Niue entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CP.TEKE.4 | Faka/teke | To go against one another, to oppose | (Sph) |
| CP.TEKE.4 | Teke, neke | Nudge Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
| PN.TEKI.2 | Te/teki | Nasty, disgusting Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sph) |
| PN.TELE-FUA | Telefua | Naked; thoughtless | (Sph) |
| PN.TE-NI | Hinei, hinai | This place here | (Sph) |
| CE.TEO | Telo | Clitoris Problematic | (Sph) |
| PN.TE-O-KU | Hooku | 1st person singular possessive pronoun, can only be preposed. It is an old form rarely used. | (Sph) |
| PN.TE-O-U | Hoo | Second person singular possessive pronoun, preposed | (Sph) |
| TO.TEPU | Tepu | Lump, knot; knob; small place, spot of land; wart; clitoris | (Sph) |
| PN.TE-QA | Ha | Genitive case marker with plural pronouns | (Sph) |
| PN.TE-QA-KU | Haaku | My, mine | (Sph) |
| PN.TE-QA-NA | Haana | Third person singular possessive | (Sph) |
| PN.TE-QA-U | Haau/Ha/Hoo | Second person singular possessive pronoun | (Sph) |
| TO.TEQE.1 | Tee | Excrement | (McE) |
| PN.TEQE.2 | Mo/tee | Very soft or pulpy (because of decay). Bruised [ex. fruit](Sph). | (McE) |
| NP.TEQE-AGA | Faka/teaga | Careless. Common, lowly; to despise (McE) Problematic | (Sph) |
| NP.TEQE-AGA | Tagata faka/teaga | Commoner. A nobody (McE). Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sph) |
| CP.TEQETEQE | Teetee | Pufferfish (Arothron sp.) | (Sph) |
| PN.TE-RA | Ki hee | Local noun: here, away | (Sph) |
| PN.TE-RA | Ee | Demonstrative: this, these | (McE) |
| PN.TERE.A | (Te)tele | Crawl, run, move like a crab. Creep, float (in the sky, of a flag) (McE). Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
| PN.TERE.A | Tele/tele | To glide along on tiptoe; to slide, to move smoothly. To shuffle (gait); to dribble (with a ball) (Sph). Phonologically Irregular | (McE) |
| XW.TE-TEKI | Teteki | Nasty, disgusting | (Sph) |
| PN.TEWE | Teve | A plant (Amorphophallus campanulatus) traditionally used like pia (Niuean arrowroot) during periods of food shortages | (Sph) |
| CP.TIA.1B | Tia | To make a net; weave, knit, crochet, embroider; (spider) spin (web) | (Sph) |
| PN.TIALE | Tiale | Generic for gardenia and frangipani-like plants | (Sph) |
| OC.TIFA.1A | Tifa | Mother-of-pearl shell; bonito hook made of pearl shell; earring; plant (Acacia spirorbis) [from resemblance of its fruit to earrings] | (Sph) |
| PN.TIFA.2 | Tifa, lifa | Tilt sideways, capsize (of canoe) Phonologically Irregular | (McE) |
| OC.TIFI-TIFI | Tifitifi | Butterfly fish (Chaetodon sp.) | (Sph) |
| MP.TII.1 | Tii | (Cordyline terminalis)... | (Sph) |
| NP.TII.3 | La/ti/ti | Scorching hot (of sun) | (Lws) |
| NP.TII-PUTA | Tiputa | To wear; a Mother Hubbard dress Borrowed | (Sph) |
| CE.TII-TAFA | Titafa | To be on a slant, not firmly fixed in position Problematic | (Sph) |
| OC.TIKA.A | Tika. | Javelin, dart, spear (used in sport of taa-tika) | (Sph) |
| OC.TIKA.A | Tika, hako-tika, tika-hako | Straight | (McE) |
| EP.TIKA.B | Tika | Just, right Phonologically Irregular | (McE) |
| EP.TIKA.B | Tika, hako-tika, tika-hako | Straight | (McE) |
| EP.TIKA.B | Hako-tika | Quite correct, dead right, spot on | (Sph) |
| PN.TIKE.1A | Tike/tike | To squat on the heels | (McE) |
| PN.TIKE.1A | Tike | Protrude, stick out (of teeth) | (Sph) |
| EC.TIKE.1B | Tike | To be protruding, to stick out (of teeth) Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sph) |
| CP.TIKO.A | Tiko | Defecate; rusty | (Sph) |
| PN.TILA | Faka/tila | To steer, to veer off Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Wbr) |
| FJ.TILI.3 | Tili | Smash (rocks) | (Sph) |
| NP.TIMO.2 | Timo, temu | Game of knucklebones | (Sph) |
| OC.TINO.A | Tino | Body (human or animal) | (Sph) |
| PN.TINO.C | Faka/tino | To appear in bodily form; picture, likeness | (Sph) |
| MP.TIO.2 | Tio | Oyster species (I) | (???) |
| MP.TIPA | Tipa/tipa | To be out of shape | (Sph) |
| MP.TIPA | Tipa | Sway, be crooked, slant. Dance (used in old chants) (McE). | (Sph) |
2731 entries found
