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 | Kokoo | To crow |
| Niue | (Kaa)koli | Trailing or scrambling shrub (Clerodendum inerme) |
| Niue | Kolo | Tower, fortress, place of refuge... |
| Niue | Kolo | To desire, wish, intend. To await an opportunity or an event; to rebel (McE). |
| Niue | Kookoo | Throat |
| Niue | Koo | Bark (of dog) |
| Niue | Koloa | Property, asset, resource, economy, wealth |
| Niue | Kolopupuu | Blister |
| Niue | Komo | Sink in, penetrate |
| Niue | Kona | Satiated, satisfied Problematic |
| Niue | Kona/hia | Very drunk, intoxicated |
| Niue | Kona | Bitter, salty |
| Niue | Konei | This place, here Problematic |
| Niue | Ko/kono | To strain and strive [ex. in labour]. |
| Niue | Kaupuu ika | Stomach of a fish Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Kotaa. Kootaa (McE). | Frigate bird (Fregata minor) Borrowed |
| Niue | Koti | Pinch, pick; clip, cut |
| Niue | Ko/koti | Pinch |
| Niue | Koto | To cluck |
| Niue | Kua | Non-future tense and present perfect tense marker |
| Niue | Kui/a, tui/a | To fail (of eyesight of babies) |
| Niue | Kuku | To grasp, clench. Hold fast (McE). |
| Niue | Kuku | Mussel sp |
| Niue | Kuhu/kuhu | To be dumb (may include some forms of severe speech impediments where voice is not lost) |
| Niue | Kula | Red, brown; bare, barren, exposed |
| Niue | Kulii | Dog |
| Niue | Ulo | Cooking-pot Borrowed |
| Niue | Kulukulu | Purple-capped Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus porphyraceus) |
| Niue | Kumaa | Rat |
| Niue | Ti/mala/ | Sweet Potato (Ipomoea) Problematic |
| Niue | Kumete | A traditional wooden bowl |
| Niue | Kumi | Ten fathoms |
| Niue | Kumi | To seek, search |
| Niue | Kupega | Net |
| Niue | Kupu | Word, expression (a single unit of spoken or written language); verse (of Bible) |
| Niue | Kupu | Circumference |
| Niue | Kutu | Louse, flea |
| Niue | Ia | He, she, him, her |
| Niue | Ia | That, those (demonstrative referring to something already mentioned) |
| Niue | Ifi | Blow |
| Niue | Ifi | Tahitian chestnut, (Inocarpus edulis) |
| Niue | Ika | Fish (including sea mammals) |
| Niue | Ike | Mallet used for beating bark-cloth |
| Niue | Ila | Birthmark; stain, mark; to be spotted |
| Niue | Iloa | To know |
| Niue | Faka/ina/ | to point out, to show off, show somebody something as a threat |
| Niue | Igati/a | Each. Each having a share (Tgr). Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Inu | Drink (n,v) |
| Niue | Io | Segment, piece |
| Niue | I/ihi | To split lengthwise (vt) |
