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 | Vele | To clear by pulling out weeds, chopping down trees |
| Tokelau | Ehi | Papaw (Ldn) |
| Tokelau | Velo | Hurl, throw (as a javelin; dart javelin; shove, thrust; play darts |
| Tokelau | Vete | Break open, open up, split; dismantle, demolish, take apart; burgle, loot, vandalise; plunder, loot, spoil |
| Tokelau | Veve | Leaves used in previous oven directly above food, now used as outer layer |
| Tokelau | Veve | Topmost covering of an oven, usually leaves; property of a poor person |
| Tokelau | Vevela | Hot; have a high temperature |
| Tokelau | Vii | Fermented |
| Tokelau | Vii | Kind of mango found in Samoa only |
| Tokelau | Viki | Song to commemorate and celebrate someone or something |
| Tokelau | Vi/vili/ | Twist |
| Tokelau | Vili | Strive, endeavour, aim for |
| Tokelau | Vili | Run (sg), hurry along; escape, run away, get away |
| Tokelau | Aa/viivii | An insect found only in Samoa |
| Tokelau | Manatu/a | Remember |
| Tokelau | Puupuu | Rinse (the mouth) |
| Tokelau | Aute | The flower or the shrubs of genus Hibiscus Borrowed |
| Tokelau | Aa- | Prefix occurring in adverbs referring to future time |
| Tokelau | Aataeao | Tomorrow morning |
| Tokelau | Fakailo/a | Make something known, show, tell |
| Tokelau | Fakailoga | Sign, mark, label; indication, evidence; to mark, discriminate |
| Tokelau | Iloga | Be marked out, distinct, well known |
| Tokelau | Fiakai | Hunger; be hungry |
| Tokelau | Kapahau | Wing Phonologically Irregular |
| Tokelau | Analei/laa | Sometime earlier on the present day |
| Tokelau | Pale | Veer, reverse, turn |
| Tokelau | Pale | Wreath (generally a long string of artificial flowers) |
| Tokelau | Palepale | The bottom plate or base of a traditional house from which the side-posts rise, which serves also to keep the coral pebble flooring in |
| Tokelau | Matala | (Of mind) be sharp, be keen |
| Tokelau | Havili | Wind, breeze, air; slip-stream; be windy |
| Tokelau | Tafola | Flat part of reef on ocean side |
| Tokelau | Lo/loo | Steep (v), plunge; dip |
| Tokelau | Loo/loo | (Of a fisherman cathing skipjack with a rod) have the tip of one's rod dragged down into the water by a fighting skipjack |
| Tokelau | Havane | Blue-line Sea Perch (Lutjanus kasmira) |
| Tokelau | Hugale | Six-barred Wrasse (Thalassoma hardwickei) |
| Tokelau | Kulapo | Yellow Parrotfish (Scarus harid) (syn. ulafi) |
| Tokelau | Kumikumia | A fish species similar to the Yellow Moorish Idol |
| Tokelau | Mamanu | Ocean Parrotfish (Scarus chorodon) |
| Tokelau | Mataele | Flag-tailed Sea Bass (Cephalopolis urodelus) |
| Tokelau | Takuo | Very large yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) |
| Tokelau | Pati | Clapping, cheer, applause; to clap |
| Tokelau | Heeai | Be none, be not present; no (in reply to question) |
| Tokelau | I ei | There (is, was), be there |
| Tokelau | Fakanofo | Allow or encourage a woman to marry a man; appoint a pastor to be minister of a church |
| Tokelau | Fai/tau | Read, count |
| Tokelau | Pau | End, finish, stop |
| Tokelau | Tua | Space or position behind something, back part of something; underside or 'wrong' side of something (leaf, carpet, etc.) |
| Tokelau | Fakatele | Sail (a boat); make something move along |
| Tokelau | Fakateletele | (Of pleasure craft and model boats) sail for pleasure |
| Tokelau | Tagi | Sound |
