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Language: Tokelau

Source/Author:  POLLEX 2000 (Bruce Biggs & Ross Clark) 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:tkl  Glottocode: toke1240 
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Data Entry:  Typed By: Simon Greenhill  Checked By: Simon Greenhill 
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Remote Oceanic:Central Pacific:East Fijian-Polynesian:Polynesian:Nuclear:Samoic-Outlier:Tokelauan 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
1 hand      
2 left      
3 right      
4 leg/foot vae Lower limb, including foot (Sma) 1, 100  
5 to walk haele Walk 6  
5 to walk taafao Go for a walk,stroll 7  
6 road/path ala Road, path, way (Sma) 1  
7 to come      
8 to turn word info pale Veer, reverse, turn (Sma) 11  
9 to swim kakau Swim, swimming (Sma) 5  
9 to swim kakau To swim (Sma) 5  
10 dirty palapala Mud, dirt (Sma) 7  
10 dirty hava Filthy 8  
11 dust pefu Dust (Sma) 1, 74  
12 skin kili Skin (Sma) 1  
13 back word info      
14 belly kona Area of belly below navel (Sma) 8  
14 belly koopuu Gut, stomach (of fish) 2  
14 belly manava Belly, abdomen (Sma) 9  
15 bone ivi Bone (Sma) 52, 5  
16 intestines      
17 liver ate Liver (Sma) 1  
18 breast huhu Breast, milk (Sma) 1  
19 shoulder      
20 to know, be knowledgeable kite Look at 12  
20 to know, be knowledgeable ilo Be aware of, perceive; check (of a cook testing food); assort, sort out (Sma) 13  
20 to know, be knowledgeable iloa Knowledge (Sma) 13  
20 to know, be knowledgeable iloagia Known of (Hpr) 13  
21 to think manatu Think of, call to mind, remember (Cwd) 9  
22 to fear      
23 blood kelekele Pollex 06: Kele/kele. :Soil, earth, dirt; land; blood (Sma). 55  
23 blood palapala Pollex 06: Pala/pala. :Mud, dirt, blood (Sma). 61  
23 blood palapala Pollex 06: Palapala. :Mud, dirt, blood (Sma). 61  
24 head ulu Hair on head (Sma) 1  
25 neck ua Neck 18  
26 hair word info fulu Feather (Sma) 31  
26 hair word info lauulu Hair of head 40  
27 nose ihu Nose (Sma) 1  
28 to breathe maanava Breath, breathing 1  
29 to sniff, smell sogi Kiss 9  
30 mouth      
31 tooth      
32 tongue alelo Tongue (Sma) 15  
33 to laugh kata Laugh, laughter (Sma) 7  
34 to cry tagi Cry, sound (Sma) 1  
35 to vomit lua Pollex 06: Lua. :Vomit, spew (Sma). 8  
36 to spit puaki Spit out 16  
37 to eat kai Eat (Sma) 1, 47  
38 to chew word info lamu Pollex 06: Lamu. :Chew (Sma). 7  
39 to cook word info lala Pollex 06: Lala. :Cook.    
39 to cook word info tunu Pollex 06: Tunu. :Cook food), boil (water) (Sma). 9  
40 to drink inu Drink 1  
41 to bite kati Bite, to bite (Sma) 1, 55  
42 to suck      
43 ear taliga Ear (Sma) 1  
44 to hear logo Hear; news; be felt; tell (Sma) 1  
45 eye      
46 to see kite Look at 1  
47 to yawn maavava Yawn 19  
47 to yawn maavava Yawn 19  
48 to sleep      
49 to lie down word info      
50 to dream miti Dream (Sma) 36  
50 to dream moemiti Dream (Sma) 7, 36  
51 to sit nofo Sit, reside, stay 16  
52 to stand tuu Stand (Sma) 2  
53 person/human being tagata Man, person 1, 66, 97  
54 man/male tagata   12, 14  
54 man/male tamaaloa   10  
55 woman/female fafine Woman 1, 106  
55 woman/female fafine Woman (Sma) 1, 106  
56 child tamaiti child; offspring; childhood, youth; immature, young (Sma) 6, 64  
57 husband aavaga Spouse; be married (Sma) 13  
58 wife tokalua Pollex 06: Tokalua. :Spouse, husband or wife (Sma). 110  
59 mother maatua Pollex 06: Maatua. :Mother; parents (both father and mother together) (Sma). 4  
60 father tamana Father 1  
61 house fale House 14  
62 thatch/roof inaki panel of thatch from ridgepole to eave (Sma) 11  
62 thatch/roof ato To thatch; roofing (Sma) 1  
63 name igoa Name (Sma) 6  
64 to say lea Pollex 06: Lea. :Say, speak, tell, ask (Sma). 88  
