Niue entries in Pollex-Online

Protoform Item Description Source
CP.NOQA Noo/taki To tie, bind; also fig. e.g. of friendship (Sph)
CP.PALOLO.A Palolo Balolo sea-worm (not known to occur in Niue, but known from Samoa). A variety of flying-fish (McE). (Sph)
CP.NOQA Noo, hi/noo To tie (Sph)
NP.MA-QAFU.1 Maafu To smell, to perceive a smell, to give off an odour (Sph)
PN.TAGUTU Tangutu/ngutu Stump of tree (McE)
MP.TAHI.1 Tahi Sea (in general, or in contrast to moana, deep sea) (Sph)
AN.TAHINA Tehina Younger brother of a man, younger sister of a woman (Sph)
CE.TAINOKA Fe/teinoa (Cassytha filiformis) Problematic (Sph)
OC.TAKA.1A Taka/ia Roaming, wandering (McE)
PN.TAKAI Takai To go around, go right round; to be surrounded; travelling party (going around the island) (Sph)
PN.TAAKAI Taakai To rub (with oil). Anoint (McE). (Sph)
NP.TAKALO Takalo Play game of tika; to evade blows; sport (McE)
PN.TAKA.1B Taka/pe Widow; to be widowed Problematic (Sph)
NP.TAKE.1 Take Base, origin, cause (I) Problematic (???)
PN.TAKE-TAKE Taketake White Tern (Gygis alba) (Sph)
EO.TAKI.1 Taki(taki) To lead (Sph)
PN.TAKI-.2 Taki- Distributive prefix to numerals etc.: each, at a time (Sph)
OC.TIKA.A Tika, hako-tika, tika-hako Straight (McE)
CP.TAQAKI Taaki Uproot, pull up. To be pulled up by the roots (as a tree) (McE). (Sph)
PN.TAKOTO Takoto Lie down (Sph)
PN.TAKU.1 To/toku To tell, mention, say Phonologically Irregular (Sph)
OC.TAKUA.1 Takua Skipjack tuna, bonito (Katsuwonus pelamis) (Sph)
PN.TAKU-A.2 Tukua Just, simply (Sph)
RO.TAKU-HALI Katuali Sea-snake Phonologically Irregular (Sph)
PN.TALA.1 Tala Barb; to strip off thorny or serrated edges of a leaf or plant. Prong (McE). (Sph)
FJ.TALA.2 Tala To tell, narrate; story (Sph)
PN.TALA.4 Tala A seabird (grey, about the size of a taketake [white tern], flies in a flock). (Rarely seen (Sph.). (McE)
OC.TALAI Talai To carve, chop (Sph)
PN.TALA-MEA Talamea Crown-of-thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci) (Sph)
PN.TALA-QA-MOA Talamoa A weed plant (Achyranthes aspera, Amaranthus sp.). (Caesalpinia major) (Sks). (Sph)
PN.TALAAO Talaao Black-tipped grouper (Epinephelus fasciatus) (Sph)
EP.KUHANE Kufani Spider (generic) Problematic (Sph)
NP.TAALAWA Talaoa Curved rafters leading to an interior ridgepole (Loeb 1926) (Sph)
PN.TALI.2A Tali To meet, greet, welcome (Sph)
PN.TALI.2A Tali/a To receive, accept; agree, consent, approve (Sph)
AN.TALI.1 Tali To wait (Sph)
AN.TALI.1 Ta/tali/ Wait (McE)
MP.TALIE.1 Telie A coastal tree (Terminalia catappa)... (Sph)
PN.TALIELIE Lielie Sea-crab sp. with spotted back (Sph)
AN.TALIGA Teliga Ear (Sph)
AN.TALO.1 Talo (Colocasia esculenta) (Sph)
MP.TALU.1 Talu/talu Fallow land. Land out of cultivation (McE). (Sph)
XW.TALU.2 Tali Since, ever since (Sph)
PN.TAMA-FAFINE Tama fifine Girl, daughter (Sph)
PN.TAMA-QA-FINE Tama aafine Adolescent girl (Sph)
AN.MATUQA.C Matua Parent...; (Sph)
PN.TAMAKI.1 Tamaki Accident; accidentally Uncertain Semantic Connection (McE)
PN.TAMAKI.1 Fe/tamaki To nearly happen, to have a narrow escape Uncertain Semantic Connection (Sph)
PN.TAMA-RIKI.A Tamaikiiki Children (McE)
OC.TAMANU Tamanu, tamani Tree sp. (Calophyllum inophyllum) (Sph)

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