Niue entries in Pollex-Online
Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
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PN.KANA.1 | Kana | Soft coral; to scrub, clean, burnish | (McE) |
PN.KA-NA.3 | Kane | Conjunction, past conditional, usually followed by mai: If. | (Sph) |
MP.KANAHE | Kanahe | Mullet | (Sph) |
PN.TALO-TALO | Talotalo | Lily (Crinum spp.); an introduced ornamental (Caladium bicolor) | (Sph) |
OC.KANO.1A | Kano | Grain of wood or timber. Seed (McE). | (McE) |
PN.KAANONI | Kanoni/a | Full, filled | (McE) |
PN.KANO-WAKA | Kano/vaka | Crew of a canoe; best catch from a fishing trip | (Sph) |
PN.KANUME | Kanume | Tree sp. (Diospyros ferrea) | (Sph) |
PN.KAPA.1 | Ka/kapa | To reach out. To struggle with the hands (as in travelling through the bush etc) (McE). | (Sph) |
TA.KAPA.3 | Kapa | Flash (of lightning) Problematic | (Sph) |
PN.KAPA.4 | Kapa | Attempt to do something, long to do something | (Sph) |
PN.KAPA.4 | Kapa/kapa | Attempt something beyond one's power | (Sph) |
OC.KAPA-KAPA.A | Kapa(kapa), tapa(tapa) | Flap wings, flutter | (Sph) |
OC.KAPA-KAPA.A | Pakapaka | To flap, as a bird's wings | (McE) |
PN.KAPA-KAU | Tapakau. Kapakau (Lws). | Wing (of any flying thing). Fin of a fish (McE). Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
PN.KAPE.1 | Kape | Giant taro (Alocasia macrorrhiza)... | (Sph) |
AN.KAPI.A | Kapi/ti | Pick up with an implement (e.g. tongs) | (Sph) |
PN.KAPI.B | Kapi | Chip or fragment (as of rock, coconut shell, china etc.) Uncertain Semantic Connection | (McE) |
CE.KAAPITI.1 | Kapiti/piti | To bring together, join one thing to another Borrowed | (McE) |
CE.KAAPITI.1 | Kapiti/ga | Friend. (Used mostly of wives) (Tgr). | (Sph) |
MP.KAPU.1A | Kapi/niu | Cup for drinking (originally made from coconut shell) Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
FJ.KAPU.2 | Kapu/ti | To overspread, cover the whole surface. Nappy; put nappy on baby (Sph). | (McE) |
AN.KASO.1 | Kaho | Wooden ribs of thatched roof | (Sph) |
MP.KASO.2 | Kaho | Bamboo-like grass or reed (Miscanthus floridulus); bamboo | (Sph) |
PN.KASOA | Kahoa | Necklace | (Sph) |
PN.KASO-KASO.1 | Kahokaho | Side of a person’s body (refers to the area under the arm and above the hips) | (Sph) |
PN.KASO-KASO.1 | Hui kahokaho | Side rib, rib bone | (Sph) |
PN.KATA.1 | Kata | Laugh | (Sph) |
AN.KATI | Ka/kati | Hold between teeth or lips | (Sph) |
MP.KATO.1 | Kato | Basket | (Sph) |
PN.KATOA | Katoa | Whole, all, total | (Sph) |
PN.KATOA | Gotoa | All, everyone, whole (Archaic, used in church) Problematic | (Sph) |
PN.KATOFA | Kotofa | Appoint, choose, elect | (Sph) |
PN.QATIU | Atiu | A cucumber-like plant (Cucumis anguria) | (Sph) |
NP.KATULI | Katule | Plants with an edible root (Amaranthus viridis), pigweed and (Boerhavia diffusa) Phonologically Irregular | (Whr) |
NP.KATULI | Kaatule | A plant, a plantation weed (Boerhavia diffusa) occasionally used as a herb Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
PN.KAU.2B | Kau | Troop, company, gang; to team up, act in an organized way | (Sph) |
AN.KAU.3 | Kau | Wood, timber | (Sph) |
PN.KAU.5 | Kau | Side, sideways, in proximity to a side, edge (in compounds); full (moon); prefix indicating side, edge, brim, or boundary of some object or area | (Sph) |
PN.KAU.6 | Kau, kou | I, me...(arch.) | (Sph) |
FJ.IRI.B | Ili | To swing, to fan Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
FJ.IRI.B | Ili/ili | To fan; fan (n) | (Sph) |
PN.KAU-FANA | Kaufana | Bow, gun | (Sph) |
PN.KAU-HALA | Kauhala | Roadside | (Sph) |
PN.KAU-HAGA | Kauhanga | Groin | (Sph) |
OC.WILI.1A | Ko/vili | Whirlpool, a cylindrical opening in the reef | (Sph) |
OC.KAU-KAU | Koukou | Bathe, have a bath | (Sph) |
OC.KAU-KAU | Kaukau | To bathe (Avatele dialect) | (McE) |
PN.KAU-WAKA | Kauvaka | Sailor, crew | (Sph) |
OC.KAWA.1A | Kava | Plant sp. (Piper methysticum); drink made of kava plant; any intoxicating drink | (Sph) |
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