Niue entries in Pollex-Online
Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
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AN.LAU.1A | Lau | Leaf; page | (Sph) |
AN.LIKO.2 | Liko/liko | To surround (e lagi likoliko, the firmament) Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Wms) |
PN.LAWE.2B | Lave/aki | To help, assist, save Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sph) |
PN.LAU.2A | Lau | Chorus (sung when dragging weights, etc.) | (McE) |
EO.LAU.3 | Lau/lahi | Wide, broad | (Sph) |
EO.LAU.3 | Lau/tote | Narrow | (Sph) |
PN.RAA | Aa | Sign of emphatic imperative (postverbal) | (McE) |
PN.RAU.2 | Te/au | Hundred | (Sph) |
FJ.RAU.3 | Au | Thatch (us. sugarcane or pandanus leaves) | (Sph) |
EO.LAQU.1 | Lau | To get caught (e.g. fish hook on coral rock); [be struck, hit] | (Sph) |
PN.LAU-GUTU | Laugutu | Lips | (Sph) |
CE.RAUKA | Lauka | A comparative, better etc. Problematic | (McE) |
PN.LAU-LASI | Laulahi | Wide, broad | (Sph) |
PN.LAULAU | Laulau | Coconut leaf spread (traditionally used onto which to spread food for a feast); table; to spread, to put out (of food) | (Sph) |
PN.LAU-QULU | Lauulu | Hair (of the head) | (Sph) |
PN.LAU-PAPA | Laupapa | Floor, board, platform | (McE) |
PN.KI-LAA-UTOLU | Lautolu | Third person plural pronoun | (Sph) |
AN.LAWA.2 | Lava/hi | To tie, wrap around (of loose clothes that need fastening) | (Sph) |
PN.LAWA.3 | Lava/kimata | Bark-cloth hat | (McE) |
SO.LE | E | Common article with scope over common nouns Problematic | (Sph) |
EP.NO | Noo | Your (sing.) (obs.) | (McE) |
PN.LEA | Lea | To speak [exx. with negative] | (Sph) |
MP.REFU.1 | Efu/efu (afi) | Ashes | (Sph) |
MP.REGA | Ega | To be rosy; overripe | (Sph) |
PN.REGA-REGA | Egaega | Deep red; overripe | (Sph) |
PN.LEI.1 | Lei | Rattle, as shell ornament does Problematic | (McE) |
OC.LELE.A | Lele | To fly; flow (of liquid) | (Sph) |
PN.LELE-A.2 | Lelea | To change colour (of yams) Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sph) |
SO.LELEFUA.* | Lefua | Chief (wife's term for husband in respectful language) Problematic | (Sph) |
PN.LELU | Lule | To wobble (of something fat and plumpish) | (Sph) |
OC.LEQO.1 | Leo | Voice, sound | (Sph) |
PN.LEQO.2 | Leo/leo | To guard, watch over, protect; constable, policeman | (Sph) |
OC.LEPA.2 | Lepa/lepa | Flooded, stained | (Sph) |
PN.LEPE | Lepe/ti | To knock down (of solid objects) | (Sph) |
FJ.LII.2 | Lii(lii). Li/lii (McE). | Bind, tie | (Sph) |
PN.LI-AKI | Liaki | To swing so as to throw something. To pretend to throw something while retaining it in the hand (McE). | (Sph) |
PN.LI-AKI | Li/liaki/ | Swing to and fro. Swing the arms when walking (McE). | (Sph) |
CP.LIALIA | Lialia/pou | Giddy | (Sph) |
OC.LIGI | (Li)ligi | To pour, to gush (vt) | (Sph) |
PN.LIGO | Ligo | To ease, to relieve (refers to easing of pain when pain relief is given) Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sph) |
AN.LIHA | Liha | Nit, egg of louse | (Sph) |
FJ.LIKA | Lika | Fear, be afraid. Watch [for] in terror (McE). | (Sph) |
AN.RIKI | Iki/iki | Small (suppletive plural of tote) | (Sph) |
AN.RIKI | Faka/iki/iki | To make small (usually refers to quantity) | (Sph) |
AN.RIKI | Liki/liki | Small (Motu dialect) Borrowed Phonologically Irregular | (McE) |
EO.LIKU.1 | Liku | Village on the west side of the island (Smith) | (Sph) |
AN.LIMA.A | Lima | Five | (Sph) |
MP.LIMA.B | Lima | Hand, arm; power, authority | (Sph) |
MP.LIMU | Limu | Seaweed, moss | (Sph) |
PN.LINO | Lilo | To twist, curl, braid Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
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