Niue entries in Pollex-Online
Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
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PN.POO-QULI | Poouli | To be dark; heathen, uncivilized | (Sph) |
XW.KOOKOO.2A | Ta/kookoo | To be open [ex. house]; deep. Hollow (Bib.) | (Sph) |
OC.TAMA.1A | Tama | Child, offspring | (Sph) |
PN.TATAU.2 | Tau | To match; to be the same or similar | (Sph) |
PN.TATAU.2 | Tatai | To be even, equal, the same Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
OC.TIPI.1A | Ti/tipi | Knife | (Sph) |
PN.TAQO-KUPU | Tookupu | Waist; to tie tightly around the waist | (Sph) |
PN.TAKU.1 | Toku/toku | To tell, mention; to give a bad reputation | (Sph) |
FJ.TOLO.2A | Tolo/tolo | To walk slowly | (Sph) |
AN.FOAKI | Poa | Offering, gift; sacrifice Problematic | (Sph) |
PN.TUKU.D | Tuku | To stop, finish, end | (Sph) |
PN.TUKU.B | Tuku/tuku | To place, to put down | (Sph) |
PN.TUPE.1 | Tupe | Money Borrowed | (Sph) |
OC.TUPUNA | Matua tupuna | Grandparent | (Sph) |
MP.UI | Ui/ina | To be invited; invitation | (Sph) |
PN.WALA.2 | Vala/vala | Small pieces, crumbs | (Sph) |
FJ.HUU.2 | Huu/anga | Hiding place, safe place | (Sph) |
PN.KAU-WAI | Kauvai | Waterside, bank | (Sph) |
AN.MA-QANU | Maanu | Grieve, mourn Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sph) |
CE.GAA.2B | Naa. Na (Sph). | Sign of the plural, usually used for two, or very few, things, especially things occurring in pairs Problematic | (McE) |
XW.PAAEA | Paea | To migrate, to immigrate. Wandering, alien; exile, stranger; to exile, banish (McE). | (Sph) |
PN.FAAGOGO.B | Fagogo | To funnel | (Sph) |
PN.FANO-GA | Fanoaga | Route, direction, way; departure Problematic | (Sph) |
PN.E.3 | Ee | Vocative particle: o, oh, behold... | (Sph) |
NP.FAKA-QALOFA | Fakaalofa | To love; handshake; present, gift; greetings Problematic | (Sph) |
PN.REFU-REFU | Efuefu | To be grey | (Sph) |
PN.FAI-TAHINA | Faitehina | Dear younger brother or sister | (Sph) |
TO.MERARI | Meai | Five-striped surge wrasse (Thalassoma quinquevittatum) | (Sph) |
PN.SOLO.4 | Ho/holo | To continue (of bad habits) | (Sph) |
PN.SOANI | Faka/hoani/a | [Challenged, rivalled] Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sph) |
PN.TAMA.1B | Tama | Anything small (forms compound with following noun) | (Sph) |
EC.TIKE.1B | Tike | To be protruding, to stick out (of teeth) Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sph) |
NP.NAPAQA | Napaa/tia | Accidental (due to an accident) | (Sph) |
PN.MOMO.B | Momo | Small portion | (Sph) |
PN.TAMA.1C | Tama | People or tribe of a place Problematic | (Sph) |
PN.GAQA | Gaa | A fish, outer reef fish (edible, usually caught at night) | (Sph) |
XW.SUU.3 | Huu/lalo | To beg for mercy, to seek forgiveness | (Sph) |
NP.SANI.3 | Hani/hani | To be cheeky | (Sph) |
MP.SALA.3 | Hala | To cut down [ex. leaves] | (Sph) |
MP.SALA.3 | Hala/hala | To cut down, prune, trim | (Sph) |
PN.TAFETA.A | Tafeta | Pool (of brackish water above high tide mark) | (Sph) |
FJ.KAUTE | Kaute | Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, H. schizopetalus (ornamental cultivated varieties) | (Sph) |
PN.O | Oo | Possessive marker, rarely used. Of | (Sph) |
PN.QA | A | Parti of a possessive construction when the possessed noun phrase follows the possessive pronoun 'ha-PRO a NP' | (Sph) |
PN.QA | Ha | Genitive Marker with scope over proper noun phrases; also forms possessive pronouns Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
NP.KO-NAA | Kunaa | Demonstrative local noun. That place. there Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
PN.EE-NAA | A/enaa | That, those, now Problematic | (Sph) |
TO.HE | He | Preposition with a wide range of meanings...sometimes replacing the article e | (McE) |
PN.TE-QA-U | Haau/Ha/Hoo | Second person singular possessive pronoun | (Sph) |
PN.TE-QA-NA | Haana | Third person singular possessive | (Sph) |
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