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 | Lole/lole | Weak, tired, feeble Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Niue | Maihi | To be split open; rock crevice |
| Niue | Malona, maona | To be spoiled, ruined, broken |
| Niue | Havala | To be cheeky, to be a nuisance |
| Niue | Mata/havala | Mischievous |
| Niue | Matohi/aga | Genealogy |
| Niue | Te/ao | In vain; without purpose, without reason; to have nothing, to mind one's own business Problematic |
| Niue | Matuku | To subside, to become less [ex. strength of wind] |
| Niue | Maukoloa | Trader, merchant, shopkeeper (sometimes used as a metaphor for 'rich') |
| Niue | Mauku | Disaster; funeral. Poor fellow, good-for-nothing (McE). Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Niue | Tau/fagatua | To wrestle |
| Niue | Taute | To make, prepare, do, act; outfit, dress |
| Niue | Tepu | Lump, knot; knob; small place, spot of land; wart; clitoris |
| Niue | Tokia | To be caught unexpectedly, to be struck (as in a shower or strong wind at sea) |
| Niue | Toki/hala | To repent |
| Niue | Tua | To believe, to have faith; to be dependent, to rely |
| Niue | Velevele | To be in desperate need of something |
| Niue | Velevele/mena | Covetous, greedy |
| Niue | Aku | Long Tom, pipefish (Tylosurus crocodilus). Pipe fish (McE). Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Aofi | Ceiling; to make a ceiling |
| Niue | E/emo | To get or pick a small portion of something Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Niue | Faga | Specific habitat of certain species of crabs and some seashells. A fishing ground where certain species are known to be plentiful (McE). |
| Niue | Faga | Type, class, sort, variety, species, breed |
| Niue | Faga | Sideburns, hair grown by a man down the sides of his face |
| Niue | Faga/faga lee | Temple, area between the forehead and the sideburns |
| Niue | Fagu/na | To interrupt ceaselessly, to be a nuisance, to annoy, to irritate. |
| Niue | Fai/taua | Enmity, bad feeling |
| Niue | Fai/tuga | Temple, church |
| Niue | Fefe | Frill; inner lips of clam; comb of fowl |
| Niue | Fe/hee/taki | To be mixed up |
| Niue | Fekii | To laugh (plural subject) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Niue | Feko | Lean, bony, skinny |
| Niue | Fenoga | Journey, trip; to travel, to make a journey. Company of travellers (McE). |
| Niue | Fetaanu | A small poisonous tree (Excoecaria agallocha) |
| Niue | Fe/utu | Cliff |
| Niue | Fifitaki | To imitate, to copy |
| Niue | Kona fifiti | To be bitter, to feel bitter |
| Niue | Foo/foo | Wash (clothes) |
| Niue | (Faka)foo/hifo | To lie face down, to place face down |
| Niue | Foli | To aim at, strive |
| Niue | Foli/a | To accomplish, achieve, attain |
| Niue | Foli/foli | Foolhardy, reckless |
| Niue | Fono | To place a taboo, to prohibit |
| Niue | Fotuo | Large-eyed bream or emperor (Monotaxis grandoculis) |
| Niue | Fu/fule | To pull back (foreskin) |
| Niue | Fulu | Straighten, shape, smoothen (making a hat) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Niue | Fulu/hi | To turn, to overturn Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Fulu/melie | To be kind. Liberal, kind (McE). |
| Niue | Fulu/moko/i | Agreeable |
| Niue | (Fu)funa | To crumble (vt) |
