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 | Peito, paito | Kitchen |
| Niue | Maulu | Completely healed, completely recovered Problematic |
| Niue | Kapi/ti | Pick up with an implement (e.g. tongs) |
| Niue | Kapiti/ga | Friend. (Used mostly of wives) (Tgr). |
| Niue | Pau | Tarnished, faded Borrowed Problematic |
| Niue | Fahi | To beat, to strap |
| Niue | Tua | Behind; outside, over, beyond |
| Niue | Faoa | People; family |
| Niue | Fakapeke | To curl up (refers to situations when someone 'makes himself small' as a sign of shame or expectation of some punishment Borrowed |
| Niue | Hegi | To swing a torch about (e.g. in hunting for crabs) |
| Niue | Hegi/hegi | To dazzle; to hunt for land crabs at night with torches |
| Niue | Faka/hegi/hegi | To squint, strain one's eyes |
| Niue | Hegi/a | To be dazzled |
| Niue | Hehegi | Scared, timid |
| Niue | Kalu | Phlegm |
| Niue | Kalu/kalu | Slimy |
| Niue | Kaupuu, koupuu | Anus Problematic |
| Niue | Fehagai | Meet, come face to face with someone; relationship |
| Niue | Fiha | To be few, to have few |
| Niue | Tula | (of pawpaw tree) Bare of foliage |
| Niue | Gugu | Gout; arthritis (inflamation of the joints) |
| Niue | Muka/muka | To have multiple new growth |
| Niue | Atiu | A cucumber-like plant (Cucumis anguria) |
| Niue | Talatala | Prickly, thorny |
| Niue | Fakaatu/kehe | To worry (vt) |
| Niue | Maloloo. Maloolo (McE). | To recover from illness |
| Niue | Matahuhu | Nipple of the breast, teat |
| Niue | Magiho | To itch; to want sex desperately |
| Niue | Peea | Thus, like this (archaic) Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Fakahoa | To pair off (vt) |
| Niue | Toli | Climb Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Niue | Toko | Prop, stay (n); to support, prop up |
| Niue | Moheaho | A bluish parrotfish (Scarus sp.) |
| Niue | Tama taane | Male child, boy |
| Niue | Fakaata/ata | Peer, watch closely |
| Niue | Meo | Bashful Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Niue | Taha | One; a, an, another |
| Niue | Talotalo | Lily (Crinum spp.); an introduced ornamental (Caladium bicolor) |
| Niue | F(o)umamala | Shrub sp. (Homalanthus nutans) |
| Niue | Mootie | Grass (generic term) Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Taka(taka)palu | Small tree sp. (Micromelum minutum). Possibly also (Allophylus cobbe). Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Vaa | Plant sp., high-climbing liana (Flagellaria gigantea) (traditionally used as rope...); angel vine (Dendrobium biflorum). Climbing plant (Flagellaria gigantea) (McE). |
| Niue | Huni | Rangoon creeper (Quisqualis indica); also (Ixora odorata), (Phaleria disperma); clustered flower plants (generic) |
| Niue | Toa vao | A small plant (Psilotum nudum) |
| Niue | Fakamaa | To shame (v.t.) |
| Niue | Fule | To fiddle around with; to pull Problematic |
| Niue | Tute | Small Long Tom or Pipefish (Tylosurus crocodilus) (edible) -- larger sizes are known as aku paa and aku tagata |
| Niue | Paki | To clap (used as a command or interjection during a cricket game) |
| Niue | (Pa)paki, paki/paki | To break (vt) |
| Niue | Paa/kia | To be hurt |
