Niue entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PN.SURU.A | Faka/huu/ hifo | Headlong | (McE) |
| AN.SUU.1 | Paha/huu | To be damp | (Sph) |
| XW.SUU.3 | Huu/lalo | To beg for mercy, to seek forgiveness | (Sph) |
| XW.SUU.3 | Hu/feilo | To bow down, to kneel in reverence; to surrender; to sue for peace | (Tgr) |
| PN.-TA | -kita | First person singular affective possessive Problematic | (Sph) |
| EO.TAA.1A | Taa | Hit, strike; make, build, perform; cut (with implement); draw, mark; throw, wield, cast | (Sph) |
| AN.TAA.1B | Taa | Cut (with an implement); draw, mark, engrave | (Sph) |
| PN.TAA.1C | Taa/tatau | To tattoo; tattoo (n) | (Sph) |
| PN.TAA.2 | Taa | Bunch of bananas | (Sph) |
| PN.TAAKAI | Taakai | To rub (with oil). Anoint (McE). | (Sph) |
| NP.TAALAWA | Talaoa | Curved rafters leading to an interior ridgepole (Loeb 1926) | (Sph) |
| PN.TAA-MATE-A | Taamate | To kill, murder, eliminate; delete, erase, put out | (Sph) |
| PN.TAA-MAU | Tamau | Make fast, fasten | (Sph) |
| PN.TAANAKI | Taanaki | To gather, heap up, collect and store | (Sph) |
| NP.TAA-POLA | Taapola | Coconut leaf basket Problematic | (Sph) |
| PN.TAAQOFI | Taofi | To hold back, restrain; to be stopped by someone or something | (Sph) |
| PN.TAAULA | Taula/atua | Witch doctor, shaman. Shaman or priest of heathen times (McE). | (Sph) |
| PN.TAAU-POQOU | Taopou, taupou | To be a virgin | (Sph) |
| PN.TAA-WILI | Tavili | Grind | (McE) |
| PN.TAA-WILI | Tavilivili | Spin, whirl, rotate | (McE) |
| OC.TAFA.2 | Tafa | Cut with a sharp instrument, slit | (Sph) |
| PN.TA-FAGA.A | Tau/tafaga | Naked (of people); bare, infertile (land) | (Sph) |
| PN.TA-FAGA.A | Tafaga/faga | Shrub, low bush (of area, carries the connotation of 'bare, infertile land') | (Sph) |
| SO.TAFA-QATA | Ma/tafa/tafa | Break of day. Daybreak (Sph). | (McE) |
| SO.TAFA-QATA | Ma/tafa/tafaata | Early morning | (McE) |
| PN.TAFA-QULI | Tafauli | Black trevally or black jack (Caranx lugubris) | (Sph) |
| OC.TAFE | Tafe | To flow; current (of ocean) | (Sph) |
| PN.TAFETA.A | Tafeta | Pool (of brackish water above high tide mark) | (Sph) |
| EO.TAFI | Tafi | To sweep; broom; razor. To shave (McE). | (Sph) |
| TA.TAFIFI. | Tefifi | A trailing plant (Ipomoea gracilis), wild morning glory Problematic | (McE) |
| CE.TAFITI.1 | Tafiti | Name given to the southern part of Niue, and only used as such (Sph). Problematic | (Sph) |
| PN.TAFITO.A | Tefito | Essence, basis, core; axle | (Sph) |
| PN.TAFITO.A | Tefito | Tuberous ginger plant (tubers sometimes eaten during times of scarcity). Root of the yellow-flowered ginger (McE). | (Sph) |
| PN.TA-FOKI | Tafoki | To turn round | (Sph) |
| OC.TA-FOLA.1 | Tafola | Scattered about | (McE) |
| PN.TAFOLA.2 | Tofola | Flat area inside reef | (Sph) |
| XW.TAFUA | Tafua | Rim of a traditional drum | (Sph) |
| FJ.TAFU.A | Tafu | To set alight; to add firewood, replenish or refuel (a fire) | (Sph) |
| TO.TAFUGA.2 | Tafuna | Mound (of earth) Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
| PN.TA-FULI | Tafilu, tafuli | To turn, turn round (vi) Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
| EP.TAFUQA | Tafua | Platform Problematic | (Sph) |
| MP.TAFU-RAQA | Tafuaa | Whale | (Sph) |
| OC.TAGA.1A | Taga | Bag, sack | (Sph) |
| PN.TAGA-A-MIMI | Tagamimi | Bladder | (Sph) |
| PN.TAGALOA.A | Tagaloa | Principal god of Niueans in pre-missionary times | (Sph) |
| PN.TAGALOA.B | Tagaloa | Rainbow | (Sph) |
| PN.TAGAQU | Tagau | Sea crab sp. (edible, red and black varieties) Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sph) |
| MP.TAGATA | Tagata | Person, human | (Sph) |
| PN.TAGA-TAGA | Tagataga | Loose | (Sph) |
| TO.TAGA-TOO | Tangatoo | Very loose, to loosen | (McE) |
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