Niue entries in Pollex-Online

Protoform Item Description Source
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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