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 | Faka/mooli | To witness, give evidence, confirm; to tell the truth, be sincere |
| Niue | Moota, maota | Tree (Dysoxylum forsteri) |
| Niue | Mapelu | Bent, folded |
| Niue | Mapu, mafu | Whistle Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Maha | Empty [ex. of water container]; calm (of sea) |
| Niue | Mahanga | Twins (offspring); fruit not separated into two |
| Niue | Mahakitaga | A man's sister |
| Niue | Mahala | Think Borrowed |
| Niue | Kahame | A tree (Glochidion ramiflorum) Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Mahani | Conduct, habit, attitude, behaviour; be accustomed, usually do something |
| Niue | Mahina | Moon, month; button |
| Niue | Futi /maholi/ | Wild plantain, a cooking banana |
| Niue | Mahunu | Burnt, singed; whiplashed accidentally. To blister with heat; a slight burn (McE). |
| Niue | Mata | Eye, face |
| Niue | Mata kupega | Mesh of net |
| Niue | Mata- | (in compounds) Sharp point, blade, cutting edge; the very tip, head or front of something |
| Niue | Mata | A point of land |
| Niue | Mata | Look at; (pre-verbal) looks like, seems to be |
| Niue | Mata | Raw, uncooked (not cooked at all); unripe [ex. bananas]; new, look new |
| Niue | Mataafaga | Beach |
| Niue | Matagi | Wind |
| Niue | Mataka | Peeled off, loose (of skin); to have dandruff |
| Niue | Mataku/taku. Mataku (McE). | To fear, be afraid |
| Niue | Matala | To bloom, blossom, open up (as flowers) |
| Niue | Fetuu mataliki | The constellation Pleiades |
| Niue | Matapihu | Limpet |
| Niue | Matau | Fish hook |
| Niue | Matau | Right (not left) |
| Niue | Mate | To die |
| Niue | Mate | Die out, be extinguished (fire) |
| Niue | Mati | A tree (Ficus godeffroyi, F. scabra) |
| Niue | Matike | To arise, get up, stand up |
| Niue | Matike/tike | A rough and rocky hill |
| Niue | Mativa | Poor, broke |
| Niue | Matolu | Thick |
| Niue | -ma(uto)lu | First person exclusive plural possessive suffix Problematic |
| Niue | Motua | Mature; old age |
| Niue | Motuku | Reef Heron (Egretta sacra). Curlew (McE). |
| Niue | Mau | Complete, finished; stopped, held; fixed; ready. Constantly, permanently, customarily (McE). |
| Niue | Mau | To be stopped, to be held; to marry |
| Niue | Mouga | Mountain |
| Niue | Maaui | Legendary hero |
| Niue | Moumou | Waste, spoil, destroy |
| Niue | Moui | To grow; survive, live; recover; life |
| Niue | Mootini | Pumpkin |
| Niue | Mautolu | We (exc) |
| Niue | Mavete | Undone |
| Niue | Mena | Thing, object, matter, material; cause, reason Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Meaa | Clean; fair-skinned; pure, innocent |
| Niue | Mei | Breadfruit. Fruit à pain (Artocarpus altilis). Problematic |
