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 | Mo | For |
| Niue | Moa | Fowl |
| Niue | Moamoa | Banana flower; end stem of bunch of bananas |
| Niue | Moana | Ocean, deep sea |
| Niue | Mogamoga | Cockroach |
| Niue | Mohe | Sleep |
| Niue | Mohega | Bed |
| Niue | Moheaga | Sleeping place |
| Niue | Alo/alo | Under, inside (inside surfaces). Caves or chasms in the rocks (McE). Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Mohi/mohi | Small, tiny Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Moko | Insect, bug, germ, organism, small reptile... |
| Niue | Mo/moko | Cold; miserable, sad |
| Niue | Moko-fulufulu | The guardian of fire who lived in the first heaven (Loeb 1926:219) |
| Niue | Mokopuna | Grandchild |
| Niue | Mole | To have passed by; gone; past; pass away, die |
| Niue | Mole/mole | Well-cleared, tidy, smooth |
| Niue | Moli | Citrus, orange; soap |
| Niue | Moolii | Lamp Problematic |
| Niue | Mo/moi/ | Portion of feast given to stranger |
| Niue | Moni | Break off, pinch off w fingers [ex. piece from loaf of bread] |
| Niue | Mono | Plug, caulk |
| Niue | Mohemohe | Plant sp. (Lycopodium phlegmaria) |
| Niue | Moho | Spotless Crake or Sooty Rail (Porzana tabuensis) |
| Niue | Moho | To be cooked, done |
| Niue | Motooi | Ylang-ylang (Cananga odorata) Borrowed Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Moto | Fist; to punch, strike with fist |
| Niue | Motu | To be wounded, injured; to be cut or severed (as an injury) |
| Niue | Motu | Island, country, nation |
| Niue | Mua | Front, in front of; in the presence of |
| Niue | Muka | Stalk or growing tip used for replanting (mainly of taro); monetary interest, profit |
| Niue | Mui | Behind; follow, be last |
| Niue | Muli | Last measure of something Borrowed |
| Niue | Mui | To be immature, green, unripe |
| Niue | Muifonua | The lower part or 'tail' of the island (south); underworld |
| Niue | Muihui | Heel Problematic |
| Niue | Muu/muu | Warm oneself (by a fire) |
| Niue | Mumu | To gather around, to come together in a crowd (implies noise and commotion) |
| Niue | Mutu | Cut off; pluck, snap off; put off, lay off (workers from jobs) |
| Niue | Ki he/e | Local noun: Here, away |
| Niue | Na | Verbal particle, past tense or general-truth |
| Niue | Haa/na | 3rd person singular possessive pronoun |
| Niue | Naa | To be quiet, to stop crying |
| Niue | Na/naa | Greedy, mean |
| Niue | Nafa | Slit drum. Small, wooden drum shaped like a canoe, with a narrow slot on one side (McE). |
| Niue | Namo | Lake, lagoon. Pond (McE). |
| Niue | Namo/namo | Be full to the brim; the deep (of sea) |
| Niue | Namu | Smell (n) |
| Niue | Namu | Mosquito |
| Niue | Nana/a | To be greedy, to be mean |
| Niue | Nao | Probe with fingers, poke (e.g. into rock hole for sea-food, into one's own mouth). Pull out of hole (McE). |
