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 | Poko | Depression, hollow; room (modern) |
| Niue | Pokoo, pakoo | To spank, to hit; to make a knocking noise Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Pola | Plaited coconut leaves (used in various ways, such as mats, walls, door, thatch for the roof) |
| Niue | Polo | Greens; green leaf vegetable. Shrub (Solanum sp.) (McE). |
| Niue | Poaki, puaki | Issue a command, send word, send a message |
| Niue | Pona | Knot; to tie a knot; small food item (plant or animal); (of tree) begin to bear fruit |
| Niue | Popo | To be rotten; to have sores |
| Niue | Poto/poto | Gather together, assemble (of people) (vi) |
| Niue | Potu | Traditional floor mat; end, corner; berth, cabin (of passenger ships) |
| Niue | Pou | Post, pillar, pole |
| Niue | Puu | Hole (small holes, and concepts such as 'vacant, empty' associated with it); to have a hole, be perforated, punctured |
| Niue | Pua | Tree sp. (Fagraea berteriana) |
| Niue | Puaka | Pig |
| Niue | Puhaki | Sigh, gasp Problematic |
| Niue | Pualiki | Large banyan tree (Ficus obliqua) |
| Niue | Puga | Limestone, coral rock, plaster, whitewash; sinker (for fishing); to plaster |
| Niue | Pui/pui | Wall panel, wall paper, wall lining (any material that covers walls). Wall posts in pre-European house; door; veil (McE). |
| Niue | Pui/pui | To enclose, shut up, confine; to protect, look after, be defensive |
| Niue | Puka | Tree sp. (Hernandia ovigera) |
| Niue | Puke | Full (to overflowing, to the brim); liquid, juice |
| Niue | Puku/puku | Medium-sized. Small (McE). |
| Niue | Puku | Draw in, take into the mouth, eat |
| Niue | Pula | Appear, rise (of the (new) moon). To shine (of the moon) (McE). |
| Niue | Pu/pula | To stare. To glare (McE). |
| Niue | Pule | Cowrie shell (Cypraea sp.) |
| Niue | Pule | Authority, control, power; to have authority |
| Niue | Pulepule | Spotted |
| Niue | Pulotu | Wise, skilful; wisdom Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Niue | Pulou | Cover the head; hat |
| Niue | Pulu | Coconut husk or fibre, sinnet; vegetable sponge (Luffa cylindrica) |
| Niue | Pulu | Gum, resin |
| Niue | Pu/pulu/ | Mealy, glutinous |
| Niue | Pulu | Stale Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Niue | Taa/pulu | Dress, garment (generally for females); to cover the body with a garment or blanket |
| Niue | Pulu | Bullet. Shot, lead (McE). |
| Niue | Puna | Spring up, bubble up; boil; rise up over horizon (of land or sun) |
| Niue | Puni | To be completely filled, completed; to block (the wicket in cricket). Crammed (McE). |
| Niue | Pupuo | A deep hole in the reef |
| Niue | Punou | To stoop, duck; bob up and down. Bend the body forwards (McE). |
| Niue | Punua | Young, offspring (of animals); consequence, outcome |
| Niue | Pupu | Weeds (generic for weeds and plants growing wild in the bush); overrun with weeds |
| Niue | Puha | Box, case |
| Niue | Puhi | Blow [ex. blow out candle]; spurt out [as waves from blowhole]; blowhole (of whale) |
| Niue | Puta | Bulgy, to bulge |
| Niue | Puto | To be caught (in a trap or net); haul of fish in a net |
| Niue | Putuputu | To gather together, to assemble (vi). Heap, collection (McE). |
| Niue | Ha | Singular indefinite article (rare) |
| Niue | Hee | Rip, tear; husk (coconuts); husking stick |
| Niue | Haele | To proceed in a given direction (honorific) |
| Niue | Ai | Tree sp.: Canarium harveyi |
