Tokelau entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NP.SUE.1 | Hue | Stars and Stripes Pufferfish (Arothron hispidus) | (Sma) |
| NP.SUGALE | Hugale | Six-barred Wrasse (Thalassoma hardwickei) | (Sma) |
| PN.SUI | Hui | Represent; succeed, change, replace; representative, successor; change (money) | (Sma) |
| PN.SUKE | Huke | Try, question, inspect, examine | (Sma) |
| PN.SUKE | Hu/huke | Open, uncover, lift the covering up, reveal | (Sma) |
| MP.SUKI.A | Huki | Pierce, inject, probe; stick used for piercing or probing (e.g. for turtle eggs); sticks which pierce through the ridge thatching to hold roof thatching in place; syringe | (Sma) |
| MP.SUKI.A | Hu/huki | Thrust (something into something) | (Sma) |
| EO.SULA | Hula | Appear, be visible, show up | (Sma) |
| MP.SULI | Huli | Sucker of plants, e.g. elephant ear taro | (Sma) |
| MP.SULU.1A | Hu/hulu | Insert, put in | (Sma) |
| FJ.SULU.1B | Hulu | Wear around the waist, tucking in one of the top corner ends; insert, slide in, tuck in; wrap-around garment, sarong | (Sma) |
| MP.SULU.2 | Hulu | Torch, flashlight | (Sma) |
| MP.SULU.2 | Hu/hulu | (of a light, the sun, etc.) Shine, be bright; light (n), glare | (Sma) |
| PN.SULU-MAKI | Hulumaki | Narrow, covered section of a reef channel through which the fish escape to the open sea | (Sma) |
| OC.SUMU.2 | Humu | General name for Balistes spp. | (Hpr) |
| OC.SUMU.2 | Umu/fatu, umu/tea | Different colour phases of Dark Yellowhead Triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens) Phonologically Irregular | (Sma) |
| OC.SUNU.2 | Hunu/hunu | Cook by roasting over hot coals and turning over now and again | (Sma) |
| OC.SUNU.2 | Hu/hunu | Burn, set alight | (Sma) |
| PN.SUQA.A | Hua | Juice; young drinking coconut; to contain (e.g. liquid) | (Sma) |
| SO.SUQA.B | Hua | To come in (of the tide) | (Sma) |
| PN.SUQA-MALIE | Huamalie | Sweetness | (Sma) |
| PN.SUQI | Hui | To water down, thin down, e.g. soup | (Sma) |
| PN.SURU.A | Hulu | Fall headlong, trip over, fall flat on one's face | (Sma) |
| AN.SUU.1 | Hu/huu | Wet; water, wetness, dampness, moisture | (Sma) |
| EO.TAA.1A | Taa | Hit, strike; blow | (Sma) |
| PN.TAA.1D | Taa | Play (musical instrument) | (Sma) |
| NP.TAA.1E | Taa | Wash (of clothes etc.) | (Sma) |
| PN.TAA.4B | Taa | Fish for schools of fish on the reef or in the lagoon; (taa ihe) fish for half-beak, with a crowd of people in the lagoon, using a net | (Sma) |
| PN.TAA.5A | Taa | 1st person dual inclusive pronoun (short form, preposed to verb) | (Sma) |
| PN.-TAA.5B | -taa(ua) | First person inclusive dual possessive suffix | (Sma) |
| OC.TAAEQA | Taaea | Paddle-tailed snapper (Lutjanus gibbus) | (Sma) |
| SO.TAAFAO.A | Taafao | Go for a walk, stroll | (Sma) |
| SO.TAAFAO.B | Taafao | Play | (Sma) |
| PN.TAAGAKI | Tagaki | Turn the face to see something | (Sma) |
| EC.TAAIKI | Taiki/a | To be caught, be found at a particular place at a particular time | (Sma) |
| OC.TAAIWA | Taaiva | Black Spot Snapper (Lutjanus monostignus [monostigma]) | (Sma) |
| NP.TAALAWA | Talava | Upper purlin (Macgregor 1937:126) | (Sma) |
| PN.TAA-MATE-A | Taamate | Kill, slaughter; cross out, erase; eradicate, wipe out, get rid of; (of a light, fire, etc.) put out, turn off... | (Sma) |
| PN.TAA-MAU | Tamau | Secure, fasten, lock | (Sma) |
| CP.TAA-NOQA | Taanoa | Wooden foood bowl | (Sma) |
| NP.TAA-POLA | Taapola | A carrier woven from a coconut frond, used in carrying pandanus leaves | (Sma) |
| CP.TAA-PUI | Tapui | (of land, fruit, etc.) Be placed under a taboo or a prohibition... | (Sma) |
| PN.TAAQOFI | Taaofi | Stop, hold back, detain | (Sma) |
| NP.TAATAI.1 | (Taa)tai | A traditional vessel for carrying drinking water, made from a large coconut shell with an outside covering of sennit netting, and a handle for carrying | (Sma) |
| NP.TAA-TOU | Ki taatou | First person plural inclusive pronoun | (Hwd) |
| NP.TAA-UA.1 | Ki taa(ua) | We two (inc) | (Sma) |
| PN.TAAU-GA.B | Tauga | A bunch of four, six or eight empty coconut shells attached to a length of sennit, for drawing water from a well | (Sma) |
| PN.TAAULA | Taaula/ga | Offering, giving (to a church) | (Sma) |
| PN.TAA-WILI | Tavili | Drill holes | (Sma) |
| PN.TAA-WILI | Taavili | Rotate, spin | (Sma) |
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