Niue entries in Pollex-Online

Protoform Item Description Source
NP.TUQU-LAGA.A Tulana Pulpit Problematic (Sph)
PN.TU-TUQU Tuutuu. Tutuu (McE). Dolphin, porpoise (Sph)
PN.TUUTUU Tuutuu Red-spotted crab (Carpilius maculatus) (Sph)
PN.TUTU-A Tutua Balk of toi timber om which bark cloth is beaten (McE)
PN.-U Haa/u Thy, your (McE)
PN.UQU U/uu To bite, take a bite (Sph)
OC.UQA.1A Ua Neck (Sph)
MP.UE.A Ue To move from side to side. To sway (Sph). (McE)
AN.QUFI.1 Ufi Yam (Sph)
PN.QUFI.3 U/ufi To cover; cover (n), lid (Sph)
PN.QUFI-QULU Afii ulu Hat, head covering Phonologically Irregular (Sph)
PN.QUFI-LEI Ufilei Wild yam (Dioscorea esculenta) and perhaps other yam species that grow wild (Sph)
AN.QUGA Uga Coconut crab (Birgus latro) (Sph)
PN.QUGA-KOA Ungakoo Mollusc sp. (with cylindrical shell, usually attached to rocks or flat reef, sometimes in spiral form...). A limpet (McE). (Sph)
AN.QUHA Uha Rain; to rain (Sph)
MP.QUHILA Uhila Lightning (Sph)
MP.UI Ui To call someone (Sph)
OC.UKA.A Uka An arrowroot scraper (made of sinnet bound round a piece of wood) (McE)
PN.UKA.C Uka To be difficult, tough; to become exhausted (Sph)
PN.UKU Uku To wash, oil (of hair). To anoint (McE). (Sph)
EO.ULA.1A Ula Smoke a pipe or cigarette (McE)
AN.QURA Uo Spiny lobster (Paribacus penicillatus) and some prawn spp. (Sph)
RO.ULE Ule Male genitals (vulgar, also used as insulting term of address) (Sph)
MP.QULI.1 Uli To steer (i) Problematic (???)
PN.QULI.2 Uli Black, dark coloured (Sph)
MP.URU.2 Ulu To level stones Problematic (McE)
MP.URU.2 Ulu/umu A pole or stick used to spread the hot stones in the earth oven Problematic (Sph)
AN.QULU.1 Ulu Head, hair (on head) (Sph)
PN.QULU.2 Ulu Plantation, clump, grove; group (of things usually grouped together) (Sph)
PN.QULUA Ulua Trevally spp. (Caranx ignobilis, C.sexfasciatus) (Sph)
PN.QULU-QAKI Uluaki First-born child (of any gender) (Sph)
MP.QULUGA Uluga Pillow, headrest (Sph)
PN.QULU-POKO Ulupoko Skull (Sph)
CP.QUMITI Umiti To crave (for sea food) (Sph)
MP.QUMU.1A Umu Earth oven; oven-cooked food (Sph)
AN.QUNA Una Turtle shell; comb (Sph)
AN.QUNAFI Inafi To scale a fish (Motu dial) Phonologically Irregular (McE)
AN.QUNAFI H/inafi Fish scale, to scale a fish Phonologically Irregular (Sph)
PN.QUNOKO Unoko To be bruised (Sph)
AN.UNU.1 Unu To shed (shell); peel (remove bark); emerge, be withdrawn (McE)
PN.QUNU Unu Move along, move over, draw near (McE)
PN.QUNU Unu, une To move something, to move (oneself) over (Sph)
CP.USI.1 Uhi Shrub sp. (Evodia hortensis) (Sph)
PN.QUSI Uhi Dark-coloured. Purple (McE). (Sph)
MP.USO.1A Uho Core, centre, peak; precious (Sph)
OC.USU.1 Uhu To poke (getting fruit from tree); to persuade someone to do wrong; get someone into trouble; incite (Sph)
NP.USU.2 Uhu To sing, intone Problematic (Sph)
PN.USU.3 Uhu To throb, irritate, nag (of pain). A nagging pain; to ache (McE). (Sph)
PN.USU.4 Uhu To be early (Sph)
MP.UTA Uta Load (n); to take, carry (Sph)

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