Niue entries in Pollex-Online

Protoform Item Description Source
MP.MUTU.2 Mutu/mutu A small grey fish with dark vertical bands and a yellowish patch on the back (Sph)
NP.MUU-FEKE Muufeke Squid (Sepia spp.) Problematic (Sph)
CE.MUUNAA Muna Bald Problematic (McE)
PN.NA.3 Na Verbal particle, past tense or general-truth (Sph)
PN.-NA.4 Haa/na 3rd person singular possessive pronoun (Sph)
NP.NAA.1 Naa Demonstrative adjective, pointing to something or someone near the person addressed Problematic (Sph)
NP.NAA.1 (A(e))naa That, those; now Problematic (Sph)
PN.NAFA Nafa Slit drum. Small, wooden drum shaped like a canoe, with a narrow slot on one side (McE). (Sph)
PN.NAFA Nafa, lafa To hit, beat (Sph)
MP.NAMO Namo Lake, lagoon. Pond (McE). (Sph)
MP.NAMO Namo/namo Be full to the brim; the deep (of sea) (Sph)
MP.NAMO Puke namo Quite full (McE)
AN.NAMU.1A Namu Smell (n) (Sph)
EC.NAMU.1B Nemu/nemu Small particles, scraps. Small particles of fibre (Sph). Problematic (McE)
MP.NAMU.2A Namu Mosquito (Sph)
PN.NAMU-AQA Namuaa Smell of fish or the sea (vi) (Sph)
TO.NANA.4 Nana/a To be greedy, to be mean (Sph)
CE.NANE Nane Boiled arrowroot and coconut pudding Problematic (McE)
PN.NAO Nao Probe with fingers, poke (e.g. into rock hole for sea-food, into one's own mouth). Pull out of hole (McE). (Sph)
PN.NAO Na/naoo Thrust hand into hole (McE)
PN.NAO Na/naao Commence to pull something out of a hole (McE)
PN.NAO Lao, nao To probe (with finger or hand), put one's fingers or hand into something (Sph)
NP.NAPAQA Napaa/tia Accidental (due to an accident) (Sph)
PN.NAQA.1 Naa To be quiet, to stop crying (Sph)
PN.NAQA.2 Ne/ke Subordinate conjunction implying some counterproductive consequence: Lest, otherwise, in case (Sph)
PN.NAQA.3 Na/naa Greedy, mean (Sph)
EP.NAWE Nava To praise, admire Problematic (Sph)
PN.NE Ne Past tense marker (simple past or past progressive; possibly relative clause marker) (Sph)
NP.NEI Nei, nai Demonstrative: this, these, here Problematic (Sph)
NP.NEI Ae/nei This, these Problematic (McE)
NP.NEI Ae/nei, ae/nai, ai/nei, ai/nai Nowadays Problematic (Sph)
PN.NENE Nene Orgasm, sensory pleasure (Sph)
PN.NEWA.A Neva To wander aimlessly; to go for a leisurely walk (Sph)
AN.-NI Nii Post-verbal particle: Just, only; indeed, quite Problematic (Sph)
AN.NIFO Nifo Tooth; scissors; tenon (Sph)
PN.NIKO Niko(niko)/a Surrounded by a halo; giddy. Swim in the head (McE). (Sph)
PN.NIMO.1 Nimo To forget, unable to remember (Sph)
TO.NINI.2 Nini Shimmering heat, vapor rising on a sunny day (McE)
MP.NIU.1 Niu Coconut palm (Sph)
EP.NO Noo Your (sing.) (obs.) (McE)
EO.NOA.1 Noa To be, have, get or obtain nothing. Uselessly, without cause, in vain (Tgr). Problematic (Sph)
EO.NOA.1 Noa Free, unrestrained, boundless (McE)
PN.NOA.2 Noa Just, only (post-verbal particle). Without cause, in vain, uselessly, without purpose; free, unrestrained, boundless (McE). (Sph)
OC.NOFO Nofo Sit, dwell, stay (Sph)
OC.NOFO Nofo/i, lofo/i To sit carelessly (in terms of comfort and cleanliness) (Sph)
PN.NOFO-A Nofoa Seat,chair (Sph)
MP.NOFU Nofu Fish spp.: Scorpion fish (Scorpaeonidae); stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa) (Sph)
FJ.NOKU Koku To bend down, stoop Phonologically Irregular (Sph)
MP.NONO.1 Nono Small beetle (McE)
MP.NONO.1 Gogo An small insect: sandly, small fruitfly (gneerally, all types of very small insects). A small beetls (McE). Phonologically Irregular (Sph)

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