Niue entries in Pollex-Online
Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
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PN.TAA-MATE-A | Taamate | To kill, murder, eliminate; delete, erase, put out | (Sph) |
PN.TAA-MAU | Tamau | Make fast, fasten | (Sph) |
FJ.TAMOLE | Kamole | A prostrate weed (Portulaca oleraces) Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
PN.TAANAKI | Taanaki | To gather, heap up, collect and store | (Sph) |
PN.TANE | Tane | Skin disease, tinea. Blotches on the skin (McE). | (Sph) |
AN.TAQANE | Taane | Husband, man, male | (Sph) |
PN.TANE-TANE | Tanetane, tatane | Small tree (Polyscias guilfoylei). Also an introduced shrub (with green leaves with pink edges) (McE). | (Sph) |
OC.TANIFA | Tenifa | General name for shark | (Hpr) |
AN.TANU | Tanu | To bury | (Sph) |
MP.TAO | Tao | Spear | (Sph) |
EO.TAQO.1 | Tao | To bake | (Sph) |
OC.TAQO.3A | Tao/tao | Cover, conceal | (Sph) |
PN.TAAQOFI | Taofi | To hold back, restrain; to be stopped by someone or something | (Sph) |
CE.TAOGA | Taaoga | Treasure; personal belongings Problematic | (Sph) |
PN.TAQOKETE.A | Taokete | Elder brother of a man, elder sister of a woman | (Sph) |
EO.TAPA.1C | Tapa | Side (close proximity) | (Sph) |
PN.TAPA.4 | Tapa/a | Speak fast, babble, talk wildly; loud, boisterous, talkative | (McE) |
FJ.TAPAKI | Tapaki | To seize, catch; arrest; to record; imitate, copy; to rape | (Sph) |
CP.TAPA-TAPA.1 | Tapatapa | Slipper lobster (Scyllarides squammosus) | (Sph) |
NP.TAA-POLA | Taapola | Coconut leaf basket Problematic | (Sph) |
OC.TAPU | Tapu | Sacred, prohibited. forbidden; holy | (Sph) |
PN.TAPU-TOKI | Taputoki, tokitoki | A small tree (Cryptocarya turbinata) | (Sph) |
EO.TASA | Taha | One; a, an, another | (Sph) |
OC.TATA.1 | Tata | Near; closely related | (Sph) |
PN.TATAA | Tataa | Canoe bailer | (Sph) |
PN.TATAU.1 | Tatau | To tattoo | (Sph) |
PN.TATAU.3 | Tatau | Wring, squeeze out; milk (vt). | (Sph) |
NP.-TA-TOU | -ta(uto)lu | First person inclusive plural possessive suffix Problematic | (Sph) |
PN.TATUU | Tatuu | Move excitedly, totter (I) | (???) |
PN.TAU.2 | Tau | To hang up, suspend | (Sph) |
PN.TAU.3 | To/tou | Read, count Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
PN.TAU.4 | Tau | To fight, quarrel; war | (Sph) |
FJ.TAU-.7A | Tau- | Reciprocal prefix; a continual action | (McE) |
OC.TAQU.1 | Tau | Season, year | (Sph) |
FJ.TAQU.2A | Tau | Plural marker of both definite and indefinite noun phrases | (Sph) |
PN.TAU-QA | Taua | War | (McE) |
PN.KI-TAA-RUA | Taua | We (inclusive, dual) | (Sph) |
AN.TAQUFUFU | Tuafufu. Tofufu (McE). | Ridge of a house Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
PN.TAU-QI | Taui | To reply; to pay back; to avenge; reward | (Sph) |
PN.TAURA | Toua | Rope; Mauritius hemp (Furcraea foetida) | (Sph) |
PN.TAU-LA | Taula | Anchor (n) Problematic | (Sph) |
PN.TAAULA-QATUA | Taula/atua | Witch doctor, shaman. Shaman or priest of heathen times (McE). | (Sph) |
PN.TAU-RAKI | Tavaki | To dry in the sun, spread out to dry Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
PN.TAU-LEKALEKA.A | Taulekaleka | Young man, youth (refers to the young man at the prime of his time) | (Sph) |
PN.TAUMAFA | Taumafa | Eat, have a meal (traditionally honorific term). To eat (used only in respectful language, as when addressing important visitors) (McE). | (Sph) |
CP.TAUME | Toume | Spathe of a coconut flower | (Sph) |
PN.TAAU-POQOU | Taopou, taupou | To be a virgin | (Sph) |
XW.SUNI.2 | Huni | Rangoon creeper (Quisqualis indica); also (Ixora odorata), (Phaleria disperma); clustered flower plants (generic) | (Sph) |
XW.TAU-SUNI.* | Toihune [Motu dialect], toihuni [Tafiti dialect] | A shrub (Messerschmidia argentea) | (McE) |
XW.TAU-SUNI.* | Taihun(e,i), toihun(e,i) | Coastal shrub spp. (Heliotropium anomalum, Messerschmidia argentea) | (Sph) |
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