Niue entries in Pollex-Online
Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
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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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