Niue entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PN.PALAU | Palau | Boast, praise oneself | (Sph) |
| PN.PALE.1A | Pale | Fend off, guard. To block (McE). | (Sph) |
| PN.PALE.2 | Pale | Dress the hair | (Sph) |
| FJ.PALE.3C | Pale | Turned (as sun when past noon, or moon past midnight) | (Sph) |
| PN.PALU.1 | Palu | Oilfish (Ruvettus pretiosus). Fish spp., mainly snapper and jobfish (Lutjanidae) (Sph). | (Hpr) |
| AN.PALU.2 | Palu | To mix (of liquids), to brew | (Sph) |
| PN.PANE.A | Pane/lima | Part of the palm of the hand where it joins the wrist. Base of the palm, lower wrist (Sph). | (McE) |
| OC.PANI.1 | Pani | Paint, smear, rub oil on (I) Problematic | (???) |
| PN.PAO.1 | Pao | To punch [hit with fist]; to nail, to hammer; stop up (as a tooth, make a filling | (Sph) |
| PN.PAOPAO | Vaka paopao | A boat, a canoe. One-man canoe (Sph). | (McE) |
| PN.PAPA.1B | Papa | To sit (on the flat ground); floor-mat (made from wide, unsplit pandanus leaves)l solid (with a flat base); to be hit flat, to be hit full square (completely, absolutely, exactly) | (Sph) |
| CP.PASU.1A | Pahu | Bang, stamp, dash down. Stamp, slam; to fish by a method involving tapping parts of the canoe (Sph). | (McE) |
| CE.PASU.1B | Pahu | Local bass [instrument] made from box, string and stick; cello, double bass. A drum (McE). Problematic | (Sph) |
| EO.PAASUA | Pa(pa)hua | Large bivalve shellfish often found embedded in coral. | (McE) |
| OC.PATA.1A | Pata | A drop of rain | (Tgr) |
| LO.PATO | Pato | Duck n. | (McE) |
| PN.PATU.2 | Patu | Rock; stony, rocky. Foundation (Sph). Problematic | (McE) |
| EP.PAU.1D | Pau | Tarnished, faded Borrowed Problematic | (Sph) |
| PN.PEE- | Pe/he | Like (resembling), thus | (Sph) |
| OC.PEAU | Peau | Wave (of ocean); wave hairstyle | (Sph) |
| PN.FEE-FEA* | Feefee | How? (in what way? in what manner?) | (Sph) |
| PN.PUKE.4 | Puke | Decking or top part of a canoe | (Sph) |
| PN.PEGU | Penu | To be blunt Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
| PN.PEE-HENA | Pehena | In like manner, like that | (McE) |
| PN.PEE-HENI | Pehenai | In this manner, like this | (McE) |
| PN.PEE-HENI | Pehee nai | Like this | (Sph) |
| OC.PEKA.1 | Peka | Flying fox, fruit bat (Pteropus sp.); to cling | (Sph) |
| CP.PEKA-PEKA.1 | Pekapeka | White-rumped Swiftlet ICollocalia spodiopygia) | (Sph) |
| PN.PEKE.2A | Peke | Undersized, stunted (of tubers) | (Sph) |
| EP.FAKA-PEKE | Fakapeke | To curl up (refers to situations when someone 'makes himself small' as a sign of shame or expectation of some punishment Borrowed | (Sph) |
| OC.PELA | Pela | Pus; to ooze pus | (Sph) |
| OC.PELA | Pela/pela | Mud | (Sph) |
| OC.PELU.A | Pelu | Fold, bend over, hem; complete weaving by folding back or over | (Sph) |
| PN.PENA.2 | Pena/pena | To tie, bind. To bind, bundle up (Sph). | (McE) |
| OC.PEPE | Pepe | Butterfly | (Sph) |
| CE.PEEHAU | Peehau, peekau | Wing. Wing of a bird or other flying creature (McE). Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
| PN.PEQE-SI.A | Peehi | Fall on, press upon, lean against. To press, push down (Sph). | (McE) |
| MP.PII.2A | Pii(pii) | Sprinkle (liquid) | (Sph) |
| MP.PIA.1 | Pia | Arrowroot plant (Tacca pinnatifida); food prepared from arrowroot | (McE) |
| MP.PIA.1 | Ka/pia | Cassava or tapioca (Manihot esculenta) | (McE) |
| MP.PIA.2A | Pia/pia | Smudgy, messy, sticky. Not properly cleaned (McE). | (Sph) |
| MP.PIA.2A | Mata/pia/ | Gummy-eyed | (McE) |
| MP.PIKI.1A | Piki | Adhere to, touch (lightly or accidentally), brush against | (Sph) |
| PN.PIKI.2 | Piki | Paralysed (of arm) | (McE) |
| NP.PILI.1B | Pili (i) | Be joined to Problematic | (???) |
| MP.PILI.1A | Pili | Resin, glue; to glue together | (Sph) |
| PN.PILITA | Pilita | Wild yam sp. (Dioscorea pentaphylla) | (Sph) |
| PN.PILO | Pilo | Dirty; dirt, waste | (Sph) |
| PN.PILO | Faka/pilo | To defecate | (Sph) |
| OC.PIPI.2 | Pipi | A large tree (Hernandia moerenhoutiana) | (Sph) |
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