Niue entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| OC.MAQOTA | Maota, moota | Tree (Dysoxylum richii) | (McE) |
| OC.MAQOTA | Moota, maota | Tree (Dysoxylum forsteri) | (Sph) |
| PN.MAQU.1 | Mau | Complete, finished; stopped, held; fixed; ready. Constantly, permanently, customarily (McE). | (Sph) |
| PN.MAQU-A | Mau | To be stopped, to be held; to marry | (Sph) |
| PN.MAQU-A | Moua | Get, obtain; catch; possess, have; find | (Sph) |
| PN.MAQUGA | Mouga | Mountain | (Sph) |
| PN.MAQU-KOLOA | Maukoloa | Trader, merchant, shopkeeper (sometimes used as a metaphor for 'rich') | (Sph) |
| AN.MAQURI | Moui | To grow; survive, live; recover; life | (Sph) |
| PN.MAQUTOFU | Motofu. Mootofu (Sph). | A weed (Sida rhombifolia); a plant (Stachytarpheta indica). (Sida acuta) (Sph). | (McE) |
| CE.MARAGAI.* | Malangai | South-east trade wind Borrowed | (Sph) |
| OC.MA-RAMA.A | Maama | Bright (light); light | (Sph) |
| PN.MA-RAMA.C | Maama | Understand, know; knowledge, understanding | (Sph) |
| PN.MARONA | Malona, maona | To be spoiled, ruined, broken | (Sph) |
| PN.MAROO | Maoo | Hard | (Sph) |
| PN.MAROO | Moo | To be dry (of weather) Problematic | (Sph) |
| MP.MASA.1 | Maha | Empty [ex. of water container]; calm (of sea) | (Sph) |
| PN.MA-SAE | Mahee | To be torn, ripped. Husked, cut open (McE). | (Sph) |
| OC.MASAGA.1 | Mahanga | Forked (of a road) | (McE) |
| PN.MASA-IA | Mahaia | Aground (of fish) | (Lws) |
| FJ.MASAKI-TAGA | Mahakitaga | A man's sister | (Sph) |
| CP.MASALO.A | Mahalo | Assume, imagine. Accept, agree (Sph). | (McE) |
| CP.MASALO.A | Mahalo/halo | Doubt; resolve in the mind. Accept; doubt (Sph). | (McE) |
| PN.MASAME | Kahame | A tree (Glochidion ramiflorum) Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
| PN.MA-SANI | Mahani | Conduct, habit, attitude, behaviour; be accustomed, usually do something | (Sph) |
| TA.MASARA | Mahala | Think Borrowed | (Sph) |
| PN.MA-SEKE | Maheke/heke | To be jealous, to envy | (Sph) |
| XW.MA-SEQA | Mahea/hea | To be shrill | (Sph) |
| PN.MA-SIKI | Mahiki/hiki | To be spic and span | (Sph) |
| PN.MA-SISI | Mahihi | To be lifted up or off (by accident); to be peeled off | (Sph) |
| PN.MA-SUNU | Mahunu | Burnt, singed; whiplashed accidentally. To blister with heat; a slight burn (McE). | (Sph) |
| AN.MATA.1A | Mata | Eye, face | (Sph) |
| OC.MATA.1B | Mata kupega | Mesh of net | (Sph) |
| EO.MATA.1C | Mata- | (in compounds) Sharp point, blade, cutting edge; the very tip, head or front of something | (Sph) |
| PN.MATA.1D | Mata | A point of land | (Sph) |
| PN.MATA.1E | Mata | Look at; (pre-verbal) looks like, seems to be | (Sph) |
| AN.MATA.2A | Mata | Raw, uncooked (not cooked at all); unripe [ex. bananas]; new, look new | (Sph) |
| AN.MATA.2A | Niu mata | Copra (not dried properly) | (Sph) |
| EP.MATA-A | Mataa | Coconut scraper Problematic | (Sph) |
| PN.MATA-A-FAGA | Mataafaga | Beach | (Sph) |
| PN.MATA-A-LIMA | Matalima | Finger | (McE) |
| PN.MATA-A-PULE | Matapule/ga | Ceremonial rite of passage (in modern times associated with circumcision) | (Sph) |
| PN.MATA-A-QUHA | Matauha | Rain, raindrop | (Sph) |
| PN.MATA-FENUA | Matafonua | Head of the island, headland; (as place name) northern tip of Niue | (Sph) |
| OC.MATAGI | Matagi | Wind | (Sph) |
| PN.MA-TAKA | Mataka | Peeled off, loose (of skin); to have dandruff | (Sph) |
| CE.MATA-KAINAGA | Matakainaanga | A man's brother, a woman's sister Problematic | (McE) |
| CE.MATA-KAINAGA | Matakainaga | Relative, relation | (Sph) |
| PN.MATA-KITE.A | Matakite | Keen-eyed, sharp-eyed | (McE) |
| AN.MATAKU | Mataku/taku. Mataku (McE). | To fear, be afraid | (Sph) |
| PN.MA-TALA.A | Matala | To bloom, blossom, open up (as flowers) | (Sph) |
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