Niue entries in Pollex-Online
Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
---|---|---|---|
PN.TALI.2B | Tali | To answer; answer (n); chorus, refrain (of song) | (Sph) |
NP.TEE-HENA | Hanaa | That, those Problematic | (Sph) |
PN.TINO.C | Faka/tino | To appear in bodily form; picture, likeness | (Sph) |
PN.TOFU.1 | Tofu | To be steady, to continue on (of fire, heat); to throb (of continuous and steady pain) Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sph) |
PN.TOKA.2B | To/toka | To cool down, calm down, settle down | (Sph) |
PN.TOQO.1 | To/too | To hold in the hand | (Sph) |
PN.TUQU-LA | Tuula | Pulpit | (Sph) |
PN.TUU.2 | Tutu | To shiver Problematic | (Sph) |
PN.TUULOU | Tulou | To say thank you (formal use); to say excuse me | (Sph) |
PN.UMA.B | Fuga/uma | Shoulder | (Sph) |
PN.UTU-POTO | Utupotu | Structural beam of a building | (Sph) |
PN.WAATIA | Vaatia | Coconut cream residue... | (Sph) |
PN.WAHE-RUA | Ve/vehe/ua | To divide in two | (Sph) |
PN.WAI-TAFE | Vai tafe | Waterfall, river | (Sph) |
MP.SOKO.1 | Hoko | Strip, strand; tendon, vein, artery, sinew, nerve | (Sph) |
XW.MA-SEQA | Mahea/hea | To be shrill | (Sph) |
PN.LOLE.1 | Lole/lole | Weak, tired, feeble Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sph) |
PN.MA-ISI | Maihi | To be split open; rock crevice | (Sph) |
PN.MARONA | Malona, maona | To be spoiled, ruined, broken | (Sph) |
PN.SAWALA | Havala | To be cheeky, to be a nuisance | (Sph) |
PN.SAWALA | Mata/havala | Mischievous | (Sph) |
PN.MA-TOSI | Matohi/aga | Genealogy | (Sph) |
NP.QAO.3 | Te/ao | In vain; without purpose, without reason; to have nothing, to mind one's own business Problematic | (Sph) |
XW.MA-TUKU | Matuku | To subside, to become less [ex. strength of wind] | (Sph) |
PN.MAQU-KOLOA | Maukoloa | Trader, merchant, shopkeeper (sometimes used as a metaphor for 'rich') | (Sph) |
PN.MAUKU | Mauku | Disaster; funeral. Poor fellow, good-for-nothing (McE). Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sph) |
PN.FAGATUA | Tau/fagatua | To wrestle | (Sph) |
PN.TAUTE | Taute | To make, prepare, do, act; outfit, dress | (Sph) |
TO.TEPU | Tepu | Lump, knot; knob; small place, spot of land; wart; clitoris | (Sph) |
PN.TOKIA | Tokia | To be caught unexpectedly, to be struck (as in a shower or strong wind at sea) | (Sph) |
PN.TOKIA | Toki/hala | To repent | (Sph) |
XW.TUQA.4 | Tua | To believe, to have faith; to be dependent, to rely | (Sph) |
PN.ULA.2 | U/ulo | To blow (as a fire, a trumpet); to blow (as a whale); to blow (as the wind). To smoke (tobacco products) (Sph). | (McE) |
TO.VELE | Velevele | To be in desperate need of something | (Sph) |
TO.VELE | Velevele/mena | Covetous, greedy | (Sph) |
PN.HAKU | Aku | Long Tom, pipefish (Tylosurus crocodilus). Pipe fish (McE). Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
PN.QARO-FI | Aofi | Ceiling; to make a ceiling | (Sph) |
PN.QEMO | E/emo | To get or pick a small portion of something Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sph) |
PN.QEMO | Faka/emo | To eat sparingly Uncertain Semantic Connection | (McE) |
PN.AFAGA | Faga | Specific habitat of certain species of crabs and some seashells. A fishing ground where certain species are known to be plentiful (McE). | (Sph) |
TO.FAGA.6 | Faga | Type, class, sort, variety, species, breed | (Sph) |
XW.FAGA.7 | Faga | Sideburns, hair grown by a man down the sides of his face | (Sph) |
XW.FAGA.7 | Faga/faga lee | Temple, area between the forehead and the sideburns | (Sph) |
AN.FAFAGO | Fagu/na | To interrupt ceaselessly, to be a nuisance, to annoy, to irritate. | (Sph) |
PN.TAU-QA | Fai/taua | Enmity, bad feeling | (Sph) |
PN.TUQU-GA.1 | Fai/tuga | Temple, church | (Sph) |
PN.FEFE.B | Fefe | Frill; inner lips of clam; comb of fowl | (Sph) |
PN.SEE.1 | Fe/hee/taki | To be mixed up | (Sph) |
PN.FEKIQI | Fekii | To laugh (plural subject) Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sph) |
TO.FEKO | Feko | Lean, bony, skinny | (Sph) |
2724 entries found