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

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