | Verbal suffix meaning "difficult" |
| Tokelau | Gaatai | Seawards |
| Tokelau | Gatata | Be torn; a tearing noise |
| Tokelau | Gehe | Be slow |
| Tokelau | Go/gii/ | Squeak |
| Tokelau | Gogo | Common Noddy (Anous stolidus) |
| 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 | Ii | (of the breath) Be knocked out, be winded (e.g. when one is hit in the stomach by someone); feel empty (in the stomach) |
| 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 | Uu | To put in proper place, relationship |
| Tokelau | Ua/agalu | Set of eight big waves |
| Tokelau | Huhu | Breast, milk |
