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 | Uli | Black, dark coloured |
| Niue | Ulu/umu | A pole or stick used to spread the hot stones in the earth oven Problematic |
| Niue | Ulu | Head, hair (on head) |
| Niue | Ulu | Plantation, clump, grove; group (of things usually grouped together) |
| Niue | Ulua | Trevally spp. (Caranx ignobilis, C.sexfasciatus) |
| Niue | Uluaki | First-born child (of any gender) |
| Niue | Uluga | Pillow, headrest |
| Niue | Ulupoko | Skull |
| Niue | Umiti | To crave (for sea food) |
| Niue | Umu | Earth oven; oven-cooked food |
| Niue | Una | Turtle shell; comb |
| Niue | H/inafi | Fish scale, to scale a fish Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Unoko | To be bruised |
| Niue | Unu, une | To move something, to move (oneself) over |
| Niue | Uhi | Shrub sp. (Evodia hortensis) |
| Niue | Uhi | Dark-coloured. Purple (McE). |
| Niue | Uho | Core, centre, peak; precious |
| Niue | Uhu | To poke (getting fruit from tree); to persuade someone to do wrong; get someone into trouble; incite |
| Niue | Uhu | To sing, intone Problematic |
| Niue | Uhu | To throb, irritate, nag (of pain). A nagging pain; to ache (McE). |
| Niue | Uhu | To be early |
| Niue | Uta | Load (n); to take, carry |
| Niue | Uta | Inland, shore, ashore; east |
| Niue | -mu(to)lu | Second person plural possessive suffix Problematic |
| Niue | Utu | Pull up, harvest (tuber crops) |
| Niue | Utu | To fill (with liquid) |
| Niue | Utu | Fish spp., barracuda (Sphyraena spp.) and grey jobfish (Aprion virescens) |
| Niue | Tuatua | Flat area on the reef; land (at the back of the village) Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Vaa | To mock Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Niue | Vee | Leg, foot (respectful term) |
| Niue | Vahavaha | To be spread out widely, to be spaced |
| Niue | Vahega | Class, part, division (of church); type, kind, species |
| Niue | Vai | Water; medicine; chemical compound |
| Niue | Vaikeli | Well |
| Niue | Vai-puna | A spring |
| Niue | Vaka | Canoe |
| Niue | Vala | Piece, particle, portion Problematic |
| Niue | Vale | Angry, wild, mad with somebody |
| Niue | Vali | To paint; smear, spread something onto a surface. Whitewash (McE). |
| Niue | Aloalo | A spreading shrub plant (Premna taitensis) (used for medicinal purposes, leaves rubbed on body to keep evil spirits away). Also (Premna corymbosa) (Ykr). |
| Niue | Valu | Eight |
| Niue | Volu, vou, voku | To scrape Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Vana | Sea urchin (Echinothrix sp.) |
| Niue | Vanavana | Spiny, prickly |
| Niue | Vaga/hau | To speak, talk; language Problematic |
| Niue | Vao | Bush, bush land (often used figuratively to refer to the 'uncivilised' and 'wild' areas of the land, as opposed to 'cultivated' and 'settled' land) |
| Niue | Vaha | Horizon, expanse of the ocean |
| Niue | Vavae | Kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra); cotton plant (Gossypium barbadense) |
| Niue | Vave | To hurry; be quick, fast |
| Niue | Veka | Banded Rail (Rallus philippensis) |
