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 Gogo Common Noddy (Anous stolidus)
Niue Gaga Drink (from liquid running down or pouring out) (e.g. from a coconut) Phonologically Irregular
Niue (U)gogo To be stunned Uncertain Semantic Connection
Niue Guu Moan, grunt, hum, roar; to respond, answer
Niue Guu/guu Mumble
Niue Guu Fish sp., Bridled Cardinalfish (Apogon fraenatus) Uncertain Semantic Connection
Niue Gugu Crunch in the mouth (e.g.iceblocks)
Niue Gulu To growl
Niue Gutu Mouth, orifice
Niue Haa What?, why?
Niue Haga/tike Span (from tip of tumb to tip of index finger)
Niue Haga Turn to, face; look the other way
Niue Hogofulu Ten
Niue Hagai Second-in-charge, deputy Uncertain Semantic Connection
Niue Hai Who?
Niue H/aia "That's it","Exactly so"
Niue Hake Up, upwards
Niue Haku Any type of swordfish
Niue Hala Path, track, way; method, procedure, means
Niue Hama Outrigger
Niue Hanaa That, those
Niue Hapi Surf Surgeonfish (Acanthurus guttatus)
Niue Hifo Downwards
Niue Higoa Name
Niue Hiva Nine
Niue Hoo Pant
Niue Hoata Noon
Niue Ho/hofi To have tender feelings
Niue Hogohogo, ogoogo Weed sp. (Laportea interrupta)
Niue Hoge Hunger, famine
Niue Hohofi Strong smell
Niue Hoko Arrive, reach
Niue Hoko Strip, strand, tendon, vein, artery, sinew, nerve (generally refers to any thin, flexible and long object); root Problematic
Niue Huu/huu Ask
Niue Huu To hide
Niue Huhu Breast, milk
Niue Hui Leg, foot; bone
Niue Faka/hui/ Unloose, abrogate
Niue Huu To enter
Niue Huu/aitu To be possessed by a spirit or ghost
Niue Humaki To insert, fit in (vt)
Niue Huni Greasy, oily; to apply oil
Niue Ka If, whether; when; while; in order that, so that
Niue Kaaa To shriek, howl
Niue Ka But
Niue Kafa Girdle of plaited hair
Niue Kafika Tree spp. (Syzygium spp.). A tree (Eugenia inophylloides) (McE). Borrowed
Niue Kafo To suffer. Disease, sickness (McE).
Niue Kafo/kia Wounded, injured
Niue Kafu Sheet, cover (n); to cover(oneself). To be clothed; coverlet, sheet, blanket (McE).