Entries from McEwen 1970 in Pollex-Online
McEwen, J. M. (1970). Niue Dictionary. Wellington, Department of Maori and Island Affairs.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Niue | Kono/kono | To grunt (with effort) |
| Niue | Lau | Chorus (sung when dragging weights etc.); to help; to have similar habits (wife and husband) |
| Niue | Laukou | Greenery; foliage |
| Niue | Lili/lili | Shaky, not firm Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Niue | Lo/lopa | To glitter, to glare (as on a very bright day) Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Lo/lote | To scratch severely |
| Niue | Ma/tafa/tafa | Break of day. Daybreak (Sph). |
| Niue | Ma/tafa/tafaata | Early morning |
| Niue | Mo/tee | Very soft or pulpy (because of decay). Bruised [ex. fruit](Sph). |
| Niue | Mula/mula | Tree sp.: Cassia alata, candelabra bush |
| Niue | Naa. Na (Sph). | Sign of the plural, usually used for two, or very few, things, especially things occurring in pairs Problematic |
| Niue | Puke namo | Quite full |
| Niue | Palepale | The roof over a verandah |
| Niue | Patoki(toki) | Extra-black, jet black |
| Niue | Piko | To think erroneously; to be under a misapprehension |
| Niue | Polefu. Pulefu (Sph). | Mist, fog; indistinct, misty; to see with difficulty. To blur (Sph). Problematic |
| Niue | Pula | To stare vacantly |
| Niue | Pu/pula | To shine; to be new (of the moon) |
| Niue | Punuti | A guard in fighting (spear or stick held horizontally over the head); a shield (mod.) |
| Niue | Putu/putu | Gathering of relatives at a funeral |
| Niue | Tefifi | A trailing plant (Ipomoea gracilis), wild morning glory Problematic |
| Niue | Tene/tene | Poke a stick into a hole to drive out a crab Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Tulana | The sacred spot in a house where an idol was placed Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Tuta/vaaha. Tuta/vaha (Sph). | The ocean; out at sea. Horizon of the ocean; out to sea (Sph). |
| Niue | Uaki | Spear made of one piece of wood (i.e. without separate point). One-barbed spear (Sph). |
| Niue | Ue/a | To concentrate; to prophesy |
| Niue | Ufi/a | To be covered; to overlook, to escape the memory. To forget (Sph). |
| Niue | Vakai | To wind round, roll up Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Va/vanu | To go on and on, go out of sight |
| Niue | Vikiviki | The side, below the armpits; the ribs. Bones (of skinny people) (Sph). Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Ungaunga | Small cuts, wounds (as on a yam etc.); to carve |
| Niue | Hina | Drop of water falling from a stalactite; puddle in a rock |
| Niue | Patapata | Fish sp. (grey with orange patches on back, black spots on head and belly) |
| Niue | Malue/lue | Unstable, loose (as a post in the ground) Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Kave(kave) | Straps of bark to hold a burden on the back |
| Niue | Tika, hako-tika, tika-hako | Straight |
| Niue | Aa | Sign of emphatic imperative (postverbal) |
| Niue | Aa | At, in (of future time) |
| Niue | Aa pongipongi | In the morning, tomorrow |
| Niue | Ae/nei | This, these Problematic |
| Niue | Afo/afo langi | Signs of bad weather in the sky Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Niue | Aka/aka | To tread on, trample |
| Niue | Ala-uhu | To arise early in the morning |
| Niue | Ala(nga)vaka | The prime minister and chief ruler under the king in former times Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Niue | Alito-mata | Pupil of the eye; fig., apple of the eye (cherished object) |
| Niue | (Kai) faka/amu | To curse |
| Niue | Ata/ngia | To be eclipsed (as the sun), to be shadowed, reflected |
| Niue | Ate/fua | The liver |
| Niue | Ate/pala | The lungs |
| Niue | Ate/vili | The heart |
