Niue entries in Pollex-Online

Protoform Item Description Source
FJ.OLO.1 Olo Stumps in the game of cricket Borrowed (McE)
PN.OMA.2 Omomi Sponge (n) Phonologically Irregular (Sph)
PN.QOMAKI Omoki To dip in the sea (McE)
AN.QONE One/one Sand (of beach) (Sph)
AN.ONO Ono Six (Sph)
PN.QONO.2 Ono To mend (fishing net) (Sph)
PN.QONO.3 Ono(ono) Look steadfastly (McE)
PN.OSI Ohi Descendant (Sph)
PN.QOSO Oho To rush, jump at (Sph)
AN.QOTA.1 Ota To eat raw (us. sea food); a dish of raw fish. (Sph)
PN.QOTAI Ootai A drink (made from the juice of the cooked root of a 'ti' tree and added coconut juice and grated flesh) (Sph)
AN.QOTI.A Oti To finish (Sph)
TO.QOWAWA.* Ovava Banyan tree (Ficus prolixa) (Sph)
MP.PAA.1 Paa Fence (n); to close, to ban. To shut, to close (as a door etc.); to guard an entrance (Sph)
AN.PAA.2A Paa Slap, clap (McE)
PN.PAA.2B Faka/paa Touch (McE)
OC.PAA.3A Paa Shell fish-hook for bonito (McE)
PN.PAA.4 Paa Basin (Sph)
PN.PAA.5 Paa Burst, explode; to crash (of noise); to breed [in numbers] (Sph)
PN.PAQE Pee Drift ashore, be wrecked (McE)
PN.PAE-GA.A Paega Heap of stones or other objects. A very big tree (McE). (Sph)
PN.PAEKO Pe/peko To suffer ; to look unstable, or on the point of falling, to have a sulky appearance (McE)
PN.PAEKO Peko/peko To be on the point of collapse (as when carrying a heavy load) (McE)
PN.PAE-PAE Peepee The stones against which the king reclined while being anointed (McE)
TA.PAGE Page Push back Problematic (Sph)
EO.PAITO Paito (Motu dialect), peito (Tafiti dialect), piito Cookhouse, shelter over oven (McE)
PN.PAKA.2 Paka An edible sea crab with big nippers (Sph)
PN.PAKA-.3 Paka/pula Loins (Sph)
PN.PA-KAKA Pakaka To crackle, make a cracking noise; to clap (of thunder) (McE)
PN.PAA.2B Paa/kia To be hurt (Sph)
PN.PAKIA.1 Paakia To be hurt (Sph)
CP.PAKI-PAKI Paki, pake Portuguese Man-of-war (McE)
PN.PAKO Pako A plant (buds used to make oil). Grass-like weed, including nut-grass (Cyperus sp.)... (Sph). (McE)
PN.PAKOO Pakoo Sound made by a stick when broken; make a slapping noise. To make a deep crackling sound; to hit someone (Sph). (McE)
PN.PAKOKO.A Pakoko Stiff (as starched clothes). Brittle [ex. dry leaves] (Sph). (McE)
MP.PAKU.A Paku Dry (as rind, skin, etc.) (McE)
MP.PAKU.A Paku/paku Dry (including plants and clothes) (Sph)
MP.PAKU.B Paku To be burnt (Sph)
MP.PAKU.D Paku Unkempt, scaly (skin, hair, etc) (Sph)
PN.PAKUU.A Pakuu Roar, rumble (of the sky, as in thunder) (Sph)
PN.PALA.1A Pala To be abundant (of food) (Sph)
PN.PALA.1B Pala Wet (Sph)
PN.PALA.1B Pala/popo Rotting on ground (of over-abundant food) (McE)
OC.PALA.2 Pala Fern sp. (McE)
PN.PALA.4 Pala/i To taste Problematic (Sph)
PN.PALAA Palaa Long tail-feathers of a bird; ancient head-dress of feathers; fins of a fish (Sph)
PN.PAQALA Paala Tiger Fish. Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri) (Sph). (Hpr)
OC.PALAI Palai A variety of yam (McE)
PN.PALA.1B Pala/pala Watery (mainly of food); wet and soggy (of weather); left-over scraps of food or drink (Sph)
PN.PALA-TAO Palatao A large fern (Angiopteris commutata), a common fern (Pteris tripartita). A fern (Angiopteris evecta), largest fern on Niue (Sph). (McE)

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