Entries from Sperlich 1997 in Pollex-Online
Sperlich, Wolfgang B., ed. (1997) Tohi Vagahau Niue/ Niue Language Dictionary. Government of Niue in association with Department of LInguistics, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Niue | Maki/maki | Very big, enormous Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Niue | Makutu | Diligent, industrious, earnest |
| Niue | Ma/mala/ | A tree |
| Niue | Mala (pl. malamala) | Minute particle, very small piece, fragment, speck. Chip, splinter (McE). |
| Niue | Mala(ki)efi | To have none, to have nothing |
| Niue | Maala | Plantation, bush garden |
| Niue | Malee | Village green, open space |
| Niue | Malaga | Journey together as a group; travel party [from Samoan] Borrowed |
| Niue | Malangai | South-east trade wind Borrowed |
| Niue | Malaia | Unfortunate, accursed; misfortune, punishment |
| Niue | Malala | Charcoal |
| Niue | Maama | Bright (light); light |
| Niue | Malau | Deep-sea f ish sp. (Variola spp.) |
| Niue | Malemu | To go secretly, without being seen Problematic |
| Niue | Maalie | Beautiful, great; pleasant |
| Niue | Maalie | Calm, peaceful |
| Niue | Malika/lika | Twilight, late evening; to glimpse, see for a moment, appear indistinctly Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Milino. Malino (Lws). | Calm (of sea and weather) |
| Niue | Malo | Loin cloth; menstruation pad. A waist belt or cloth (McE). |
| Niue | Maoo | Hard |
| Niue | Malolo | Fall down, fall apart, break in pieces. Fall down, as a wall, fall apart, break, of waves (McE). |
| Niue | Maloloo. Maloolo (McE). | Strong, healthy |
| Niue | Malu | Shaded, sheltered |
| Niue | Maluu | Moist, damp (climate) |
| Niue | Mama | Chewed food; to feed with chewed food. A mouthful, that which is chewed, the cud (McE). |
| Niue | Mama | Ring; any ring-shaped object |
| Niue | Maamaa | Light (in weight) |
| Niue | Maamaa | Lungs |
| Niue | Mamafa | Heavy |
| Niue | Mamahi | Pain (physical or emotional), grief; to hurt (vi) |
| Niue | Mamao | Yawn |
| Niue | Mamao | Far |
| Niue | Mamate | Plural of mate |
| Niue | Mana | Miracle, magic (refers to supernatural phenomena) |
| Niue | Manaia | Decorated, embellished, decorative |
| Niue | Manako | Wish, want |
| Niue | Manapau | Tree name (Best 1942:29) |
| Niue | Manatu | Think, try to understand; remember; opinion, decision |
| Niue | Manava | Stomach |
| Niue | Faka/manava/ | Breath |
| Niue | Monega | A bluish parrotfish (Scarus sp.) Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Manogi | To give off a sweet-smelling fragrance, to be fragrant |
| Niue | Manono | A small tree, (Tarenna sambucina)... |
| Niue | Manu | Bird, creature, animal, beast.... |
| Niue | Monuu | Praised, blessed |
| Niue | Monuina | Blessed, in peace |
| Niue | Manu lele | Bird (not animal) |
| Niue | Manunu | Burn-off, burnt land. Burnt (of bush) (McE). |
| Niue | Mao | Stop, cease (of rain) |
| Niue | Mooli | Be true, sure |
