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 | Kufani | Spider (generic) Problematic |
| Niue | Lule | To wobble (of something fat and plumpish) |
| Niue | Gaa | To be on the loose, to roam hither and thither |
| Niue | Gaagaa | Loose [ex. soil]; muslin fabric, very thin cotton cloth (of loosely woven fabric) |
| Niue | Tapuke | Mound (usually refers to mounds shaped by growing tubers) |
| Niue | Koli | Dance (n,v) |
| Niue | Oli(oli) | To rejoice, to be moved Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Fakatuu | Make to stand, put, place; stop (a vehicle); nominate; court (as lovers); initiate, begin, start |
| Niue | Feiga | To carry on doing something (refers to doing something while someone else is doing something else) |
| Niue | Akonaki | To discipline |
| Niue | Naa/kai, ai | Negative |
| Niue | Ao/luu | Cloudy (refers to single clouds) |
| Niue | Api/aga | Dwelling place |
| Niue | Fa/fagu | Breath, breathing; to breathe through or into something or someone |
| Niue | Fagai | To feed; offering, gift; (families who contribute food for pastor) |
| Niue | Fakahiku | To end, to stop (vt) Borrowed Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Kite | See, learn, know, understand (refers to the metaphorical extention of "see", mainly in the sense of knowing, learning, understanding... |
| Niue | Laga | Heave, lever out |
| Niue | Lave/lave | Busy |
| Niue | Faka/la/taha | Come together, meet; marry |
| Niue | Faka/lialia | Ugly, disgusting, hateful; to despise |
| Niue | Li/lifu | Respectful, proper; honourable, respected Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Niue | Mitaki | Good Problematic |
| Niue | Mule | Slow, late; take a long time, be delayed Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Niue | Faka/mumuli | To hide (oneself) Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Fakatau | Buy, sell, trade; cost, price |
| Niue | Fakatoka | To place, put, let go; to plan, organize |
| Niue | Fakavee | To tie by the foot or hand, to secure |
| Niue | Fe/feua | To play; to play the fool, to jest Problematic |
| Niue | Fe/ofa/naki | To love one another |
| Niue | Figona | Son-in-law, daughter-in-law Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Fi/oia | To wish to do something |
| Niue | Fou/fou | Crown, floral head dress |
| Niue | Fou/paapaa | Frontlet, band worn on the forehead... |
| Niue | Ga/gau | To bite |
| Niue | Gaa/hoa | In twos, times two (us. of fish)...[pair] |
| Niue | Ngatiti | Jingling sound Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | G/oo | Answer, reply, holler (in response to call) Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Gofulu | Ten (in multiples from thirty to ninety) |
| Niue | Uafulu | Twenty |
| Niue | Haga/aki | To continue (pre-verbal) |
| Niue | Haga/ao | To be about, to concern |
| Niue | Hiki | Raise (hand); adopt (child) |
| Niue | Hofi/hofi | Tender (of feeling, senses) |
| Niue | Hulu | Put something in or on something [ex. flowers in vase] |
| Niue | Ie | Cloth, fabric Borrowed |
| Niue | Faka/igati | To give a share to each one Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Ila | A disease, infantile diarrhoea Borrowed |
| Niue | Ilo/ilo | Wise, clever |
| Niue | Ita | Angry |
