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 | 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 | Puaa/koile | An early stage of coconut, after the flower has fallen and before the milk has formed inside it Phonologically Irregular |
| 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 |
| Tokelau | Kalo | Dodge, sidestep; evasion |
| Tokelau | Ka/kalu | Pass a small amount of watery faeces |
| Tokelau | Kalu(kalu) | Lees, sediment (of a thick slimy liquid) |
| Tokelau | Kamakama | Large rock crab (grapsus sp.) |
| Tokelau | Kaamata | Begin, start, commence |
| Tokelau | Kanapu | Lightning |
| Tokelau | Kaanava | A tree (Cordia subcordata) |
| Tokelau | Kaniva | The Milky Way |
| Tokelau | Kanofi | Lean meat (including fish meat) |
| Tokelau | Kaokao | Armpit |
| Tokelau | Ka/kapa | Reach for |
| Tokelau | Kapakapa | (Of sharks, stingray, turtle etc) lateral fin, flippers |
| Tokelau | Kapahau | Wing Phonologically Irregular |
| Tokelau | Kapi | To patch up, mend by putting on a piece; strengthen by adding a piece |
| Tokelau | Kapoa | Snake mackerel (Promethichthys prometheus) |
| Tokelau | Ka/kapu | Bulge out, fill (of a sail) |
| Tokelau | Kaapui | Wrap in three or four leaves (of fish) |
| Tokelau | Ka/kahi | Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) |
| Tokelau | Kahi/kahi | Yellowfin tuna when under two feet long |
| Tokelau | Kaho | Lightweight rafter or rib of a house |
| Tokelau | Kahoa | Necklace; shank of a pearl shell lure used as a ceremonial presentation |
| Tokelau | Ivi kahokaho | Rib |
