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 | Amu | Strip, string (traditionally refers to tiny strips of coconut husks, fou strings, hair, banana bark, and fibre strips or strings from other plants) |
| Niue | Amu/amu | Revile, mock, abuse a person |
| Niue | Ana | Cave, den |
| Niue | Ne afiafi | Last evening |
| Niue | Ne fee | When (past)? |
| Niue | Ne afi | Yesterday |
| Niue | Ne poo | Last night |
| Niue | Ne pogipogi | This morning (past) |
| Niue | Anu | To spit; spit (n) |
| Niue | Ao/lagi | Cloud (extensive cloud cover) |
| Niue | Pogipogi | Tomorrow |
| Niue | Aheu | A fish, large-size bluefin trevally (Caranx melampygus) |
| Niue | Ahi | Sandalwood tree (Santalum yasi); a grasslike plant with leaves up to three feet long |
| Niue | A/ahi | To visit. visitor |
| Niue | Aho | Day |
| Niue | Ahu | Bail, ladle out, scoop out |
| Niue | Ata | Shadow, reflection. To reflect (McE). |
| Niue | Ate | Liver, (occasionally may refer to any organ) |
| Niue | Ate loa | Spleen |
| Niue | Ate pili | Spleen |
| Niue | Ati | Narrative conjunction: and then |
| Niue | Ti | Phrasal or narrative conjunction: and, and then, and so |
| Niue | Ati | Penetrate, enter, break through |
| Niue | Ati | To build (traditionally to collect stones and material for building a house |
| Niue | Ato | To cover (mainly refers to covering a shelter with leaves, or to cover an area of land with leaves , usually for the purpose of a burn-off). To thatch (McE). |
| Niue | Atu | Away from speaker towards hearer, towards a third person when neither speaker nor hearer involved; a comparative marker |
| Niue | Atu | Line, row, group |
| Niue | Atu | Give, pass |
| Niue | Atu | To throw carelessly |
| Niue | Atua | God. Spirit, ghost (obs.) (McE). |
| Niue | Atule | Big-eye scad (Selar crumenophthalmus) |
| Niue | Au | First person singular pronoun (Focus) |
| Niue | A/au | Ocean wave; to be swift (of sea). A current (McE). |
| Niue | A/au | To clear away. Clear away big branches when preparing a plantation (McE). |
| Niue | Au | Howl (as a dog) |
| Niue | Aua | Emphatic pre-verbal negation marker for second-person imperatives; do not, don't you dare |
| Niue | Ua | Pre-verbal negation marker for second person imperatives; don't, do not |
| Niue | Auee | Bitterly, in a bitter lament |
| Niue | Ava | Channel, passage through reef, harbour, opening in reef. Furrow, stripe; crack, gap (McE). |
| Niue | Aavaga | Wet dream, sexy, succubus (refers to traditional belief of sleeping males having sex with female spirit, as in dreams) Borrowed |
| Niue | Ee | Yes |
| Niue | Ea | Rise, appear, emerge |
| Niue | Efu | Dust; ash |
| Niue | Elo | Stink, evil smell |
| Niue | Ene, kene, tene | To poke (usually refers to very careful poking with a rod into cavity to get an animal to come out) Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Epo(epo). N/epo(n/epo) (McE) | Lick, taste Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Eva | Wander, walk about |
| Niue | Faa | Four |
| Niue | Faa | Particle signifying habitual or continuous action |
| Niue | Fafa | Carry on back |
