Niue entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| FJ.KI.1 | Ke (he) | To, before common nouns | (Sph) |
| PN.KIA.1A | Kia | Pre-verbal positive imperative (exhortative) subjunctive mood marker | (Sph) |
| TO.KIA.2 | Faka/kia/ | To stretch out the neck | (McE) |
| TO.KIA.2 | Kaa/kia | Neck | (Sph) |
| TO.KIA.2 | Kia | To peep, to poke out one's head | (Sph) |
| OC.KIATO | Kiato | Outrigger boom | (Sph) |
| PN.KIE.B | Ie | Cloth, fabric Borrowed | (Sph) |
| NP.KIE-KIE.B | Kiekie | Flax-like plant (i) | (???) |
| PN.KIKII | Kikii | To hear of, be aware of [ex. with negative] Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sph) |
| PN.KIKII | Kii | To whistle in a shrill manner. To fart (Sph). To squeak (Lws). | (McE) |
| PN.KIKII | Kiii | To squal, to shout in a shrill voice Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
| PN.KIKII | Kuii/kuii | To squeak Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
| AN.KIKILA | Kikila | To shine [ex. sun] | (Sph) |
| PN.KIKO.A | Kiko | Kernel (of nuts); very small piece of something. | (Sph) |
| PN.KIKO.A | Kiko/mata | Pupil of the eye. Eye-ball (McE). | (Sph) |
| PN.KIKO.B | Kiko | Female genitals (considered a rude word). | (Sph) |
| PN.KILA.1 | Kila | Bald | (Sph) |
| PN.KI-LAA-RUA | Laua | Third person dual pronoun | (Sph) |
| PN.KI-LAA-UTOLU | Lautolu | Third person plural pronoun | (Sph) |
| AN.KILI.1 | Kili | Skin; bark | (Sph) |
| AN.KILI.2 | Kili | Saw, file; to saw. To rub against (Sph). | (McE) |
| OC.KILI-KILI | Kilikili | Gravel | (Sph) |
| MP.KILO | Kilo | Turn the head without moving the body; look around | (Sph) |
| PN.KI-MAA-RUA | Maua | We (exclusive, dual) | (Sph) |
| PN.KI-MAA-UTOLU | Mautolu | We (exc) | (Sph) |
| PN.KI-MO-RUA | Mua | You (dual) | (Sph) |
| PN.KI-MO-UTOLU | Mutolu | Second person plural pronoun | (Sph) |
| EO.KINA.1 | Kina | Sea-urchin spp.... | (Sph) |
| PN.KINA.3 | Kina | Protein food (fish or meat). Any relish (e.g. fish) used with other food (McE). | (Sph) |
| XW.KINAU | Kanau | To hinder; indistinct (voice) Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
| PN.KINI.2A | Kini | To strike down, beat down, slash, cut down, trim (mainly plant material). | (Sph) |
| SO.KINI.2B | Kini/kini | Be choppy (of the sea) (<cE) Problematic | (Sph) |
| AN.KIO.1A | Kio | To chirp, to cry (of birds) | (Sph) |
| PN.KIO-KIO | Kookio | Beardfish (Polymixia japonica) Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
| PN.KISI.1 | Kihi | Stunted | (McE) |
| PN.KISI.1 | Kiki, kihi | Stunted growth Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
| PN.KISI-KISI | Kihikihi | Plant spp., weeds (Oxalis corniculata, Phyllanthus simplex) | (Sph) |
| EO.KITA.1 | (Ti)kita | Pronoun, first person singular (rarely used) emphatic, boastful or informal variant of au. Problematic | (Sph) |
| FJ.KITA.2A | Kitu | Intensifier to "long" Problematic | (McE) |
| FJ.KITA.2A | Fi/gita | To kiss Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sph) |
| PN.KI-TAA-RUA | Taua | We (inclusive, dual) | (Sph) |
| PN.KI-TAA-UTOLU | Tautolu | We, us (inc.) | (Sph) |
| AN.KITE.A | Kite | See, learn, know, understand (refers to the metaphorical extention of "see", mainly in the sense of knowing, learning, understanding... | (Sph) |
| AN.KITE.A | Kiti/a | To see, to look, to perceive (sensory information) | (Sph) |
| XW.KITI | Giti | Spurt out (of blood, water from tap etc.) | (Sph) |
| FJ.KITIKITI-VAI | Kitikiti-vai. Kitekitevai (Lws,Tgr). | Dragonfly | (McE) |
| FJ.KITIKITI-VAI | Kitikiti | Larvae of mosquito | (Sph) |
| MP.KIU.1 | Kiu | Plover (Pluvialis dominica)... | (Sph) |
| PN.KIU.3 | Kivi | Tapering, diminishing in size; gradually disappearing in the distance | (McE) |
| PN.KIWA.1 | Kiva | Dirty. Dirt-coloured, dusky (McE). | (Sph) |
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