Tokelauan

Introduction

Tokelauan is a language of Tokelau. It is spoken in Also in American Samoa, New Zealand, United States.

Dialects

Dialect differences among the 3 atolls. Intelligible with Tuvaluan (See: Tuvaluan). Similar to Samoan (See: Samoan).

The Tokelauan Verb

Verblist

afe, aihā, aitua, aka, ala, alo, aloalo, alofa, amene, ana, ao, apogālevelevea, ata, atu, au, auā, faga, fai, faifai, fakailoga, fakamanuia, fakaofo, fakavae, fale, fano, fiafia, fifiti, fiti, fitu, fofotu, fotu, fā, fālanu, fānau, fīlēmū, gagako, gagana, gali, galo, galue, hahalu, hahama, halu, haluhalu, hama, hau, hefulu, hehega, hihi, hili, hiva, hā, hāmahama, hē, hēai, ilo, iloa, iloatino, iloga, iloilo, iva, kai, kakā, kalapu, kaukau, kave, kekena, kekē, kenakena, kofu, kolone, kuka, kukula, kupu, kāiga, kālapulapu, kāloā, lahi, lanu, lanumoana, lava, lele, lelei, lima, logo, logologo, loto, lua, lā, mala, maligi, manavā, manuia, mata, mate, matea, matua, maui, meamata, miha, mā, māhaga, mālie, mālō, mānava, māua, māvā, noa, nofo, nā, ofo, oho, ono, ota, oti, paepae, paia, papa, pea, pehe, pili, piniki, tafu, tafutafu, tahi, takalo, taku, takutino, tala, tapu, tau, tili, tipi, toku, tolu, tomua, tuku, tukufakatahi, tulivae, tā, tē, tō, tū, tūmau, uaua, uli, vae, vaioleti, vaiolē, valu, vave, vili, violē, vivini, vā, āiā, āu.

• agi, puhi -- to blow
• alati -- to scratch
• fafau, fiitiki -- to tie up, fasten
• fili -- to choose
• fula -- to swell
• gaaoioi, galue -- to work
• haele, taafao -- to walk
• he/hele/, hele, ihi/ihi -- to cut, hack
• homo, tupu -- to grow
• ilo, iloa, iloa/gia, kite -- to know, be knowledgeable
• inu -- to drink
• ka/kau, kakau -- to swim
• kai -- to eat
• kake -- to climb
• kata -- to laugh
• kati -- to bite
• keli -- to dig
• kite -- to see
• lala, tunu -- to cook
• lamu -- to chew
• lea -- to say
• liaki -- to throw
• logo -- to hear
• lomi -- to squeeze
• lua -- to vomit
• maanava -- to breathe
• maavava -- to yawn
• manatu -- to think
• miti, moemiti -- to dream
• nofo -- to sit
• ola -- to live, be alive
• pa/paki, taa -- to hit
• pale -- to turn
• puaki -- to spit
• puke, tago -- to hold
• siga -- to fall
• sogi -- to sniff, smell
• suki -- to stab, pierce
• tafu, tutu -- to burn
• tagi -- to cry
• tuki, tuki/tuki -- to pound, beat
• tuu -- to stand