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 | Kaloafi | Spark of fire |
| Niue | Kamata/mata | To tempt, temptation; test, examination of knowledge |
| Niue | Kapu | To spread, be spread [ex. story] |
| Niue | Kapu/tia | To be fully covered [ex. sky with flying foxes] |
| Niue | Kona | Poisonous; drunk, tipsy |
| Niue | Laka/fia | To step over the boundary, exceed; to take effect |
| Niue | Lata | Right, proper; to fit properly, fit well Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Niue | Lave/aki | To help, assist, save Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Niue | Logona | To hear, sense Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Maheke/heke | To be jealous, to envy |
| Niue | Mahihi | To be lifted up or off (by accident); to be peeled off |
| Niue | Hihi | To lift, roll up (coverings such as mats and tablecloths) Problematic |
| Niue | Malaga | To be levered up, uprooted |
| Niue | Moo | To be dry (of weather) Problematic |
| Niue | Mui | Bottom part, bottom end or back end of something |
| Niue | Ne/ke | Subordinate conjunction implying some counterproductive consequence: Lest, otherwise, in case |
| Niue | Ofa/ofa | To love deeply |
| Niue | Ofa/nia | To love |
| Niue | O/oki | To rest (for a short time) |
| Niue | Oti | All, entire, whole Problematic |
| Niue | Pakuu/lagi | Thunder |
| Niue | Pi/piki | To be close |
| Niue | Poko | To get into, to lodge (of eyes) (refers to any foreign object getting into the eye, to the extent that one can lose one's sight) |
| Niue | Poouli | To be dark; heathen, uncivilized |
| Niue | Taka/pe | Widow; to be widowed Problematic |
| Niue | Ta/kookoo | To be open [ex. house]; deep. Hollow (Bib.) |
| Niue | Tama | Child, offspring |
| Niue | Tau | To match; to be the same or similar |
| Niue | Tatai | To be even, equal, the same Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Ti/tipi | Knife |
| Niue | Tookupu | Waist; to tie tightly around the waist |
| Niue | Toku/toku | To tell, mention; to give a bad reputation |
| Niue | Tolo/tolo | To walk slowly |
| Niue | Tuu/fua | Barren, infertile (of women) |
| Niue | Poa | Offering, gift; sacrifice Problematic |
| Niue | Tuku | To stop, finish, end |
| Niue | Tuku/tuku | To place, to put down |
| Niue | Tupe | Money Borrowed |
| Niue | Matua tupuna | Grandparent |
| Niue | Ui/ina | To be invited; invitation |
| Niue | Vala/vala | Small pieces, crumbs |
| Niue | Huu/anga | Hiding place, safe place |
| Niue | Kauvai | Waterside, bank |
| Niue | Maanu | Grieve, mourn Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Niue | Paea | To migrate, to immigrate. Wandering, alien; exile, stranger; to exile, banish (McE). |
| Niue | Gogo | An small insect: sandly, small fruitfly (gneerally, all types of very small insects). A small beetls (McE). Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Fagogo | To funnel |
| Niue | Fanoaga | Route, direction, way; departure Problematic |
| Niue | Ee | Vocative particle: o, oh, behold... |
| Niue | Fakaalofa | To love; handshake; present, gift; greetings Problematic |
