Entries from McEwen 1970 in Pollex-Online
McEwen, J. M. (1970). Niue Dictionary. Wellington, Department of Maori and Island Affairs.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Niue | Ungaunga | Small cuts, wounds (as on a yam etc.); to carve |
| Niue | Patapata | Fish sp. (grey with orange patches on back, black spots on head and belly) |
| Niue | Ae/nei | This, these Problematic |
| Niue | Afo/afo langi | Signs of bad weather in the sky Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Niue | Aka/aka | To tread on, trample |
| Niue | Ala-uhu | To arise early in the morning |
| Niue | Ala(nga)vaka | The prime minister and chief ruler under the king in former times Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Niue | Alito-mata | Pupil of the eye; fig., apple of the eye (cherished object) |
| Niue | (Kai) faka/amu | To curse |
| Niue | Ata/ngia | To be eclipsed (as the sun), to be shadowed, reflected |
| Niue | Ate/fua | The liver |
| Niue | Ate/pala | The lungs |
| Niue | Ate/vili | The heart |
| Niue | Faka/ati | To visit; peep into, look at Problematic |
| Niue | Auu | To bark (as a dog) |
| Niue | Faka/ave | Quickly Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Naa ee | Postposed vocative: O! |
| Niue | Ee | Demonstrative: this, these |
| Niue | Fa/fati/anga | A measure. Allocation (Sph). |
| Niue | Noa | Free, unrestrained, boundless |
| Niue | Lule/lule | Wobbly, unstable |
| Niue | Talu/melie | Fertile (soil) |
| Niue | Nemu/nemu | Small particles, scraps. Small particles of fibre (Sph). Problematic |
| Niue | Faalea (pl. faalelea) | Disorderly, noisy Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Niue | Koo | To crow, bark, squeal |
| Niue | Kamapui | Citronella grass (Cymbopogon nardus); also an introduced ornamental plant (Alpinia speciosa); [also refers to ginger spp. with added modifiers] Problematic |
| Niue | Kolo/miti (Motu dialect), kolo/mete (Tafiti dialect) | Whirlpool |
| Niue | Koti/koti | To notch, to fringe |
| Niue | Langa | To rise against; to race, wrestle; to lift... |
| Niue | Lingo/lingo | Numb |
| Niue | Luku/luku | A double handful |
| Niue | Maui | Foreigner (from Maui, the demigod, supposed to live in the underworld) |
| Niue | Ma/hala | Come apart (of cloth sewn together); be conquered, beaten in a game |
| Niue | Mata/uka | Stubborn, obstinate |
| Niue | Mata/ka/kana | Leering, lascivious looking; lustful. To look over something very thoroughly (with a mischievous purpose) (Sph). Problematic |
| Niue | Mata/keu | Cross-eyed |
| Niue | Mata/paku | Beginning to heal up (of wounds) |
| Niue | Mata/poko | Blind (disrespectful term) |
| Niue | Me/mege | To shrink, contract; wrinkled with age |
| Niue | Aho/ngia | Overtaken by daylight |
| Niue | Fenono | Silence (of a person) Problematic |
| Niue | Faka/fenono | To be silent Problematic |
| Niue | Faka/tolo/tolo | To crouch |
| Niue | Fakatonu | To tell plainly |
| Niue | Ka/kava (pass. kava/hia (Lws)). | Acrid, bitter Problematic |
| Niue | Kemo/kemo | To blink; to make signs with the eyes |
| Niue | Ma/heu/heu | Dishevelled |
| Niue | Malie | Exclamation showing pleasure at fine singing or dancing (Samoan) |
| Niue | Faka/hogohogo | To provoke |
| Niue | Haia | That (referring to something already mentioned); that is, that is it, there it is, that is so, etc. Problematic |
