Entries from Sperlich 1997 in Pollex-Online
Sperlich, Wolfgang B., ed. (1997) Tohi Vagahau Niue/ Niue Language Dictionary. Government of Niue in association with Department of LInguistics, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Niue | Mata | Look at; (pre-verbal) looks like, seems to be |
| Niue | Mata | Raw, uncooked (not cooked at all); unripe [ex. bananas]; new, look new |
| Niue | Mataafaga | Beach |
| Niue | One | Gunpowder |
| Niue | Matagi | Wind |
| Niue | Mataka | Peeled off, loose (of skin); to have dandruff |
| Niue | Mege/mege | Wrinkled |
| Niue | Mataku/taku. Mataku (McE). | To fear, be afraid |
| Niue | Matala | To bloom, blossom, open up (as flowers) |
| Niue | Fetuu mataliki | The constellation Pleiades |
| Niue | Matapihu | Limpet |
| Niue | Matau | Fish hook |
| Niue | Matau | Right (not left) |
| Niue | Mate | To die |
| Niue | Mate | Die out, be extinguished (fire) |
| Niue | Mati | A tree (Ficus godeffroyi, F. scabra) |
| Niue | Matike | To arise, get up, stand up |
| Niue | Matike/tike | A rough and rocky hill |
| Niue | Matila | Sharp |
| Niue | Mativa | Poor, broke |
| Niue | Matolu | Thick |
| Niue | -ma(uto)lu | First person exclusive plural possessive suffix Problematic |
| Niue | Motua | Mature; old age |
| Niue | Fetuu afiafi | Venus, Evening Star |
| Niue | Motuku | Reef Heron (Egretta sacra). Curlew (McE). |
| Niue | Mau | Complete, finished; stopped, held; fixed; ready. Constantly, permanently, customarily (McE). |
| Niue | Mau | To be stopped, to be held; to marry |
| Niue | Maua | We (exclusive, dual) |
| Niue | Mouga | Mountain |
| Niue | Maaui | Legendary hero |
| Niue | Moumou | Waste, spoil, destroy |
| Niue | Moui | To grow; survive, live; recover; life |
| Niue | Mootini | Pumpkin |
| Niue | Mautolu | We (exc) |
| Niue | Mavete | Undone |
| Niue | Mena | Thing, object, matter, material; cause, reason Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Meaa | Clean; fair-skinned; pure, innocent |
| Niue | K/ol/olo | To coo Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Mei | Breadfruit. Fruit à pain (Artocarpus altilis). Problematic |
| Niue | Mei | Dodge aside, step aside or back (in fighting) |
| Niue | Fuaga | Grinding stone, tool sharpener; flint |
| Niue | (Mi)migo | Withered, shrivelled |
| Niue | Milo | Tree sp., (Thespesia populnea) |
| Niue | Milo | To move about |
| Niue | Mioi | Writhe, move about in a disorderly manner |
| Niue | (Mi(o))mio | To twist slightly, wring |
| Niue | Mimi | Urine; to urinate |
| Niue | Miti | To dream |
| Niue | Miti | Polynesian Starling (Aplonis brunnescens) |
| Niue | Mo | And, with |
