Niue entries in Pollex-Online

Protoform Item Description Source
XW.MAASIMA Maatima Salt (traditionally from the sea, dried on pandanus leaves) (Sph)
PN.MAASINA Mahina Moon, month; button (Sph)
PN.MAASOLI Futi /maholi/ Wild plantain, a cooking banana (Sph)
PN.MAATA-GA Mataga Look-out point (at the verge of high places, such as cliffs) (Sph)
PN.MAATA-KI Mataki/a To look at, peep, pry (Sph)
CP.MAA-TAU Matau/tau Clever at work (Lws)
TO.MAA-TILA Matila Sharp (Sph)
PN.MAA-TINO Mahino Obvious, clear Phonologically Irregular (Sph)
PN.MAA-TINO Faka/matino Umpire, referee. Uncertain Semantic Connection (Sph)
OC.MAATOLU Matolu Thick (Sph)
PN.MAATUQA Matua Parent; elder (Sph)
PN.MAAUI Maaui Legendary hero (Sph)
PN.MAAUI Maui Foreigner (from Maui, the demigod, supposed to live in the underworld) (McE)
PN.MAA-UNU Maunu To be moved, to be shifted (Sph)
PN.MA-FAI Mafai Able, willing (Sph)
PN.MA-FAI Ma/eke To be able, to be possible, can, to be allowed Phonologically Irregular (Sph)
PN.MA-FAKI Mafaki To drop off as fruit from tree (Sph)
MP.MA-FANA Mafana Warm (Sph)
XW.MA-FAO Mafao Stretched apart, well separated; to stretch oneself (McE)
PN.MA-FAQA.A Mafaa(faa) Cracked open, split open. Crack, rift; to cut through, as a vessel cutting through the waves (McE). (Sph)
XW.MA-FATI Mafati To be snapped off, to break down by force; to calm down, to subside; to be relieved (Sph)
PN.MA-FELA Mafela(fela) Chipped Uncertain Semantic Connection (Sph)
PN.MA-FITI Mafiti Swift, quick Problematic (Sph)
EO.MA-FOA.A Mafoa A place apart, a separate place Uncertain Semantic Connection (Sph)
PN.MA-FOLA Mafola To have peace, be at peace, be alright; peace Uncertain Semantic Connection (Sph)
PN.MA-FOLE.1 Mafole/fole Peel, as bark from tree (McE)
NP.MAFU.1 Mafu To heal (vi) Problematic (Sph)
PN.MA-FUA Mafua Seasonal food (for fish and birds) (Sph)
EO.MAFUIKE Mafuike Earthquake (Sph)
PN.MA-FUKE Mafuke Opened, partly undone, as a parcel (McE)
PN.MA-FULI Mafuli Turned over, upturned (McE)
PN.MA-FUTA Ma/futa/ To emerge (as from the bush or from the water after a dive). To wake up intermittently; to come up [as a topic] (Sph). (McE)
PN.MA-FUTI Mafuti Plucked out (as hair etc.); slight pain (McE)
PN.MA-FUTI Mafuti/futi To come out, to come off (e.g. hair, feathers) (Sph)
AN.MAGA.1 Maga Forked. branched, opened up our out; fork (area between branches), parting, division... (Sph)
PN.MAGA-MAGA.A Magamaga Complex (Lws)
PN.MAGA-WAI Magavai Fresh water (Sph)
PN.MAGEHO.A Magiho To itch; to want sex desperately (Sph)
PN.MAGEHO.B Mangiho Stinging nettle tree (Dendrocnide harveyi). A woody weed (Acalypha boehmerioides) (McE). (Sph)
MP.MAGO Mago Dry, dried up (e.g. ground); overcooked (Sph)
MP.MAGO Maago/a Empty, dry (of fallen coconut) (Sph)
OC.MAGOO Magoo Shark (Sph)
OC.MAHU.A Mahu Abundance of food, to be abundant (Sph)
OC.MAHU.A Muhu (with following noun) Abundant in, have plenty of (what is denoted by the noun) (Sph)
OC.MAHU.B Mahu To finish (refers to excretory functions) (Sph)
MP.MAHUKU Mohuku A common fern (Nephrolepis hirsutula)... (Sph)
AN.MAI.A Mai Towards speaker (Sph)
AN.MAI.A Ta/mai Bring, be brought (Sph)
PN.MAI.B Mai To give (with same directional distinction as the post-verbal particle) (Sph)
PN.MAI.D Mai From (Sph)

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