Niue entries in Pollex-Online
Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
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XW.TAU-SUNI.* | Taihuni | Coastal growth, scrub | (McE) |
PN.KI-TAA-UTOLU | Tautolu | We, us (inc.) | (Sph) |
MP.TAWA.1 | Tava | Tree sp. (Pometia pinnata) | (Sph) |
OC.TAWAHI | Tavahi | Tree sp. (Rhus taitensis) | (McE) |
PN.TAWAKE | Tuaki, tavake (obs.) | White-tailed Tropic Bird (Phaethon lepturus) | (Sph) |
PN.TAWALI | Tuali | A tree (Szygium clusiifolium) | (McE) |
PN.TAA-WILI | Tavili | Grind | (McE) |
PN.TAA-WILI | Tavilivili | Spin, whirl, rotate | (McE) |
TO.HE | E | Article, either definite or indefinite | (McE) |
CE.TEE.1 | Teetee | An exclamation Borrowed | (McE) |
OC.TAQE.2 | Tee | Negative particle: without, not (obsolete) | (Sph) |
TO.TEQE.1 | Tee | Excrement | (McE) |
CP.TEA | Tea | White, light-coloured, fair skinned | (McE) |
PN.TE-QA-KU | Haaku | My, mine | (Sph) |
PN.TEGA.1A | Tega/tega | Muscular | (Sph) |
PN.TEGA.1A | Tega/laho | Testicles | (Sph) |
PN.TEGA.1B | Tenga | Lap, thigh | (Sph) |
PN.TEGA.1C | Tega | Seed (of plants) | (Sph) |
TO.TEGI-TEGI | Tegitegi | A type of fine mat, coloured | (McE) |
PN.TE-KAU | Tekau | Twenty (only used in counting fish) | (Sph) |
PN.TEKI.2 | Te/teki | Nasty, disgusting Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sph) |
PN.TERE.A | (Te)tele | Crawl, run, move like a crab. Creep, float (of flag) (McE). Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
PN.TELE-FUA | Telefua | Naked; thoughtless | (Sph) |
CP.TEQETEQE | Teetee | Pufferfish (Arothron sp.) | (Sph) |
PN.TEWE | Teve | A plant (Amorphophallus campanulatus) traditionally used like pia (Niuean arrowroot) during periods of food shortages | (Sph) |
MP.TII.1 | Tii | (Cordyline terminalis)... | (Sph) |
CP.TIA.1B | Tia | To make a net; weave, knit, crochet, embroider; (spider) spin (web) | (Sph) |
PN.TIQAKI | Tiaki | To throw away, omit, do away with, stop, abandon | (Sph) |
PN.TIALE | Tiale | Generic for gardenia and frangipani-like plants | (Sph) |
OC.TIFA.1A | Tifa | Mother-of-pearl shell; bonito hook made of pearl shell; earring; plant (Acacia spirorbis) [from resemblance of its fruit to earrings] | (Sph) |
PN.TIFA.2 | Tifa, lifa | Tilt sideways, capsize (of canoe) Phonologically Irregular | (McE) |
OC.TIKA.A | Tika. | Javelin, dart, spear (used in sport of taa-tika) | (Sph) |
OC.TIKA.A | Hako/tika | Quite correct, dead right, spot on Problematic | (Sph) |
EP.TIKA.B | Tika | Just, right Problematic | (McE) |
PN.TIKE.1A | Tike/tike | To squat on the heels | (McE) |
CP.TIKO.A | Tiko | Defecate; rusty | (Sph) |
FJ.TILI.3 | Tili | Smash (rocks) | (Sph) |
MP.TIRO | Tio | Glance | (McE) |
PN.PONA | Pona/hui | Ankle | (McE) |
PN.PUU.2 | Puu ihu | Nostril | (Sph) |
PN.POKO.2 | Poko/ihu | Nostril. Dimpled base of the noise (Sph). | (McE) |
OC.TINO.A | Tino | Body (human or animal) | (Sph) |
MP.TIO.2 | Tio | Oyster species (I) | (???) |
MP.TIPA | Tipa/tipa | To be out of shape | (Sph) |
MP.TIPA | Tipa | Sway, be crooked, slant. Dance (used in old chants) (McE). | (Sph) |
OC.TIPI.1A | Tipi | Split, chop | (Sph) |
NP.TII-PUTA | Tiputa | To wear; a Mother Hubbard dress Borrowed | (Sph) |
PN.TISE | Tihe | To sneeze | (Sph) |
CE.TII-TAFA | Titafa | To be on a slant, not firmly fixed in position Problematic | (Sph) |
PN.TITI.2 | Titi | Dancing-skirt made of inner bark of hibiscus | (McE) |
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