Niue entries in Pollex-Online

Protoform Item Description Source
TO.QUAGA Uanga Worm, maggot, parasite (McE)
AN.QUFI.1 Ufi Yam (Sph)
PN.QUFI.3 U/ufi To cover; cover (n), lid (Sph)
PN.QUFI.3 Ufi/a To be covered; to overlook, to escape the memory. To forget (Sph). (McE)
PN.QUFI-LEI Ufilei Wild yam (Dioscorea esculenta) and perhaps other yam species that grow wild (Sph)
PN.QUFI-QULU Afii ulu Hat, head covering Phonologically Irregular (Sph)
AN.QUGA Uga Coconut crab (Birgus latro) (Sph)
AN.QUGA Uga/uga A sea-dwelling hermit crab (Wbr)
AN.QUGA Uga/mea A land-dwelling hermit crab (Sph)
PN.QUGA-AFI Gaafi. Ugafi (Lws). Firewood (Sph)
PN.QUGA-KOA Ungakoo Mollusc sp. (with cylindrical shell, usually attached to rocks or flat reef, sometimes in spiral form...). A limpet (McE). (Sph)
XW.QUGA-QUGA Ungaunga Small cuts, wounds (as on a yam etc.); to carve (McE)
AN.QUHA Uha Rain; to rain (Sph)
MP.QUHILA Uhila Lightning (Sph)
MP.QUHILA Hila Electricity (Sph)
NP.QULA-QULA Ulaula Spiked prawn (Saron marmoratus) Problematic (Sph)
MP.QULI.1 Uli To steer (i) Problematic (???)
PN.QULI.2 Uli Black, dark coloured (Sph)
AN.QULU.1 Ulu Head, hair (on head) (Sph)
PN.QULU.2 Ulu Plantation, clump, grove; group (of things usually grouped together) (Sph)
PN.QULUA Ulua Trevally spp. (Caranx ignobilis, C.sexfasciatus) (Sph)
MP.QULUGA Uluga Pillow, headrest (Sph)
PN.QULU-MATUQA Ulumotua Church elder (Sph)
PN.QULU-POKO Ulupoko Skull (Sph)
PN.QULU-QAKI Uluaki First-born child (of any gender) (Sph)
CP.QULU-QULU Uluulu Reef (Sph)
PN.QULU-TUKI Ulutuki Hawkfish (Cirrhitus and Paracirrhites spp.) (Sph)
CP.QUMITI Umiti To crave (for sea food) (Sph)
SO.QUMO (U)uma Pick [out,up] with thumb and index finger; pinch (to kill small land-crab) Problematic (Sph)
PN.QUMOTI Omoti A cork, stopper Phonologically Irregular (Tgr)
MP.QUMU.1A Umu Earth oven; oven-cooked food (Sph)
AN.QUNA Una Turtle shell; comb (Sph)
AN.QUNAFI Inafi To scale a fish (Motu dial) Phonologically Irregular (McE)
AN.QUNAFI H/inafi Fish scale, to scale a fish Phonologically Irregular (Sph)
PN.QUNOKO Unoko To be bruised (Sph)
PN.QUNU Unu Move along, move over, draw near (McE)
PN.QUNU Unu, une To move something, to move (oneself) over (Sph)
AN.QURA Uo Spiny lobster (Paribacus penicillatus) and some prawn spp. (Sph)
PN.QUSI Uhi Dark-coloured. Purple (McE). (Sph)
AN.QUTA.1 Uta Inland, shore, ashore; east (Sph)
PN.QUTI.1 G/uti To crunch something between one's teeth. To bite (McE). (Sph)
PN.QUTI.1 Pag/uti To make a light crackling sound [when eaten] (Sph)
AN.QUTI.2 Ute Tail part of a shellfish; core, cause (Sph)
OC.QUTO Uto/uto Verbal intensifier used with momoho [ripe] and kula [red] Uncertain Semantic Connection (Sph)
OC.QUTU.1 Utu To fill (with liquid) (Sph)
FJ.QUTU.2 Fe/utu Cliff (Sph)
OC.QUTU.3 Utu Fish spp., barracuda (Sphyraena spp.) and grey jobfish (Aprion virescens) (Sph)
PN.QUU.A U/gafi Firewood (Lws)
PN.-RA Ki he/e Local noun: Here, away (Sph)
PN.RAA Laa Just, yet, here, there Phonologically Irregular (Sph)

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