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 |
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Niue | Taki(taki) | To lead |
Niue | Taki- | Distributive prefix to numerals etc.: each, at a time |
Niue | Taaki | Uproot, pull up. To be pulled up by the roots (as a tree) (McE). |
Niue | Takoto | Lie down |
Niue | To/toku | To tell, mention, say Phonologically Irregular |
Niue | Takua | Skipjack tuna, bonito (Katsuwonus pelamis) |
Niue | Tukua | Just, simply |
Niue | Katuali | Sea-snake Phonologically Irregular |
Niue | Tala | Barb; to strip off thorny or serrated edges of a leaf or plant. Prong (McE). |
Niue | Tala | To tell, narrate; story |
Niue | Talai | To carve, chop |
Niue | Talamea | Crown-of-thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci) |
Niue | Talamoa | A weed plant (Achyranthes aspera, Amaranthus sp.). (Caesalpinia major) (Sks). |
Niue | Talaao | Black-tipped grouper (Epinephelus fasciatus) |
Niue | Kufani | Spider (generic) Problematic |
Niue | Talaoa | Curved rafters leading to an interior ridgepole (Loeb 1926) |
Niue | Tali | To meet, greet, welcome |
Niue | Tali/a | To receive, accept; agree, consent, approve |
Niue | Tali | To wait |
Niue | Telie | A coastal tree (Terminalia catappa)... |
Niue | Lielie | Sea-crab sp. with spotted back |
Niue | Teliga | Ear |
Niue | Talo | (Colocasia esculenta) |
Niue | Talu/talu | Fallow land. Land out of cultivation (McE). |
Niue | Tali | Since, ever since |
Niue | Tama fifine | Girl, daughter |
Niue | Tama aafine | Adolescent girl |
Niue | Matua | Parent...; |
Niue | Fe/tamaki | To nearly happen, to have a narrow escape Uncertain Semantic Connection |
Niue | Tamanu, tamani | Tree sp. (Calophyllum inophyllum) |
Niue | Taamate | To kill, murder, eliminate; delete, erase, put out |
Niue | Tamau | Make fast, fasten |
Niue | Kamole | A prostrate weed (Portulaca oleraces) Phonologically Irregular |
Niue | Taanaki | To gather, heap up, collect and store |
Niue | Tane | Skin disease, tinea. Blotches on the skin (McE). |
Niue | Taane | Husband, man, male |
Niue | Tanetane, tatane | Small tree (Polyscias guilfoylei). Also an introduced shrub (with green leaves with pink edges) (McE). |
Niue | Tanu | To bury |
Niue | Tao | Spear |
Niue | Tao | To bake |
Niue | Tao/tao | Cover, conceal |
Niue | Taofi | To hold back, restrain; to be stopped by someone or something |
Niue | Taaoga | Treasure; personal belongings Problematic |
Niue | Taokete | Elder brother of a man, elder sister of a woman |
Niue | Tapa | Side (close proximity) |
Niue | Tapaki | To seize, catch; arrest; to record; imitate, copy; to rape |
Niue | Tapatapa | Slipper lobster (Scyllarides squammosus) |
Niue | Taapola | Coconut leaf basket Problematic |
Niue | Tapu | Sacred, prohibited. forbidden; holy |
Niue | Taputoki, tokitoki | A small tree (Cryptocarya turbinata) |