Tokelau entries in Pollex-Online

Protoform Item Description Source
PN.PALE.2 Pale Wreath (generally a long string of artificial flowers) (Sma)
NP.PALE.3B Pale Veer, reverse, turn (Sma)
FJ.PALE.3C Pale Set (of sun) (Sma)
PN.PALE-PALE Palepale The bottom plate or base of a traditional house from which the side-posts rise, which serves also to keep the coral pebble flooring in (Sma)
PN.PALI.2 Pali The genital part of a woman where the pubic hair grows (Sma)
NP.PALOLO-MUQA Palolo/mua The first month of the Tokelau traditional year, corresponding to late December - early January (Sma)
PN.PALU.1 Palu Oilfish (Ruvettus pretiosus Cocco) and other spp. (Sma)
AN.PALU.2 Palu Mix (Sma)
OC.PANI.1 Pani Coral lime (used as paint) (Sma)
PN.PAO.1 Pao Push one cowrie shell ahead with another in game of tiuga (Sma)
PN.PAOPAO Paopao Small canoe (Sma)
PN.PAPA.1B Papa Flat (Sma)
SO.PAPA.2 Papa School of fish of certain species, especially Caranx sp.; a variety of sea-bass or grouper, reddish yellow with white spots (?Variola louti) (Sma)
PN.PAPA-A-TUQA Papaatua Back (of man and animals) (Sma)
SO.PAPO Papo Maori wrasse (Cheilinus fasciatus) (Sma)
PN.PAQA Paa Sterile (of a woman) (Sma)
PN.PAQALA Paala Fish sp., Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri) (Sma)
PN.PAQIKEA Paikea Landcrab (Cardisoma) (Sma)
PN.PA-SEKE Paheke Slip (v) (Sma)
PN.PA-SEKE Paaheke/heke Slippery, slimy, greasy (Sma)
CE.PASU.1B Pahu Sharkskin drum (???)
PN.PATA.1B Pata Be marked (of skin) by a blow, insect bite (Sma)
PN.PATA.3 Pa/pata Coarse, big, wide (of gravel, fish, wefts) (Sma)
PN.PATI.1 Pati Clapping, cheer, applause; to clap (Sma)
LO.PATO Pato Domesticated duck (Sma)
??.PATOO.2 Patoo Goitre, swelling (Sma)
PN.PATU.2 Patu Lump, tumour; be swollen (Sma)
NP.PAU.1C Pau End, finish, stop (Sma)
XW.PAUQU Pauu Stern, harsh; frightening, eerie; weird, unearthly (Sma)
PN.PE Pe Or (Sma)
PN.PEA Pea Nevertheless; still, continuously (Sma)
OC.PEAU Peau Billow, roller (Sma)
PN.PEE- Vee Be like, be the same as Problematic (Sma)
PN.PEE-HENA Veenaa (Be) like that Problematic (Sma)
PN.PEE-HENI Veenei Be like this Problematic (Sma)
PN.PEGU Penu (of sharp edges) Be dented, damaged Phonologically Irregular (Sma)
NP.PEI Pei Stunted coconut; stunted pandanus fruit (Sma)
OC.PELA Pela Decayed vegetation; liquid mud; sticky liquid exuded by fish and octopi (Sma)
PN.PELE.1 Pele Beloved, darling (Sma)
OC.PELE.2 Pele Tree Spinach (Hibiscus manihot) introduced from Samoa Problematic (Whr)
OC.PELU.A Pelu Break (of a wave) (Sma)
PN.PELUPELU Pelupelu Minute, newly-hatched fish (Sma)
PN.PENA.1B Pena Scour a pig for eating (Sma)
PN.PENA.1B Pena/pena Dress up for special occasions (Sma)
OC.PENU.A Penu Grated coconut (from which the cream has been extracted); butt remaining of a chewed pandanus fruit; term used of the growing seedlings of pandanus whose leaves are used for mat-weaving (Sma)
OC.PEPE Pepe Butterfly (Sma)
OC.PEQE Pee Rotten, over-ripe breadfruit (Sma)
PN.PEQE-SI.A1 Peehi/a Affected by epidemic, hit by a storm (Sma)
SO.PEQE-SI.A2 Peehi/a Affected by epidemic, hit by storm (Sma)
NP.PESE.1 Pehe Sing; song, hymn (Sma)

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