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 | Efuefu | To be grey |
| Niue | Faitehina | Dear younger brother or sister |
| Niue | Meai | Five-striped surge wrasse (Thalassoma quinquevittatum) |
| Niue | Tali | To meet, greet, welcome |
| Niue | Tali/a | To receive, accept; agree, consent, approve |
| Niue | Milo | To move about |
| Niue | (Mi(o))mio | To twist slightly, wring |
| Niue | Mioi | Writhe, move about in a disorderly manner |
| Niue | Tama | Anything small (forms compound with following noun) |
| Niue | Manini | Fish sp.: Arc-eyed Hawkfish (Paracirrhites arcatus) |
| Niue | Tike | To be protruding, to stick out (of teeth) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Niue | Momo | Small portion |
| Niue | Tama | People or tribe of a place Problematic |
| Niue | Gaa | A fish, outer reef fish (edible, usually caught at night) |
| Niue | Hani/hani | To be cheeky |
| Niue | Hala | To cut down [ex. leaves] |
| Niue | Hala/hala | To cut down, prune, trim |
| Niue | Huu/lalo | To beg for mercy, to seek forgiveness |
| Niue | Tafeta | Pool (of brackish water above high tide mark) |
| Niue | Maua | We (exclusive, dual) |
| Niue | Taua | We (inclusive, dual) |
| Niue | Laua | Third person dual pronoun |
| Niue | Lautolu | Third person plural pronoun |
| Niue | Oo | Possessive marker, rarely used. Of |
| Niue | A | Parti of a possessive construction when the possessed noun phrase follows the possessive pronoun 'ha-PRO a NP' |
| Niue | Ha | Genitive Marker with scope over proper noun phrases; also forms possessive pronouns Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Kunaa | Demonstrative local noun. That place. there Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | A/enaa | That, those, now Problematic |
| Niue | Haaku | My, mine |
| Niue | Haau/Ha/Hoo | Second person singular possessive pronoun |
| Niue | Mai | From |
| Niue | Po | Or |
| Niue | Mualee | Centre of forehead |
| Niue | Polapola | Disposable coconut leaf plate |
| Niue | Huo | Weed, pull up |
| Niue | Pui/pui | Wall panel, wall paper, wall lining (any material that covers walls). Wall posts in pre-European house; door; veil (McE). |
| Niue | Fakaoti | To make to finish, to terminate; to sack somebody; to finish something off |
| Niue | Faka/fu/fula | To cause to swell |
| Niue | Fakatoo | To drop deliberately; |
| Niue | Fakahuhu | To breastfeed, to suckle |
| Niue | Tagaloa | Rainbow |
| Niue | Mua | To win, come first; to go first or before, take the lead |
| Niue | Apo | To beg; to hold out the hand |
| Niue | Fulumata | Eyelash |
| Niue | Pu/puku | To curl up (vi) |
| Niue | Puku | To coil (vt) (obj. pandanus, a loose and temporary method) |
| Niue | Fakatonu | Correct, put right |
| Niue | Fakatupu | To grow something, to nurse (of seeds); |
| Niue | Fakatupu | To cause to happen (only used in the context of a dream that foretells something bad to happen) |
| Niue | Mate | To desire, to need intensely, to want something very much |
