mea

Noun

 * 1) tongue

Etymology
From. Compare 🇨🇬.

Pronoun

 * 1) my;

Usage notes
Always preceded by 'a'- "a mea".

Related terms

 * (a) ta/(a) tauã
 * (a) ljei
 * (a) noastrã
 * (a) voastrã
 * (a) lor

Etymology
, probably from an earlier form. Further derivation has two possibilities: either from ; or from, from , accusative singular of.

Noun

 * 1) mineral
 * 2) ore

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) skein a quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel

Noun

 * 1) thing, object
 * 2) person

Etymology 2
From, from , from , from.

Verb

 * 1)  reddish

Etymology
From.

Determiner

 * 1) my, belonging to me.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) sock, stocking

Noun

 * 1) thing

Noun

 * 1) mayor

Etymology
, feminine of.

Pronoun

 * 1)  mine

Verb

 * 1) to grow

Noun

 * 1) thing

Usage notes

 * Instead of saying "noun is adjective" one says "noun is adjective mea" (using VSO word order, though).

Etymology
From. Cognates include 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) thing
 * 2)  genitalia; junk
 * 1)  genitalia; junk

Usage notes

 * In Tokelauan, mea may additionally be translated as "reason", "matter", "case", "tool", "spot" or any other range of indefinite designation for a mentioned object: