Tokelau entries in Pollex-Online

Protoform Item Description Source
PN.MANAKO Manako Want; need; wish, desire (n) (Sma)
PN.MANA-QIA Maanaia Beautiful, pretty, handsome (Sma)
PN.MANATU Manatu Think; be homesick, feel lonely (Sma)
PN.MANATU Manatu/a Remember (Sma)
MP.MANAWA.1 Manava Belly, abdomen (Sma)
PN.MA-NEKE Maneke Be lifted off the ground, rise up (Sma)
AN.MA-NIFI Maanifi/nifi Thin [eg. cloud, cloth] (Sma)
RO.MANINI.1 Manini Convict Tang (Acanthurus triostegus) (Sma)
NP.MANINO.* Manino Clear, transparent [e.g. sea]; clear (in one's mind), plain; clearness; quietness, stillness (Sma)
PN.MANO Mano, mano/maanoo Uncountable, countless, hundreds (Sma)
OC.MANOGI Manogi Have a pleasant smell; (of food) have a good flavour, be tasty; have a bad odour, stink; scent, odour; flowers, roots etc. used to scent oil... (Sma)
FJ.MANOKO Manoko Small fish spp....including mud-skippers and gobies (Sma)
AN.MANU.1A Manu Animal, beast (Sma)
NP.MANU.1B Manu A constellation which appears during Kaununu (early October or late November) (Sma)
OC.MANUKA.1 Manuka Wound, be wounded (Sma)
PN.MANU-LELE Manu(lele) Bird (Sma)
SO.MANU-TAGI-LUA Manutagilua Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus pacificus). "if one hears the cry of the manutagilua during a storm, it indicates that the storm is almost over." (Wdz)
MP.MANUU Manuu While (used only to refer to favourable circumstances) (Sma)
PN.MANUU-QIA Manuia Lucky, successful (Sma)
PN.MAO.1 Mao Cease, stop (of rain) (Sma)
PN.MAO.2 Mao Do something wrong by accident or chance (Sma)
FJ.MAPO Mapo Be firm, hard (of soil, %pulaka|) (Sma)
PN.MAPU Mapu Whistle; rest, relief (Sma)
PN.MAQA.2 Maa For (Sma)
SO.MAQAA Maa Husband of a man's sister or cousin (Sma)
PN.MAQAHI Maai Salty (water) (Sma)
MP.MAQA-MAQA.A Maamaa Light (i.e. not heavy) (Sma)
PN.MAQAMAQA.B Maamaa Lungs (Sma)
AN.MA-QANU Maanu To surface (from water); to surface, appear (metaphorical) (Sma)
SO.MA-QOFA Maaofa/ofa (of a bunch of pandanus fruit) Be ripe and ready to break up (Sma)
PN.MAQONI.* Moni True, sincere, honest (Sma)
PN.MAQONI.* Faka/maa/oni Be honest, be faithful; honesty, faithfulness, integrity (Sma)
PN.MA-QOPO Maopo Be or come together in one lot (not usually of people) (Sma)
PN.MA-QOPO Maaopo/opo Be gathered together (of people), well organized (Sma)
PN.MAQU.1 Mau Be fixed, fast, firm; firmly, persistently, permanently (Sma)
PN.MAQU-.2 Mao- Prefix used with locational nouns (loto, mua, muli and tua) to indicate "too far" in a specific direction (Sma)
PN.MAQU-A Maua Get, obtain, find, catch; receive, win (Sma)
PN.MAQUGA Mauga Mountain (Sma)
PN.MAQU-KOLOA Maukoloa Be wealthy, be rich (Sma)
PN.MAQU-LALO Maau(a)lalo Be low, deep; modest, humble (Sma)
MP.MAQULI Mauli Seat of the emotions or feelings thought to be in the region of the solar plexus (Sma)
OC.MA-RAMA.A Malama (Of a day) break, dawn (Sma)
OC.MA-RAMA.A Maalama Brightness, clearness (of a day); illuminated (Sma)
PN.MARAWA Malava (Teuthis rostratus) (Sma)
PN.MAROO Maloo Stiff (of neck, muscle, etc.) (Sma)
MP.MASA.1 Maha (Of liquids) empty; (of tide) neap, low (Sma)
MP.MASA.1 Tai/maha Calm (of sea); calm sea (Sma)
NP.MASAGA.2 Mahaga Noose for catching sharks (Sma)
SO.MASAGI Mahagi Be off the ground, not touching the ground (Sma)
CP.MASALO.A Mahalo Be suspicious, suspect, think; suspicion; view, opinion, thought (Sma)

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