Tokelau entries in Pollex-Online

Protoform Item Description Source
PN.QINAFO Inafo School of skipjack (Sma)
PN.QINA-TI Inati Group of people who receive a share from a communally-owned asset; the share received (Sma)
MP.QITA Ita Be angry; anger (Sma)
PN.QO O/i Verbal particule. A conjunction (sic) that one action follows another in sequence. And, and then . Introduces independent clauses in narrative where it indicates sequential (ofte consequential) action. When oi introduces subject complements there is frequently an implication of fulfilment of the situation of the clause (Hpr)
OC.QOHO Oho Provision of food for outing (e.g. fishing voyage); to be provisioned (Sma)
AN.QONE One Sand (Sma)
OC.QONO.1 Ono Great Barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) (Hpr)
PN.QONO.3 Ono/ono Observe, watch attentively, care for; (of the sun and moon) peep through; come through, sprout through (Sma)
PN.QOPO Opo Place or put together in one lot (Sma)
PN.QOPO Opo/opo Clasp, hold (in both arms) (Sma)
PN.QORA Ola The canoe on which the net is carried when fishing for oo fish (Sma)
PN.QOSO Oho Jump; hop; rush upon; interrupt (in conversation); (of water) overflow; (of sun, moon and stars) rise; (metaphorically, of feelings, illness, etc.) arise, flare up, occur (Sma)
AN.QOTA.1 Ota Raw fish (Sma)
PN.QOTAI Ootai A lightly sweetened dish made from the juice and grated flesh of an almost mature drinking nut, mixed together, and eaten raw (Sma)
PN.QOTA-QOTA Otaota Rubbish, refuse, garbage; dung, animal droppings (Sma)
AN.QOTI.A Oti Death, funeral (Sma)
NP.QUFA.2 Ufa Buttock(s) (impolite) (Sma)
AN.QUFI.1 Ufi Yam (Dioscorea sp.) (Sma)
PN.QUFI.3 Ufi/ufi Put on (lid, cap, etc.), cover; conceal, cover up, defend (of conduct, behaviour) (Sma)
PN.QUFU Ufu Garnet-red Parrot Fish (Scarus sordidus) [Forskal] (Sma)
AN.QUGA Uga Hermit-crabs (Coenobita spp.) in general (Sma)
AN.QUGA Uga/uga Coconut crab (Birgus sp.) (Sma)
PN.QUGA-KOA Ugakoa Variety of sharp prickly coral found on the upper surface of the reef, pinkish in colour (Sma)
XW.QUGA-QUGA Uga The scale or deposit on humans' teeth (Sma)
AN.QUHA Ua Rain (Sma)
PN.QUHI.3 Ui/ga Meaning; be about, regarding, concerning (Sma)
MP.QUHILA Uila Lightning (Sma)
FJ.QULAFI Ulafi Probably Yellow Parrot Fish (Scarus harid) (Hpr)
MP.QULI.1 Uli(uli) Steer (a canoe or boat) (Sma)
PN.QULI.2 Uli Black, dark (Sma)
AN.QULU.1 Ulu Hair on head (Sma)
PN.QULUA Ulua Big-head Jack (Caranx ignobilis) (Hpr)
PN.QULU-MATUQA Ulumatua Eldest child (Sma)
PN.QULU-POKO Ulupoko Skull (Sma)
CP.QULU-QULU Uluulu Part of reef just inland of the channels (Sma)
PN.QULU-TUKI Ulutuki A giant grouper which can grow up to three metres long (Sma)
MP.QUME Ume Unicorn Fish (Naso sp.) (Hpr)
PN.QUME-LEI Umelei Smooth-headed Unicornfish (Naso lituratus) (Sma)
CP.QUMITI Umiti Crave for a particular food, particularly fish (Sma)
MP.QUMU.1A Umu Oven; cooking house (Sma)
AN.QUNA Una Turtle shell; hawk's bill turtle (Sma)
AN.QUNAFI Unafi Scale (n,v) (Sma)
PN.QUNOKO Unoko Bruise; be bruised (Sma)
AN.QURA Ula Crayfish, lobster (Palinurus sp.) (Sma)
AN.QUTA.1 Uta Islands on far side of lagoon from village (Sma)
PN.QUTA.2 Ute Conserve, reserve, be careful with Problematic (Sma)
OC.QUTO Uto Germinating coconut; young sprout of, or spongy growth inside, germinating coconut (Sma)
OC.QUTU.1 Utu Fill (of containers) (Sma)
OC.QUTU.3 Utu Grey Jobfish (Aprion virescens) (Sma)
PN.RAFO Lafo Main rib of a coconut frond (Sma)

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