Tokelau entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PN.TAKU.1 | Taku | Tell; say, pronounce; report; confess; announce | (Sma) |
| NP.TAKU.3 | Taku/au | Shoulder Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sma) |
| OC.TAKUA.1 | Takuo | Very large yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) | (Sma) |
| PN.TAKU-A.2 | Takua | Be mentioned, be known as, be remembered, be known (favourably or otherwise) | (Sma) |
| RO.TAKU-HALI | Takuali | Small but dangerous sea-eel which attacks | (Sma) |
| FJ.TAKUPU | Takupu | Mature Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) | (Sma) |
| PN.TALA.1 | Tala | Thorn, spine, barb | (Sma) |
| FJ.TALA.2 | Tala | Story, news, report | (Sma) |
| FJ.TALA.3 | Tala | Untie, release, open | (Sma) |
| PN.TALA.4 | Tala(gogo) | Sooty Tern (Sterna fuscata) | (Sma) |
| OC.TALAI | (Tala)talai | Chip, adze, cut; make something out of wood by hewing and chipping with an adze | (Sma) |
| XW.TALAKI | Taalaki | Tell the people one by one of an authorized instruction or request; preach, teach | (Sma) |
| XW.TALA-NOA | Talanoa | Discuss, talk | (Sma) |
| PN.TALA-TALA.A | Talatala | Have thorns, be prickly, be rough | (Sma) |
| NP.TALA-TALA.B | Talatala | Violet Soldier Fish (Myripristis violaceus) | (Hpr) |
| PN.TALAWA | Feketalivai | A thin black sea creature which has short thick black hairs on its five long arms Problematic | (Sma) |
| PN.TALE | Tale | Cough, coughing | (Sma) |
| AN.TALI.1 | Tali | Await (in special context of keeping watch for schools of fish...) | (Sma) |
| PN.TALI.2A | Tali | Go out and meet someone; receive guests, be a host | (Sma) |
| PN.TALI.2B | Tali | Answer, reply; respond, react | (Sma) |
| FJ.TALI.4 | Tari | Fetch, collect (of water) | (Sma) |
| XW.TALI.5 | Tali | Fend, block off (blow, strike etc.); offer resistance (to a statement, by answering back) | (Sma) |
| MP.TALIE.1 | Talie | A tree (Terminalia catappa) | (Whr) |
| AN.TALIGA | Taliga | Ear | (Sma) |
| PN.TALITALI-QULI | Talitaliuli | Fish parasites incl. pilotfish, cleaner fish, and Remora (with name as above) | (Sma) |
| PN.TALITALI-QULI | Teletelevakaniu | Remora (Echeneis naucrates) Problematic | (Sma) |
| AN.TALO.1 | Talo | (Colocasia sp.) | (Sma) |
| CP.TALO.2 | Ta/talo/ | Prayer | (Sma) |
| PN.TALO-TALO | (Lau)talotalo | Spider Lily (Crinum asiaticum) | (Sma) |
| XW.TALU.2 | Talu | Since, either, because of | (Hpr) |
| OC.TAMA.1A | Tama | Child of both parents (i.e. father and mother who produced him); child of a woman (i.e. son or daughter); boy(s) | (Sma) |
| PN.TAMA.1B | Tama/a | Small, little (precedes noun or verb) | (Sma) |
| PN.TAMA.1B | Tama/aki | Very small, tiny, wee; barely (precedes noun or verb) | (Sma) |
| PN.TAMA-FAFINE | Tamafafine | Descent group from daughters of the founding couple | (Sma) |
| XO.TAMAKI.2 | Tamaki | Of ebb tide, be not as low as expected Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sma) |
| AN.TAMA-NA | Tamana | Father | (Sma) |
| NP.TAMA-QA-LOA | Tamaaloa | Man, a male person | (Sma) |
| NP.TAMA-QITI | Tamaiti | Child; offspring; childhood, youth; immature, young | (Sma) |
| PN.TAMA-TAQANE | Tamataane | Boy, son; division of a kaainga made up of sons of the founding couple and all their descendants... | (Sma) |
| NP.TANA.A | Tana | His, her a-class possession | (Sma) |
| PN.TANE | Tane | Tinea | (Sma) |
| OC.TANIFA | Tanifa | A man-eating sea monster that appears in traditional tales | (Sma) |
| AN.TANU | Tanu | Bury; (met.) forgive, forget | (Sma) |
| MP.TAO | Tao | Spear (n) | (Sma) |
| PN.TAOTAO | Taotao | Flutefish (Fistularia petimba) | (Hpr) |
| PN.TAPA.4 | Tapa | Call to someone, call for something; roll-call, the calling of names to ascertain attendance | (Sma) |
| NP.TAPATUU.* | Tapatuu | Sea-pike barracuda (Sphyraena forsteri) when young | (Sma) |
| NP.TA-PENA | Tapena | Tidy up; put away; get ready; clear off | (Sma) |
| XW.TAPILI | Tapili | To fan | (Sma) |
| OC.TAPU | Tapu | Forbidden; placed under taboo | (Sma) |
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