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

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