Niue entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NP.SOMO.2 | Homo | Excel, surpass, be the best; be nice, look nice Problematic | (Sph) |
| PN.SOPO.A | Hopo | Jump, leap, spring (v) | (Sph) |
| PN.SOPO.C | Hopo/mate | Last night of the last quarter of the moon | (Sph) |
| PN.SOPO.D | Hopo/ate | Frightened, scared | (Sph) |
| PN.SOPO.D | Hopokia | Frightened, shocked | (Sph) |
| PN.SOPU.1 | Hopu/kia | Caught, of prisoners | (Tgr) |
| FJ.SOSAQA | Hohaa-tia | Nuisance, noise; noisy | (McE) |
| PN.SUQA.A | Hu/hua | Liquid, juice, juicy, filled with milk (of breast) | (McE) |
| PN.GATETE | Gatiti | Jingling sound. Jingle, rattle (McE). Problematic | (Sph) |
| PN.SUI | Hu/hui | To change, alter | (Sph) |
| MP.SUKI.A | Huki | Pierce, inject, prick, fork (v); cob (of corn), spike (of wheat). | (Sph) |
| MP.SULI | Huli | Young plants of taro, banana etc.; offspring, shoot, scion | (McE) |
| MP.SULU.1A | Hu/hulu | Thrust, push | (Sph) |
| MP.SULU.1A | Hulu/hulu | Mend (as a mat) | (McE) |
| MP.SULU.2 | Hulu | Torch; shine [illuminate] | (Sph) |
| MP.SULU.2 | Hu/hulu | Shine (of sun, moon, stars) | (Sph) |
| PN.SURU.A | Faka/huu/ hifo | Headlong | (McE) |
| OC.SUMU.2 | Humu | Triggerfish spp. (Sufflamen bursa, Balistapus undulatus) | (Sph) |
| XW.SUNI.2 | Huni | A tree (Hernandia moerenhoutiana) | (McE) |
| OC.SUNU.2 | Hu/hunu | Burn, set alight | (Sph) |
| OC.SUNU.2 | Hunu | To whip, flog Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sph) |
| PN.-TA | -kita | First person singular affective possessive Problematic | (Sph) |
| EO.TAA.1A | Taa | Hit, strike; make, build, perform; cut (with implement); draw, mark; throw, wield, cast | (Sph) |
| AN.TAA.1B | Taa | Cut (with an implement); draw, mark, engrave | (Sph) |
| PN.TAA.1C | Taa/tatau | To tattoo; tattoo (n) | (Sph) |
| MP.TAQA.1 | Taa | Soldierfish (Myripristis violasus) | (Sph) |
| AN.TAQE.1 | Tee | Excrement | (Sph) |
| OC.TAFA.2 | Tafa | Cut with a sharp instrument, slit | (Sph) |
| PN.TA-FAGA.A | Tau/tafaga | Naked (of people); bare, infertile (land) | (Sph) |
| PN.TAGUTU | Gutu/gutu | Stump. Stubble (McE). | (Sph) |
| PN.TA-FAGA.A | Tafaga/faga | Shrub, low bush (of area, carries the connotation of 'bare, infertile land') | (Sph) |
| OC.TAFE | Tafe | To flow; current (of ocean) | (Sph) |
| EO.TAFI | Tafi | To sweep; broom; razor. To shave (McE). | (Sph) |
| CE.TAFITI.1 | Tafiti | Name given to the southern part of Niue, and only used as such (Sph). Problematic | (Sph) |
| PN.TAFITO.A | Tefito | Essence, basis, core; axle | (Sph) |
| PN.TAFITO.A | Tefito | Tuberous ginger plant (tubers sometimes eaten during times of scarcity). Root of the yellow-flowered ginger (McE). | (Sph) |
| FJ.TAFU.A | Tafu | To set alight; to add firewood, replenish or refuel (a fire) | (Sph) |
| EP.TAFUQA | Tafua | Platform Problematic | (Sph) |
| MP.TAFU-RAQA | Tafuaa | Whale | (Sph) |
| PN.TA-FULI | Tafilu, tafuli | To turn, turn round (vi) Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
| TO.TAFUGA.2 | Tafuna | Mound (of earth) Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
| OC.TAGA.1A | Taga | Bag, sack | (Sph) |
| PN.TAGALOA.A | Tagaloa | Principal god of Niueans in pre-missionary times | (Sph) |
| MP.TAGATA | Tagata | Person, human | (Sph) |
| PN.TAGA-TAGA | Tagataga | Loose | (Sph) |
| TO.TAGA-TOO | Tangatoo | Very loose, to loosen | (McE) |
| AN.TAGI.A | Tagi | To weep, cry; moan, groan (when dissatisfied) | (Sph) |
| CP.SILA.1A | Hela | To glance, to look furtively at something or someone Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
| CP.QULU-QULU | Uluulu | Reef | (Sph) |
| CP.SIGA.A | Hi/higa | To incline, to lean | (Sph) |
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