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 Keli Dig, excavate
Tokelau Kemo Flash, blink, twinkle
Tokelau Kehe Be different, changed, unusual, strange, other, foreign
Tokelau Kete Type of basket
Tokelau Ketu Hobble, limp, walk lamely
Tokelau Keu Push, shove, flick away or off
Tokelau Kiato Outrigger-boom
Tokelau Kie Kind of pandanus used for high quality mats
Tokelau Kiekie Special kind of mat woven purely with laukie. The most valued kind of mat
Tokelau Kiki Starchy foods which are eaten to accompany the protein food, or vice versa
Tokelau Kikii Squeal, squeak
Tokelau Io (Of a vegetable grown for its roots) tuber, root etc. Problematic
Tokelau Kili Skin
Tokelau Kili To file, rasp
Tokelau Kilikili Gravel, shingle
Tokelau Kimaa We two (he and I), us
Tokelau Kimoa Rat
Tokelau Kini Thrash, beat
Tokelau Ki/kini/ Lash (as the wind); swing hard (e.g. of a net)
Tokelau Kino Bad, naughty
Tokelau Kiokio Bonefish (Albula vulpes)
Tokelau Kita First person singular pronoun. Special form which conveys an appeal for sympathy or pity . Independent and subject clitic
Tokelau Kita(a)- First person inclusive marker
Tokelau Kite Look at, watch
Tokelau Kivi Blind (in one eye)
Tokelau Ko Specifying particle
Tokelau Koo There (away from both speaker and hearer)
Tokelau Koo Imperative or emphatic particle (postposed)
Tokelau Koe You (sg)
Tokelau Kofe Bamboo fishing rod
Tokelau Kofu Wrapping, parcel of food wrapped for baking; wrap in leaves or foil
Tokelau Kofu Dress, garment; put on (a garment)
Tokelau Koho Coconut-husking stake
Tokelau Koi Present progressive or continuous. Still.
Tokelau Kola Slime
Tokelau Kolili American Wandering Tattler (Heteroscelus incanus)
Tokelau Koloa Goods, wealth, riches
Tokelau Kolomatua An old term for toeaina or old man
Tokelau Koulua Second person dual preposed pronoun Problematic
Tokelau Kokoma Squeeze (in one hand or two)
Tokelau Kona Area of belly below navel
Tokelau Kona/a Drunk
Tokelau Kona Sour, bitter, salty
Tokelau Koni Copulate
Tokelau Kokono Strain, make intense effort (as in lifting a heavy object or as a woman in labour
Tokelau Kopa/kopa Flap wings
Tokelau Kopiti Crevice
Tokelau Koutou Second person plural subject clitic pronoun Problematic
Tokelau Koulua Second person dual pronoun
Tokelau Koutou Second person plural pronoun