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 | Paku | To be burnt |
| Niue | Paku | Unkempt, scaly (skin, hair, etc) |
| Niue | Pakuu | Roar, rumble (of the sky, as in thunder) |
| Niue | Pala | To be abundant (of food) |
| Niue | Pala | Wet |
| Niue | Pala/i | To taste Problematic |
| Niue | Palaa | Long tail-feathers of a bird; ancient head-dress of feathers; fins of a fish |
| Niue | Pala/pala | Watery (mainly of food); wet and soggy (of weather); left-over scraps of food or drink |
| Niue | Palau | Boast, praise oneself |
| Niue | Pale | Fend off, guard. To block (McE). |
| Niue | Pale | Dress the hair |
| Niue | Pale | Turned (as sun when past noon, or moon past midnight) |
| Niue | Palu | To mix (of liquids), to brew |
| Niue | Pao | To punch [hit with fist]; to nail, to hammer; stop up (as a tooth, make a filling |
| Niue | Papa | To sit (on the flat ground); floor-mat (made from wide, unsplit pandanus leaves)l solid (with a flat base); to be hit flat, to be hit full square (completely, absolutely, exactly) |
| Niue | Pahu | Local bass [instrument] made from box, string and stick; cello, double bass. A drum (McE). Problematic |
| Niue | Pau | Tarnished, faded Borrowed Problematic |
| Niue | Pe/he | Like (resembling), thus |
| Niue | Peau | Wave (of ocean); wave hairstyle |
| Niue | Feefee | How? (in what way? in what manner?) |
| Niue | Puke | Decking or top part of a canoe |
| Niue | Penu | To be blunt Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Pehee nai | Like this |
| Niue | Peka | Flying fox, fruit bat (Pteropus sp.); to cling |
| Niue | Pekapeka | White-rumped Swiftlet ICollocalia spodiopygia) |
| Niue | Peke | Undersized, stunted (of tubers) |
| Niue | Fakapeke | To curl up (refers to situations when someone 'makes himself small' as a sign of shame or expectation of some punishment Borrowed |
| Niue | Pela | Pus; to ooze pus |
| Niue | Pela/pela | Mud |
| Niue | Pelu | Fold, bend over, hem; complete weaving by folding back or over |
| Niue | Pepe | Butterfly |
| Niue | Peehau, peekau | Wing. Wing of a bird or other flying creature (McE). Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Pii(pii) | Sprinkle (liquid) |
| Niue | Pia/pia | Smudgy, messy, sticky. Not properly cleaned (McE). |
| Niue | Piki | Adhere to, touch (lightly or accidentally), brush against |
| Niue | Pili | Resin, glue; to glue together |
| Niue | Pilita | Wild yam sp. (Dioscorea pentaphylla) |
| Niue | Pilo | Dirty; dirt, waste |
| Niue | Faka/pilo | To defecate |
| Niue | Pipi | A large tree (Hernandia moerenhoutiana) |
| Niue | Pihi | To splash, splatter (vi). |
| Niue | Pito | Navel, umbilical cord |
| Niue | Oti pito(pito) | All finished, completely finished. All, the whole lot; to consume all (McE). Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Niue | Gutu manu | Beak |
| Niue | Piu | Fan-palm (Pritchardia pacifica); umbrella; parachute Problematic |
| Niue | Poo | Night, underworld |
| Niue | Poo | Slap, cuff, clap |
| Niue | Poi | Run, run around |
| Niue | Pokai | To tie, lash (arch.). Lash down with rope (McE). |
| Niue | Poki | To slap; to catch; to take a photograph |
