Niue entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| EO.LAQU.1 | Lau | To get caught (e.g. fish hook on coral rock); [be struck, hit] | (Sph) |
| PN.LASI | Lahi | Big, great, large; many | (Sph) |
| MP.LASO.A | Laho | Scrotum, testicle | (Sph) |
| AN.LATA.1 | Lata | Right, proper; to fit properly, fit well Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sph) |
| AN.LATA.1 | La/lata | Tame | (Sph) |
| AN.LATA.1 | Tee/lata | To dislike, be timid (of a child who is not confident with strangers) | (Sph) |
| NP.-LA-TOU.B | -la(uto)lu | Third person plural possessive suffix Problematic | (Sph) |
| AN.LAU.1A | Lau | Leaf; page | (Sph) |
| PN.LAU.2A | Lau | Chorus (sung when dragging weights, etc.) | (McE) |
| EO.LAU.3 | Lau/lahi | Wide, broad | (Sph) |
| EO.LAU.3 | Lau/tote | Narrow | (Sph) |
| TO.LAU.4 | Lau | Chorus (sung when dragging weights etc.); to help; to have similar habits (wife and husband) | (McE) |
| TO.LAU.4 | Lau | To be well acquainted, to get on well | (Sph) |
| PN.LAU-GA | Laauga | Sermon, discourse; to present a sermon. To talk continuously (McE). | (Sph) |
| PN.LAU-GUTU | Laugutu | Lips | (Sph) |
| XW.LAUKAU | Laukou | Greenery; foliage | (McE) |
| PN.LAU-LASI | Laulahi | Wide, broad | (Sph) |
| PN.LAULAU | Laulau | Coconut leaf spread (traditionally used onto which to spread food for a feast); table; to spread, to put out (of food) | (Sph) |
| PN.LAU-PAPA | Laupapa | Floor, board, platform | (McE) |
| PN.LAU-QULU | Lauulu | Hair (of the head) | (Sph) |
| CP.LAU-TOLU | Lautolu | A creeper with trifoliate leaves | (Sph) |
| AN.LAWA.2 | Lava/hi | To tie, wrap around (of loose clothes that need fastening) | (Sph) |
| AN.LAWA.2 | Lava, lave | To wrap | (Sph) |
| PN.LAWA.3 | Lava/kimata | Bark-cloth hat | (McE) |
| PN.LAWE.2A | Lave/lave | Busy | (Sph) |
| PN.LAWE.2A | Faka/lave/lave | Obstruct, hinder, cause strife | (Tgr) |
| PN.LAWE.2B | Lave/aki | To help, assist, save Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sph) |
| PN.LAWE.2B | Lave | Wear or use temporarily | (Sph) |
| SO.LE | E | Common article with scope over common nouns Problematic | (Sph) |
| PN.LEA | Lea | To speak [exx. with negative] | (Sph) |
| PN.LEFE | Lefe(tona) | Sty (on eye) | (Sph) |
| TO.LEFIO | Lefio | Moth | (Sph) |
| PN.LEI.1 | Lei | Rattle, as shell ornament does Problematic | (McE) |
| OC.LELE.A | Lele | To fly; flow (of liquid) | (Sph) |
| EC.LE-LEA.1 | Faalea (pl. faalelea) | Disorderly, noisy Uncertain Semantic Connection | (McE) |
| PN.LELE-A.2 | Lelea | To change colour (of yams) Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sph) |
| SO.LELEFUA.* | Lefua | Chief (wife's term for husband in respectful language) Problematic | (Sph) |
| PN.LELU | Lule | To wobble (of something fat and plumpish) | (Sph) |
| PN.LEMU | Faka/lemu | To muddy Problematic | (Lws) |
| OC.LEPA.2 | Lepa/lepa | Flooded, stained | (Sph) |
| PN.LEPE | Lepe/ti | To knock down (of solid objects) | (Sph) |
| OC.LEQO.1 | Leo | Voice, sound | (Sph) |
| PN.LEQO.2 | Leo/leo | To guard, watch over, protect; constable, policeman | (Sph) |
| PN.LEQO.2 | Leo | To wait Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sph) |
| XW.LEVA | Leva | To be a long time; for a long time | (Sph) |
| PN.LEWELEWE | Ha/vele | To droop, hang down Problematic | (Sph) |
| PN.LI-AKI | Liaki | To swing so as to throw something. To pretend to throw something while retaining it in the hand (McE). | (Sph) |
| PN.LI-AKI | Li/liaki/ | Swing to and fro. Swing the arms when walking (McE). | (Sph) |
| PN.LI-AKI | Lia/liaki | To whirl round | (Lws) |
| CP.LIALIA | Lialia/pou | Giddy | (Sph) |
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