65 rope      
66 to tie up, fasten fafau Lash, bind up (Sma) 11  
66 to tie up, fasten fiitiki Two coconuts tied together; tie in bunches 148  
67 to sew word info hui L from Samoan (Hovdhaugen 2011) 17 L
68 needle au Needle for sewing thatch; tattooing comb, (Sma) 1  
68 needle pakiau Tattooing pen 1  
68 needle hika Netting needle (Sma) 9  
69 to hunt word info      
70 to shoot word info      
71 to stab, pierce suki Stab 1, 8  
72 to hit word info papaki Touch, come in contact with; reach, arrive (Sma) 6  
72 to hit word info taa Hit, strike; blow (Sma) 10  
73 to steal gaoi L from Samoan (Hovdhaugen 2011) 66 L
74 to kill      
75 to die, be dead      
76 to live, be alive ola Life, recover, be refreshed (Sma) 6  
77 to scratch word info alati To scratch the body with the fingers (Sma) 10  
78 to cut, hack word info ihiihi Be cracked or split (Sma) 10  
78 to cut, hack word info hele Incision, cut; to cut (pl.) (Sma) 16  
78 to cut, hack word info hehele To cut (sg.); incision, cut (Sma) 16  
79 stick/wood laakau Tree, wood, stick 1, 26  
80 to split word info      
81 sharp kakaha Sharpness, keenness (Sma) [<] 14, 15  
82 dull, blunt      
83 to work word info galue Work, be industrious (Sma) 11  
83 to work word info gaaoioi Move; (of a variety of jobs, such as household work) work, perform, do; be active, be industrious 11  
84 to plant      
85 to choose fili Pick out, select (Sma) 1  
86 to grow word info homo Sprout of a germinating coconut (Sma) 7  
86 to grow word info tupu Growth, growing; originate from (Sma) 1  
87 to swell word info fula Be swollen (Sma) 7  
88 to squeeze word info lomi Massage, knead (Sma) 10  
89 to hold word info puke Grab, take hold of (Sma) 13  
89 to hold word info tago Take, grab, pick up (Sma) 14  
90 to dig keli Dig, excavate (Sma) 1  
91 to buy      
92 to open, uncover      
93 to pound, beat word info tuki Pestle, food-pounder; punch, blow (Sma) 2  
93 to pound, beat word info tukituki Beat hammer, knock (Sma) 2  
94 to throw word info liaki Pollex 06: Liaki. :Throw (e.g. a ball); swing (e.g. a bat); flick (e.g.a cloth); uproot (of plants) (Sma). 79, 127  
95 to fall word info siga Topple 44  
96 dog maile L from Samoan (Hovdhaugen 2011)   L
97 bird manu Animal, beast (Sma) 1  
98 egg      
99 feather fulu Pollex 06: Fulu. :Feather (Sma). 1  
100 wing kapahau phonologically irregular but no clear borrowing 1, 81  
101 to fly      
102 rat kimoa Pollex 06: Kimoa. :Rat. 14  
103 meat/flesh kanofi Lean meat (including fish meat) (Sma) 14  
104 fat/grease      
105 tail hiku Tail, tip, end, extremity 13  
105 tail toke Tail of an animal (Sma)    
106 snake      
107 worm (earthworm)      
108 louse word info      
109 mosquito      
110 spider apogaaleveleve Spider (Sma) 1, 57  
111 fish ika Fish, including turtle (Sma) 1  
112 rotten word info pala Rote, decay (Sma) 13  
112 rotten word info popo Ragged, old; old wood; copra 14  
113 branch word info laalaa Side branches 1  
113 branch word info laakau Tree, wood, stick 1, 4  
114 leaf      
115 root aka Root (Sma) 2  
116 flower fuga Flower, blossom 72  
117 fruit fua Fruit (Sma) 1  
118 grass mutia Grass (Sma) 13  
119 earth/soil kelekele Soil, earth, dirt; land; blood (Sma) 10  
120 stone fatu Stone; heart (Sma) 1  
121 sand one Sand 1  
122 water word info vai Water 2  
123 to flow      
124 sea moana Deep sea (especially outside the lagoon (Sma) 10  
125 salt      
126 lake namo Lagoon (Sma) 7  
127 woods/forest      
128 sky      
129 moon maahina Moon, month 37, 5  
130 star fetuu Star (Sma) 1  
131 cloud word info ao Cloud (Sma) 12  
132 fog      
133 rain ua Rain 1  
134 thunder faaititili Pollex 06: Faaititili. :Thunder (Sma). 14  
135 lightning kanapu Lightning 13?  
