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 | Nava | To praise, admire Problematic |
| Niue | Ne | Past tense marker (simple past or past progressive; possibly relative clause marker) |
| Niue | Nei, nai | Demonstrative: this, these, here Problematic |
| Niue | Nene | Orgasm, sensory pleasure |
| Niue | Neva | To wander aimlessly; to go for a leisurely walk |
| Niue | Nifo | Tooth; scissors; tenon |
| Niue | Niko(niko)/a | Surrounded by a halo; giddy. Swim in the head (McE). |
| Niue | Nimo | To forget, unable to remember |
| Niue | Niu | Coconut palm |
| Niue | Agi | To wander, to be a vagabond; non-playing member of a cricket team, marshall (someone who rounds the field to encourage poor fielders) |
| Niue | Ula/afia | Uncontrollable, out of control [of emotion] Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Niue | Noa | To be, have, get or obtain nothing. Uselessly, without cause, in vain (Tgr). Problematic |
| Niue | Nofo | Sit, dwell, stay |
| Niue | Nofoa | Seat,chair |
| Niue | Nofu | Fish spp.: Scorpion fish (Scorpaeonidae); stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa) |
| Niue | Nonu | Tree sp. (Morinda citrifolia) |
| Niue | Nou | Jerk, avoid, dodge (a missile) |
| Niue | Nue | A fish, highfin rudderfish or topsail drummer (Kyphosus cinerascens); or insular rudderfish (Kyphosus bigibbus) |
| Niue | Nuku | Land, country, place (obs) |
| Niue | Numi(numi) | Crumple |
| Niue | Oo | Go, come (pl. subj.) |
| Niue | Oa | Topstrake of a canoe, gunwale of a boat |
| Niue | Oofaga | Roosting-place Borrowed |
| Niue | Ofo | To wake up |
| Niue | Oho | Food (traditionally only taro); kit of food. Provisions for a journey (McE). |
| Niue | Oki/oki | To rest (for a longer time); to retire; to die, pass away |
| Niue | Oko(oko) | To pick up, collect; firewood (for a small open fire) |
| Niue | Ola/ola | To grow well (ex. trees) |
| Niue | Oa | Fishing basket or kit; catch, basketful of fish |
| Niue | Oli(oli) | To move (refers to leg movement only) |
| Niue | Omomi | Sponge (n) Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | One/one | Sand (of beach) |
| Niue | Ono | Six |
| Niue | Ono | To mend (fishing net) |
| Niue | Ohi | Descendant |
| Niue | Oho | To rush, jump at |
| Niue | Ota | To eat raw (us. sea food); a dish of raw fish. |
| Niue | Ootai | A drink (made from the juice of the cooked root of a 'ti' tree and added coconut juice and grated flesh) |
| Niue | Oti | To finish |
| Niue | Ovava | Banyan tree (Ficus prolixa) |
| Niue | Paa | Fence (n); to close, to ban. To shut, to close (as a door etc.); to guard an entrance |
| Niue | Paa | Basin |
| Niue | Paa | Burst, explode; to crash (of noise); to breed [in numbers] |
| Niue | Paega | Heap of stones or other objects. A very big tree (McE). |
| Niue | Page | Push back Problematic |
| Niue | Paka | An edible sea crab with big nippers |
| Niue | Paka/pula | Loins |
| Niue | Paa/kia | To be hurt |
| Niue | Paakia | To be hurt |
| Niue | Paku/paku | Dry (including plants and clothes) |
