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 | Kata | Laugh, laughter |
| Tokelau | Katafa | Frigate bird (Fregata spp.) |
| Tokelau | Katea | Side of canoe opposite to outrigger |
| Tokelau | Kati | Bite, to bite |
| Tokelau | Ato | Suitcase Problematic |
| Tokelau | Kaatoa | Be complete, whole; fully; be full (of the moon) |
| Tokelau | Kau- | Prefix denoting group of people |
| Tokelau | Kau | Stalk, handle |
| Tokelau | Koo | First person singular preposed pronoun |
| Tokelau | Kau | (Ki) take sides with; (i) join in |
| Tokelau | Kauvae | Jaw, chin |
| Tokelau | Kaugutu | (Of cup, bowl, well, etc.) Brim, top edge, rim |
| Tokelau | Kaukau | Swim about |
| Tokelau | Kaumatua | Mother animal or bird |
| Tokelau | Kaunatu | The rubbing stick of which the point is rubbed...against another piece of wood to start fire |
| Tokelau | Kaupapa | Area of rock on reef or along the shore |
| Tokelau | Kauvaka | Crew of a canoe |
| Tokelau | Ka/kava | Acrid, pungent |
| Tokelau | Kava/hia | Be stung, affected by pungency (of mouth) |
| Tokelau | Makuku | Sprain (of the upper joints, from waist upwards) |
| Tokelau | Kave | Beam, ray (of light) |
| Tokelau | Kave | Take, carry, give |
| Tokelau | Kawea | Be mentally affected by something; be "carried away" |
| Tokelau | Kavega | Load, burden |
| Tokelau | Kaavei | Strap, handle |
| Tokelau | Kavei | Tentacle of octopus, squid |
| Tokelau | Ke | Introduces subordinate clauses, frequently indicating a wish, purpose or command |
| Tokelau | Kee | 2nd person singular pronoun (agent immediately preceding the verb)... |
| Tokelau | Kee | Quarrel |
| Tokelau | Kea | Young turtle |
| Tokelau | Kefukefu | Be grey |
| Tokelau | Kele/kele | Blood (of human); dirt |
| Tokelau | Kele/kele | Soil, earth, dirt; land |
| Tokelau | Kelemutu | Earthworm |
| 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 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 |