135 lightning lapa Flash of lightning (Sma) 9  
135 lightning uila Lightning (Sma) 2  
136 wind matagi Pollex 06: Matagi. :Wind, storm; eagerness (Sma). 1, 66  
136 wind havili Pollex 06: <Havili. :Wind, breeze, air (Sma)>. 11  
137 to blow word info agi   8  
137 to blow word info puhi   6  
138 warm word info maafanafana Be warm (Sma) 1, 72  
139 cold word info maaluuluu Pollex 06: Maaluuluu. :Cold; soft and damp to touch. 74  
140 dry word info mago Pollex 06: Mago. :Dry. 1  
141 wet susuu Wet 11  
142 heavy      
143 fire afi Fire, matches, lighter; oven; motor, engine (Sma) 1  
144 to burn word info tafu Make, build or feed a fire (Sma) 8  
144 to burn word info tutu Light, set alight, light (a lamp) (Sma) 1, 6  
145 smoke word info ahu Smoke, smoky B. [<] 2  
146 ash lefulefu Pollex 06: Lefu/lefu. Ash (Sma). 67  
147 black uli Black, dark (Sma) 7  
148 white -tea Occurs as an element of names only, meaning pale-coloured (Sma) 8  
148 white paepae L from Samoan (Hovdhaugen 2011)   L
149 red kukula Red 13  
150 yellow      
151 green      
152 small liki Small sized 66  
152 small liliki Be small 66  
153 big fuaefa Size; large size, be large (Sma) 13  
154 short word info pukupuku Short 3  
155 long word info      
156 thin word info paē L from Samoan (Hovdhaugen 2011)   L
157 thick word info      
158 narrow kopiti Crevice 48  
159 wide lauefa Pollex 06: Lau/efa. :Wide. 73, 9  
160 painful, sick mai L from Samoan (Hovdhaugen 2011) 1 L
161 shy, ashamed      
162 old word info      
163 new      
164 good      
165 bad, evil kino Bad, naughty 9  
166 correct, true tonu Correct, straight, just, fair; decision, resolution (Sma) 8  
167 night poo Night 1  
168 day aso Day 1, 54  
169 year tau Season, weather, climate (Sma) 1  
170 when? word info      
171 to hide word info      
172 to climb word info kake Climb (of tree, mountain) (Sma) 32  
173 at i In, on, at, with, from (Sma) 1  
174 in, inside i In, on, at, with, from (Sma) x  
175 above luga Above (Fts) 9  
176 below      
177 this      
178 that      
179 near      
180 far      
181 where? word info fea Where? (Sma) 3, 35  
182 I au I 1, 21  
182 I koo first person singular pronoun (Jsn) 1, 21  
183 thou ke (Ply) 5  
184 he/she ia Third person singular pronoun, he, she, it (Sma) 1  
185 we word info kita(a)- First person inclusive marker (Sma) 1  
185 we word info maa Preposed short pronoun, first person dual exclusive (Sma) 2  
185 we word info kimaa (Ply 1970) 2  
186 you ke (Ply) 1  
186 you koulua Second person dual pronoun, you (Ply) x  
186 you koutou Second person plural pronoun in nucleus of the phrase (Ply) 16  
187 they      
188 what? word info aa What? (Sma) 84  
189 who? word info ai Who? (Sma) 1  
190 other      
191 all      
192 and ma Conj. used to link noun phrases and verb phrases. And, with, also, etc. (Sma) 2  
193 if kaafai Pollex 06: Kaafai. :If, when (Hpr). 1, 46  
194 how? word info vefea How? (Sma) [<] 11  
195 no, not hee (Clk) 13  
196 to count      
197 One word info tahi Be one (Sma) 41  
198 Two word info lua Two 1  
199 Three word info tolu      
200 Four word info faa Four (Jen) 1, 66  
201 Five word info      
202 Six word info      
203 Seven word info fitu Seven (Sma).(Source: Pollex) 1  
204 Eight word info      
205 Nine word info iva Nine.(Source: Pollex) 5, 44  
206 Ten word info -angafulu Ten of a kind (Sma).(Source: Pollex) 5  
207 Twenty word info tekau Twenty Skipjack (Sma).(Source: Pollex) 4  
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info afe Thousand (Sma).(Source: Pollex) 3  

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