Tokelau entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PN.UKU | Uku | Rub oil on skin or hair | (Sma) |
| EO.ULA.1A | Ula | Smoke tobacco, flame, flare | (Sma) |
| RO.ULE | Ule | Penis | (Sma) |
| NP.-U-LUA | -ulua | Second person dual possessive suffix | (Sma) |
| EC.ULUGA | Ulugaa- | Prefix meaning (i) a mating pair (e.g. turtles); (ii) a pair of (e.g. women) | (Sma) |
| OC.UMA.A | Uma | The front part or breast of a bird | (Sma) |
| SO.UMU | Umu | Yellow-head Triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens) | (Sma) |
| AN.UNU.1 | Unu | Pull up (of a plant) | (Sma) |
| FU.UNU.2 | Unu | Line or row of dancers | (Sma) |
| OC.UQA.1A | Ua | Neck | (Sma) |
| MP.USO.1A | Uho | Pith (of trees) | (Sma) |
| SO.USO.3 | Uho | Same-sex sibling | (Sma) |
| OC.USU.1 | Uhu | (of a man) Pay one's court, woo, solicit in love; start (a fight or quarrel) | (Sma) |
| NP.USU.2 | Uhu | Pay court, woo; be in session (of a meeting) | (Sma) |
| PN.USU.3 | Uuhu | Throbbing (of pain) | (Sma) |
| PN.USU.4 | Uhu | To rise and leave in the morning | (Sma) |
| MP.UTA | Uta | Cargo | (Sma) |
| OC.UTO | Uto | Floats (of a fish net) | (Sma) |
| NP.-U-TOU | -utou | Second person plural possessive suffix | (Sma) |
| PN.UTU.1A | Utu | Put away something precious Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sma) |
| FJ.UTUA | Utua | Shelving reef, point of land and reef extending seawards; reef finger(s) on the ocean side | (Sma) |
| PN.UTU-POTO | Utupoto | Cross-beam of a traditional house | (Sma) |
| PN.UU | Uu | To put in proper place, relationship | (Sma) |
| SO.VAE-LUA-A-POO | Va(e)luaapoo | Middle of the night | (Sma) |
| XW.VAVAE.* | Vavae | Kapok tree (Ceiba sp.)...; cotton wool; wick, mantle, fuse | (Sma) |
| SO.VEVE | Veve | Leaves used in previous oven directly above food, now used as outer layer | (Sma) |
| XW.VILI.2 | Vili | Lot (for deciding something by chance); lottery | (Sma) |
| SO.VILIVILI | Vili | Run (sg), hurry along; escape, run away, get away | (Sma) |
| PN.WAA.2 | Vaa | Space, distance or room between two points, things; relationship between two people or groups of people; be apart, be separated; be on bad terms | (Sma) |
| PN.WAAKULE | Vaakili | Inspect, look for (e.g.lice) Phonologically Irregular | (Sma) |
| NP.WAELO | Velo | (Of a spiny lobster) feeler, antenna | (Sma) |
| OC.WAHE | Vavae | Divide, share | (Sma) |
| PN.WAHE-GA | Vaaega | Group, share, division, part | (Sma) |
| PN.WAHE-RUA | Vaelua | Cute, divide or break into two parts | (Sma) |
| MP.WAI.1 | Vai | Water | (Sma) |
| NP.WAI.2 | Vai/noa | The ninth month of the Tokelau traditional year, from mid-August to mid-September (during Vainoa it is hot and very calm and windless) | (Sma) |
| PN.WAI-A | Vaia | Have excess of water, be watery [ex. 'water-logged'] | (Sma) |
| PN.WAI-MUQA | Vainoa | The ninth month of the Tokelau traditional year, from mid-August to mid-September... Phonologically Irregular | (Sma) |
| PN.WAI-PUNA | Vaipuna | Spring, water-source | (Sma) |
| PN.WAI-TAFE | Vaitafe | River, stream | (Sma) |
| PN.WAI-WAI | Vaivai | Soft, tender | (Sma) |
| AN.WAKA.A | Vaka | Canoe | (Sma) |
| FJ.WAKA-WAKA | Vakavaka | Rib-cage, skeleton (of a bird, without wings and legs) | (Sma) |
| PN.WALA.2 | Vala | (of a road or path) Branch off; be different, be separate | (Sma) |
| PN.WALE.1 | Vavale | Slimy, of mucous, fish slime etc. | (Sma) |
| PN.WALE.2 | Vale | Mentally ill person; idiot, fool, lunatic (in colloquial sense); be totally absorbed in some activity | (Sma) |
| FJ.WALE.3 | Vale | Of no avail, futile, worthless, unproductive; (useless, meaningless) | (Sma) |
| PN.WALE-A.A | Valea | Foolish, stupid, silly, crazy about, mad | (Sma) |
| PN.WALE-MOHE | Valemoe | Drowse, doze | (Sma) |
| OC.WALI.1 | Vali | Paint, to paint | (Sma) |
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