Niue entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PN.PALE-PALE | Palepale | The roof over a verandah | (McE) |
| PN.PALE-TUQA | Paletua | Backbone for relying on; something put aside for the future, savings | (Sph) |
| FJ.PALI.1A | Pali/a | Hill Problematic | (Sph) |
| CP.PALOLO.A | Palolo | Balolo sea-worm (not known to occur in Niue, but known from Samoa). A variety of flying-fish (McE). | (Sph) |
| PN.PALU.1 | Palu | Oilfish (Ruvettus pretiosus). Fish spp., mainly snapper and jobfish (Lutjanidae) (Sph). | (Hpr) |
| PN.PALU.1 | Palu teehii | Castor oil fish (Ruvettus pretiosus) | (Sph) |
| AN.PALU.2 | Palu | To mix (of liquids), to brew | (Sph) |
| PN.PANE.A | Pane/lima | Part of the palm of the hand where it joins the wrist. Base of the palm, lower wrist (Sph). | (McE) |
| OC.PANI.1 | Pani | Paint, smear, rub oil on (I) Problematic | (???) |
| PN.PANI.3 | Pani/gaa | To pray (archaic) | (Sph) |
| PN.PAO.1 | Pao | To punch [hit with fist]; to nail, to hammer; stop up (as a tooth, make a filling | (Sph) |
| PN.PAO.1 | Pao/ga | To be hit well [ex. ball] | (Sph) |
| PN.PAOPAO | Vaka paopao | A boat, a canoe. One-man canoe (Sph). | (McE) |
| MP.PAPA.1A | Papa | Washing-board; type of wooden club (weapon) | (Sph) |
| PN.PAPA.1B | Papa | To sit (on the flat ground); floor-mat (made from wide, unsplit pandanus leaves)l solid (with a flat base); to be hit flat, to be hit full square (completely, absolutely, exactly) | (Sph) |
| PN.PAQALA | Paala | Tiger Fish. Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri) (Sph). | (Hpr) |
| PN.PAQA-PAQA | Paapaa | To cook, on the open fire, food wrapped in leaves | (Sph) |
| PN.PAQE | Pee | Drift ashore, be wrecked | (McE) |
| XW.PAQOGO | Paaogo | A type of floor mat (woven with wide double strips of pandanus) | (Sph) |
| CP.PASU.1A | Pahu | Bang, stamp, dash down. Stamp, slam; to fish by a method involving tapping parts of the canoe (Sph). | (McE) |
| CE.PASU.1B | Pahu | Local bass [instrument] made from box, string and stick; cello, double bass. A drum (McE). Problematic | (Sph) |
| OC.PATA.1A | Pata | A drop of rain | (Tgr) |
| PN.PATA.1B | Patapata | To have a rash (on the skin) Problematic | (Sph) |
| PN.PATA.1B | Patapata | Fish sp. (grey with orange patches on back, black spots on head and belly) | (McE) |
| NO.PA-TAKE | Lake/lake | Shallow Problematic | (Sph) |
| NO.PA-TAKE | Pootake, pootaki | Shallow Problematic | (Sph) |
| PN.PATI.1 | Pati | To clap; to slap | (Sph) |
| LO.PATO | Pato | Duck n. | (McE) |
| PN.PATOKI | Uli patoki | Pitch black | (Sph) |
| PN.PATOKI | Patoki(toki) | Extra-black, jet black | (McE) |
| PN.PATU.2 | Patu | Rock; stony, rocky. Foundation (Sph). Problematic | (McE) |
| CP.PAU.1A | Pau/aki | Be deliberate; [deliberately (v)] | (Sph) |
| EP.PAU.1D | Pau | Tarnished, faded Borrowed Problematic | (Sph) |
| XW.PAUQU | Pauu | To boast. Boastful (Tongan) (McE). Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sph) |
| PN.PE | Po | Or | (Sph) |
| OC.PEAU | Peau | Wave (of ocean); wave hairstyle | (Sph) |
| PN.PEE- | Pe/he | Like (resembling), thus | (Sph) |
| PN.PEE- | Pee/a | Like this (arch.) | (Sph) |
| CE.PEEHAU | Peehau, peekau | Wing. Wing of a bird or other flying creature (McE). Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
| PN.PEE-HENA | Pehena | In like manner, like that | (McE) |
| PN.PEE-HENI | Pehenai | In this manner, like this | (McE) |
| PN.PEE-HENI | Pehee nai | Like this | (Sph) |
| NP.PEE-LAA | Peea | Thus, like this (archaic) Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
| PN.PEGU | Penu | To be blunt Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
| TO.PE-HEE | Pehee | To be like, to resemble; to say (like this, direct speech) | (Sph) |
| TO.PE-HEE | Pehe | To say | (McE) |
| TO.PE-HEE | Pehee | Thus (used for present or future time) | (McE) |
| OC.PEKA.1 | Peka | Flying fox, fruit bat (Pteropus sp.); to cling | (Sph) |
| CP.PEKA-PEKA.1 | Pekapeka | White-rumped Swiftlet ICollocalia spodiopygia) | (Sph) |
| TA.PEKE.1C | Peke/peke | To be quick Problematic | (Sph) |
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