Entries from McEwen 1970 in Pollex-Online
McEwen, J. M. (1970). Niue Dictionary. Wellington, Department of Maori and Island Affairs.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Niue | Faka/huu/ hifo | Headlong |
| Niue | Huni | A tree (Hernandia moerenhoutiana) |
| Niue | Tangatoo | Very loose, to loosen |
| Niue | Tangutu/ngutu | Stump of tree |
| Niue | Taka/ia | Roaming, wandering |
| Niue | Takalo | Play game of tika; to evade blows; sport |
| Niue | Tala | A seabird (grey, about the size of a taketake [white tern], flies in a flock). (Rarely seen (Sph.). |
| Niue | Ta/tali/ | Wait |
| Niue | Tamaki | Accident; accidentally Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Niue | Tamaikiiki | Children |
| Niue | Tapa/a | Speak fast, babble, talk wildly; loud, boisterous, talkative |
| Niue | Tau- | Reciprocal prefix; a continual action |
| Niue | Taua | War |
| Niue | Toihune [Motu dialect], toihuni [Tafiti dialect] | A shrub (Messerschmidia argentea) |
| Niue | Taihuni | Coastal growth, scrub |
| Niue | Tavahi | Tree sp. (Rhus taitensis) |
| Niue | Tuali | A tree (Szygium clusiifolium) |
| Niue | Tavili | Grind |
| Niue | Tavilivili | Spin, whirl, rotate |
| Niue | Teetee | An exclamation Borrowed |
| Niue | Tee | Excrement |
| Niue | Tea | White, light-coloured, fair skinned |
| Niue | Tegitegi | A type of fine mat, coloured |
| Niue | Tifa, lifa | Tilt sideways, capsize (of canoe) Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Tika | Just, right Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Tike/tike | To squat on the heels |
| Niue | Tio | Glance |
| Niue | Titi | Dancing-skirt made of inner bark of hibiscus |
| Niue | Too | To conceive (of a woman) |
| Niue | Tofi | Cut into strips; chisel n. To chisel, to gouge; cut (top part of yam tuber for replanting) (Sph). |
| Niue | Togo | Legendary tree, said to be the mangrove |
| Niue | Toki | Axe, hatchet, adze |
| Niue | Tolo | To throw, scatter (as seed), throw away, spread out. Throw (onto a heap), scatter (Sph). |
| Niue | Toomua | To arrive early. To be the very first (Sph). |
| Niue | Tona/tona | Croton (Codiaeum variegatum) |
| Niue | Tope | Tuft or lock of hair. Pigtail, ponytail... (Sph). |
| Niue | Tohi | To mark (as with stripes or dots), to write; letter, book |
| Niue | Toho | To ravish, deflower |
| Niue | Toto | Blood, sap, juice. To bleed (Sph). |
| Niue | Toto/taane | (Euphorbia hirta |
| Niue | Toto/fifine | (Euphorbia prostrata) |
| Niue | Toto/tea | (Euphorbia ramosissima) |
| Niue | Toua | Coconut crab before it lays eggs. Eggs or roe inside the body of a female crab (Sph). |
| Niue | Tu/tulu/ | Leak through a hole |
| Niue | Tulu/taa | Drop of water |
| Niue | Tunu | To boil, broil, roast |
| Niue | Tupa | Crab |
| Niue | Tutua | Balk of toi timber om which bark cloth is beaten |
| Niue | Haa/u | Thy, your |
| Niue | Ue | To move from side to side. To sway (Sph). |
