Entries from McEwen 1970 in Pollex-Online
McEwen, J. M. (1970). Niue Dictionary. Wellington, Department of Maori and Island Affairs.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Niue | Oli/oli | Movement of legs in swimming |
| Niue | Olo | Stumps in the game of cricket Borrowed |
| Niue | Omoki | To dip in the sea |
| Niue | Ono(ono) | Look steadfastly |
| Niue | Paa | Slap, clap |
| Niue | Faka/paa | Touch |
| Niue | Paa | Shell fish-hook for bonito |
| Niue | Pee | Drift ashore, be wrecked |
| Niue | Pe/peko | To suffer ; to look unstable, or on the point of falling, to have a sulky appearance |
| Niue | Peko/peko | To be on the point of collapse (as when carrying a heavy load) |
| Niue | Peepee | The stones against which the king reclined while being anointed |
| Niue | Paito (Motu dialect), peito (Tafiti dialect), piito | Cookhouse, shelter over oven |
| Niue | Pakaka | To crackle, make a cracking noise; to clap (of thunder) |
| Niue | Paki, pake | Portuguese Man-of-war |
| Niue | Pako | A plant (buds used to make oil). Grass-like weed, including nut-grass (Cyperus sp.)... (Sph). |
| Niue | Pakoo | Sound made by a stick when broken; make a slapping noise. To make a deep crackling sound; to hit someone (Sph). |
| Niue | Pakoko | Stiff (as starched clothes). Brittle [ex. dry leaves] (Sph). |
| Niue | Paku | Dry (as rind, skin, etc.) |
| Niue | Pala/popo | Rotting on ground (of over-abundant food) |
| Niue | Pala | Fern sp. |
| Niue | Palai | A variety of yam |
| Niue | Palatao | A large fern (Angiopteris commutata), a common fern (Pteris tripartita). A fern (Angiopteris evecta), largest fern on Niue (Sph). |
| Niue | Pane/lima | Part of the palm of the hand where it joins the wrist. Base of the palm, lower wrist (Sph). |
| Niue | Vaka paopao | A boat, a canoe. One-man canoe (Sph). |
| Niue | Pahu | Bang, stamp, dash down. Stamp, slam; to fish by a method involving tapping parts of the canoe (Sph). |
| Niue | Pa(pa)hua | Large bivalve shellfish often found embedded in coral. |
| Niue | Pato | Duck n. |
| Niue | Patu | Rock; stony, rocky. Foundation (Sph). Problematic |
| Niue | Pehena | In like manner, like that |
| Niue | Pehenai | In this manner, like this |
| Niue | Pena/pena | To tie, bind. To bind, bundle up (Sph). |
| Niue | Peehi | Fall on, press upon, lean against. To press, push down (Sph). |
| Niue | Pia | Arrowroot plant (Tacca pinnatifida); food prepared from arrowroot |
| Niue | Ka/pia | Cassava or tapioca (Manihot esculenta) |
| Niue | Mata/pia/ | Gummy-eyed |
| Niue | Piki | Paralysed (of arm) |
| Niue | Pihi/pihi | To spatter |
| Niue | Pongi | Coward; weak, inactive (mentally) |
| Niue | Pongi | A kind of taro |
| Niue | Poko | To fail, of sight |
| Niue | Lau/polata/ | Inner, dry skin of the banana plant (used for wrapping valuables). Banana bark (continuous with dried leaves) (Sph). |
| Niue | Poopoo | Pat, slap |
| Niue | Poo tangotango | Utter darkness. To be completely dark (Sph). Problematic |
| Niue | Pouli- | Prefix to -taha, -ua, nights of the moon |
| Niue | Puu | Univalve mollusc shell; trumpet; horn of a motor-car |
| Niue | Pukatea | (Pisonia grandis) |
| Niue | Faka/puke/ | Heap up |
| Niue | Faka/pulu/ | Steep in water, ferment; hatch eggs |
| Niue | Pulu/pulu | Scarf. Shawl (McE). |
| Niue | Pu/puni/ | Enclose, shut in. Block up, cover up, partition (Sph). |
