Niue entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PN.RAA | Aa | Sign of emphatic imperative (postverbal) | (McE) |
| PN.RAFO | Afo/lau | Bivouac, temporary shelter | (McE) |
| PN.RAFO | Afo/afo langi | Signs of bad weather in the sky Uncertain Semantic Connection | (McE) |
| AN.RAKU | V/aku(v/aku) | Scribble, scratch Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
| AN.RAKU | Laku | To mix; to touch, handle Problematic | (Sph) |
| AN.RAKU | H/aku | Scratch Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
| AN.RAMA | Ama | Search for crabs, etc. with a torch | (McE) |
| AN.RANO | A/ano | Disagreeable, unpleasant (of taste) [ex. water] Uncertain Semantic Connection | (McE) |
| OC.RANU.B | Inu lanu | (of a foetus) To suffocate or otherwise have ill-effects when it takes in (drinks) amniotic fluid | (Sph) |
| AN.RAQA | Laa | Branch (of tree); strand (of rope). (Carries the connotation of being 'small' or 'the smaller part of a whole') (Sph). Phonologically Irregular | (McE) |
| PN.RAQA-KAU.A | Akau | Tree | (Sph) |
| PN.RAQA-KAU.A | Laakau | Shrub, plant. Borrowed | (McE) |
| PN.RAQA-KAU.B | Akau | Wood, timber; weapon | (Sph) |
| PN.RAQA-KAU.B | Laakau | Sewing machine Borrowed | (Sph) |
| PN.RAQA-RAQA | Laalaa | Branches Problematic | (Sph) |
| PN.RAU.2 | Te/au | Hundred | (Sph) |
| FJ.RAU.3 | Au | Thatch (us. sugarcane or pandanus leaves) | (Sph) |
| CE.RAUKA | Lauka | A comparative, better etc. Problematic | (McE) |
| MP.REFU.1 | Efu/efu (afi) | Ashes | (Sph) |
| PN.REFU-REFU | Efuefu | To be grey | (Sph) |
| MP.REGA | Ega | To be rosy; overripe | (Sph) |
| PN.REGA-REGA | Egaega | Deep red; overripe | (Sph) |
| PN.REGA-REGA | Legalega | Shaded, spotted Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sph) |
| AN.RIKI | Iki/iki | Small (suppletive plural of tote) | (Sph) |
| AN.RIKI | Faka/iki/iki | To make small (usually refers to quantity) | (Sph) |
| AN.RIKI | Liki/liki | Small (Motu dialect) Borrowed Phonologically Irregular | (McE) |
| AN.ROFA | Ofa | Fathom (measure of outstretched arms | (Sph) |
| PN.ROFE | Ofe | Bend (refers to casually bending something) | (Sph) |
| PN.ROFE | O/ofe/ | To bend (refers to carfully bending something) | (Sph) |
| PN.ROFE | Ofe/ofe/ | Bend carefully; straighten something bent | (Sph) |
| PN.ROFE | Ope/ope | Heavy, bent down. Weak, near death (McE). Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
| PN.ROFE | Ta/lofe | To hang loosely, droop Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
| AN.ROGO.1A | Ta/ogo | To echo | (Sph) |
| AN.ROGO.1A | Logona | To hear, sense Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
| AN.ROGO.1B | Ogo | Message; to call, to send a message, to announce | (Sph) |
| CE.ROKI | Loi | Mattress Borrowed Phonologically Irregular | (McE) |
| FJ.ROO.1 | Fe/olo | To wander about. To wander to and fro [ex. people] (McE). Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
| AN.RUA | Ua | Two | (Sph) |
| PN.RUA-FULU | Uafulu | Twenty | (Sph) |
| PN.RUKU | Uku | To dive; to raise, bring up (lit. or fig.), look for | (Sph) |
| EP.RURE | Lule | To wobble (of something fat and plumpish) | (Sph) |
| EP.RURE | Lule/lule | Wobbly, unstable | (McE) |
| AN.SA | Ha | Singular indefinite article (rare) | (Sph) |
| PN.SAA.2 | Haa( haa) | [Be (in a place), take place] | (Sph) |
| PN.SAA.2 | Ha | To exist, to be (Bib.) (Kia ha... Let there be...) | (???) |
| OC.SAAKULE | Ha/haku | To search, scratch around for something Problematic | (Sph) |
| OC.SAE.1 | Hee | Rip, tear; husk (coconuts); husking stick | (Sph) |
| MP.SAFE.2 | Hafe | Beard Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sph) |
| PN.SAFULE | Afule, hafule | Strip the dry leaves from sugarcane, pandanus, banana etc. (Motu dialect). To clear dead leaves (Sph). | (McE) |
| FJ.SAGA.1B | Haga/aki | To continue (pre-verbal) | (Sph) |
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