Niue entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PN.PAE-PAE | Peepee | The stones against which the king reclined while being anointed | (McE) |
| TA.PAGE | Page | Push back Problematic | (Sph) |
| XW.PAGO.2 | Pango/taa | Prisoner, convict. Slave (McE). Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sph) |
| XW.PAGO.2 | Pango/pango/taa | Rude. Uncouth (McE). | (Sph) |
| XW.PA-GUGU | Pagugu, pakuku | To be crunchy. To grind the teeth (McE). | (Sph) |
| EO.PAITO | Paito (Motu dialect), peito (Tafiti dialect), piito | Cookhouse, shelter over oven | (McE) |
| EO.PAITO | Peito, paito | Kitchen | (Sph) |
| PN.PAKA.2 | Paka | An edible sea crab with big nippers | (Sph) |
| PN.PAKA-.3 | Paka/pula | Loins | (Sph) |
| PN.PA-KAKA | Pakaka | To crackle, make a cracking noise; to clap (of thunder) | (McE) |
| PN.PAKEE | Pakee, pokee, pakaa | To make a light crackling sound [ex. chewing gum] | (Sph) |
| AN.PAKI.1 | Paki | To clap (used as a command or interjection during a cricket game) | (Sph) |
| PN.PAKI.3 | (Pa)paki, paki/paki | To break (vt) | (Sph) |
| PN.PAKIA.1 | Paakia | To be hurt | (Sph) |
| CP.PAKI-PAKI | Paki, pake | Portuguese Man-of-war | (McE) |
| PN.PAKO | Pako | A plant (buds used to make oil). Grass-like weed, including nut-grass (Cyperus sp.)... (Sph). | (McE) |
| PN.PAKO | Motie pako | A common weed (Cyperus cyperoides) | (Ykr) |
| PN.PAKOKO.A | Pakoko | Stiff (as starched clothes). Brittle [ex. dry leaves] (Sph). | (McE) |
| PN.PAKOO | Pakoo | Sound made by a stick when broken; make a slapping noise. To make a deep crackling sound; to hit someone (Sph). | (McE) |
| PN.PAKOO | Pokoo, pakoo | To spank, to hit; to make a knocking noise Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
| MP.PAKU.A | Paku | Dry (as rind, skin, etc.) | (McE) |
| MP.PAKU.A | Paku/paku | Dry (including plants and clothes) | (Sph) |
| MP.PAKU.A | Mata/paku | Beginning to heal up (of wounds) | (McE) |
| MP.PAKU.B | Paku | To be burnt | (Sph) |
| MP.PAKU.D | Paku | Unkempt, scaly (skin, hair, etc) | (Sph) |
| MP.PAKU.D | Mata/paku | A scab, pimple | (Lws) |
| PN.PAKUU.A | Pakuu | Roar, rumble (of the sky, as in thunder) | (Sph) |
| PN.PAKUU.A | Pakuu/lagi | Thunder | (Sph) |
| PN.PAKUU.A | Pokuu, pohuu, tokuu | To make a thudding sound or noise Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
| PN.PALA.1A | Pala | To be abundant (of food) | (Sph) |
| PN.PALA.1B | Pala/popo | Rotting on ground (of over-abundant food) | (McE) |
| PN.PALA.1D | Pala | To be wet | (Sph) |
| PN.PALA.1D | Pala/pala | To be watery (mainly of food); to be wet and soggy (of weather condition) | (Sph) |
| OC.PALA.2 | Pala | Fern sp. | (McE) |
| OC.PALA.2 | Pala/pala/veka | Fern spp. (Tectaria chrysotricha, T.latifolia) | (Sph) |
| OC.PALA.2 | Pala/tava | Coastal fern spp. (Phymatodes nigrescens, Acrostichum aureum) | (Sph) |
| PN.PALA.4 | Pala/i | To taste Problematic | (Sph) |
| PN.PALAA | Palaa | Long tail-feathers of a bird; ancient head-dress of feathers; fins of a fish | (Sph) |
| OC.PALAI | Palai | A variety of yam | (McE) |
| MP.PALALAFA | Palelafa | Midrib of the coconut frond Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
| PN.PALA-TAO | Palatao | A large fern (Angiopteris commutata), a common fern (Pteris tripartita). A fern (Angiopteris evecta), largest fern on Niue (Sph). | (McE) |
| PN.PALAU | Palau | Boast, praise oneself | (Sph) |
| PN.PALE.1A | Pale | Fend off, guard. To block (McE). | (Sph) |
| PN.PALE.1B | Pale | Support; rely on | (Sph) |
| PN.PALE.1B | Pale/pale | Reward, payment. Compensation (McE). Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sph) |
| PN.PALE.2 | Pale | Dress the hair | (Sph) |
| PN.PALE.2 | Pale ulu | Hair band | (Sph) |
| FJ.PALE.3C | Pale | Turned (as sun when past noon, or moon past midnight) | (Sph) |
| TO.PALEA | Palea | To obtain or receive something unexpectedly. Obtained in an indefinite way, or from an indefinite place; infrequent, rare (McE). | (Sph) |
| TO.PALEA | Palea! | A call of sympathy (to someone who has stumbled or fallen over): Sorry! | (Wbr) |
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