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 | Faka/mumuli | To hide (oneself) Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Fakatau | Buy, sell, trade; cost, price |
| Niue | Fakatoka | To place, put, let go; to plan, organize |
| Niue | Fakavee | To tie by the foot or hand, to secure |
| Niue | Fe/ofa/naki | To love one another |
| Niue | Figona | Son-in-law, daughter-in-law Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Fi/oia | To wish to do something |
| Niue | Fou/fou | Crown, floral head dress |
| Niue | Fou/paapaa | Frontlet, band worn on the forehead... |
| Niue | Ga/gau | To bite |
| Niue | Gaa/hoa | In twos, times two (us. of fish)...[pair] |
| Niue | Ngatiti | Jingling sound Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | G/oo | Answer, reply, holler (in response to call) Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Gofulu | Ten (in multiples from thirty to ninety) |
| Niue | Uafulu | Twenty |
| Niue | Haga/aki | To continue (pre-verbal) |
| Niue | Haga/ao | To be about, to concern |
| Niue | Hiki | Raise (hand); adopt (child) |
| Niue | Hofi/hofi | Tender (of feeling, senses) |
| Niue | Hulu | Put something in or on something [ex. flowers in vase] |
| Niue | Ie | Cloth, fabric Borrowed |
| Niue | Faka/igati | To give a share to each one Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Ila | A disease, infantile diarrhoea Borrowed |
| Niue | Ilo/ilo | Wise, clever |
| Niue | Ita | Angry |
| Niue | Kaloafi | Spark of fire |
| Niue | Kamata/mata | To tempt, temptation; test, examination of knowledge |
| Niue | Kapu | To spread, be spread [ex. story] |
| Niue | Kapu/tia | To be fully covered [ex. sky with flying foxes] |
| Niue | Laka/fia | To step over the boundary, exceed; to take effect |
| Niue | Lata | Right, proper; to fit properly, fit well Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Niue | Logona | To hear, sense Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Maheke/heke | To be jealous, to envy |
| Niue | Mahihi | To be lifted up or off (by accident); to be peeled off |
| Niue | Hihi | To lift, roll up (coverings such as mats and tablecloths) Problematic |
| Niue | Malaga | To be levered up, uprooted |
| Niue | Mege | Shrink back, dodge Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Moo | To be dry (of weather) Problematic |
| Niue | Mui | Bottom part, bottom end or back end of something |
| Niue | Ne/ke | Subordinate conjunction implying some counterproductive consequence: Lest, otherwise, in case |
| Niue | Ofa/ofa | To love deeply |
| Niue | Ofa/nia | To love |
| Niue | O/oki | To rest (for a short time) |
| Niue | Oti | All, entire, whole Problematic |
| Niue | Pakuu/lagi | Thunder |
| Niue | Pi/piki | To be close |
| Niue | Pogi(pogi) | Tomorrow |
| Niue | Poko | To get into, to lodge (of eyes) (refers to any foreign object getting into the eye, to the extent that one can lose one's sight) |
| Niue | Poouli | To be dark; heathen, uncivilized |
| Niue | Ta/kookoo | To be open [ex. house]; deep. Hollow (Bib.) |
