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 | Tefito | Essence, basis, core; axle |
| Niue | Tefito | Tuberous ginger plant (tubers sometimes eaten during times of scarcity). Root of the yellow-flowered ginger (McE). |
| Niue | Tafu | To set alight; to add firewood, replenish or refuel (a fire) |
| Niue | Tafua | Platform Problematic |
| Niue | Tafuaa | Whale |
| Niue | Tafilu, tafuli | To turn, turn round (vi) Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Taga | Bag, sack |
| Niue | Tagaloa | Principal god of Niueans in pre-missionary times |
| Niue | Tagata | Person, human |
| Niue | Tagataga | Loose |
| Niue | Tagi | To weep, cry; moan, groan (when dissatisfied) |
| Niue | Tahi | Sea (in general, or in contrast to moana, deep sea) |
| Niue | Tehina | Younger brother of a man, younger sister of a woman |
| Niue | Fe/teinoa | (Cassytha filiformis) Problematic |
| Niue | Takai | To go around, go right round; to be surrounded; travelling party (going around the island) |
| Niue | Taakai | To rub (with oil). Anoint (McE). |
| Niue | Taketake | White Tern (Gygis alba) |
| Niue | Taki(taki) | To lead |
| Niue | Taki- | Distributive prefix to numerals etc.: each, at a time |
| Niue | Taaki | Uproot, pull up. To be pulled up by the roots (as a tree) (McE). |
| Niue | Takoto | Lie down |
| Niue | To/toku | To tell, mention, say Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Takua | Skipjack tuna, bonito (Katsuwonus pelamis) |
| Niue | Tukua | Just, simply |
| Niue | Katuali | Sea-snake Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Tala | Barb; to strip off thorny or serrated edges of a leaf or plant. Prong (McE). |
| Niue | Tala | To tell, narrate; story |
| Niue | Talai | To carve, chop |
| Niue | Talamea | Crown-of-thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci) |
| Niue | Talamoa | A weed plant (Achyranthes aspera, Amaranthus sp.). (Caesalpinia major) (Sks). |
| Niue | Talaao | Black-tipped grouper (Epinephelus fasciatus) |
| Niue | Talaoa | Curved rafters leading to an interior ridgepole (Loeb 1926) |
| Niue | Tali | To wait |
| Niue | Telie | A coastal tree (Terminalia catappa)... |
| Niue | Lielie | Sea-crab sp. with spotted back |
| Niue | Teliga | Ear |
| Niue | Talo | (Colocasia esculenta) |
| Niue | Talu/talu | Fallow land. Land out of cultivation (McE). |
| Niue | Tali | Since, ever since |
| Niue | Tama fifine | Girl, daughter |
| Niue | Tama aafine | Adolescent girl |
| Niue | Tamanu, tamani | Tree sp. (Calophyllum inophyllum) |
| Niue | Taamate | To kill, murder, eliminate; delete, erase, put out |
| Niue | Tamau | Make fast, fasten |
| Niue | Kamole | A prostrate weed (Portulaca oleraces) Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Taanaki | To gather, heap up, collect and store |
| Niue | Tane | Skin disease, tinea. Blotches on the skin (McE). |
| Niue | Taane | Husband, man, male |
| Niue | Tanetane, tatane | Small tree (Polyscias guilfoylei). Also an introduced shrub (with green leaves with pink edges) (McE). |
| Niue | Tanu | To bury |
