Entries from Simona 1986 in Pollex-Online
Simona, R. e. a. (1986). Tokelau Dictionary. Apia, Western Samoa, Office of Tokelau Affairs.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tokelau | Puke | Bow and stern decking of canoe |
| Tokelau | Puku | To swallow something that is too large |
| Tokelau | Puku/puku | Short |
| Tokelau | Puku | Swallow |
| Tokelau | Pula | Phosphorescence in the sea |
| Tokelau | Pu/pula | Shine (sunshine, torch, reflected light) |
| Tokelau | Pu/pula | Open the eyes |
| Tokelau | Pulaka | Elephant-ear taro (Cyrtosperma chamissonis) |
| Tokelau | Pulapula | Coconut seedling; human foetus |
| Tokelau | Pule | Cowrie |
| Tokelau | Pulepule | Spotted, mottled |
| Tokelau | Pulotu | Song composer |
| Tokelau | Puulou | Hat, headgear in general |
| Tokelau | Puulou | Bird-scooping, scoop net for birds |
| Tokelau | Pulu | Coconut husk |
| Tokelau | Pulu | Water-tight |
| Tokelau | Pulu | Sap |
| Tokelau | Pulupulu | Loose shoulder covering, shawl; wear |
| Tokelau | -pulupulu | Suffix used in counting coconuts, indicating a unit of ten coconuts. It is suffixed to the numerals two to nine |
| Tokelau | Pulu | Lead |
| Tokelau | Puna | Spring |
| Tokelau | Puni | Surround, encircle (fish); block off |
| Tokelau | Puha | Any box-shaped container |
| Tokelau | Puha | Rise (of vapour, smoke) |
| Tokelau | Puhi | Blow out (a light), puff, smoke (cigarette) |
| Tokelau | Puhi | Sea-eel, moray eel (Gymnothorax and Echidna spp.) |
| Tokelau | Puta | Stomach; fatness, corpulence; doughnut; lump, swelling |
| Tokelau | Pute | Navel, umbilical cord |
| Tokelau | Pu/putu, putu(putu) | Be close together, serried, tightly crowded (of distance from one thing to another); be close, be tight (of weaving, plaiting etc.) |
| Tokelau | Haa/haa/ | To stick out |
| Tokelau | Haa | Restriction, prohibition, ban |
| Tokelau | Hae | Tear, rip |
| Tokelau | Haele | Walk |
| Tokelau | Hafe | Drape or put s.th. over s.th. (i.e. throw one end of a sheet over a line or over one's shoulder) |
| Tokelau | Hafe | Menstrual pad |
| Tokelau | Hafu | An arrangement by whereby rain-water is channelled off a coconut tree or a breadfruit tree trunk so that it can be collected in a bucket or other receptacle...; the flow of rain-water off an iron roof |
| Tokelau | Aafu | Waterfall, cascade, cataract b Problematic |
| Tokelau | (Haai)hai | Bind, tie |
| Tokelau | Haka | Dance |
| Tokelau | Hakalo | Remove clam meat from shell |
| Tokelau | Haaki/na | Be dragged into or towards something |
| Tokelau | Hakili | Search for, seek |
| Tokelau | Hako | Be straight, not crooked |
| Tokelau | Hala | Be guilty, be at fault; do something wrong unintentionally, make a mistake |
| Tokelau | Hala | Cut, trim, prune (parts of a plant) |
| Tokelau | Hali | Scoop out, scoop up, scrape |
| Tokelau | Haalo | Wipe in a sweeping movement (e.g. clean one's lips with one's own tongue) |
| Tokelau | Halu | Shave, plane (with spokeshave); sweep, rake |
| Tokelau | Hama | Shine one's body by rubbing coconut oil on |
| Tokelau | Hami | Sea (as in Tasman Sea etc.) |
