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 | Fiti | Traditional place name |
Niue | Fiti | Flower |
Niue | Fitikia | Be entangled |
Niue | Fitu | Seven |
Niue | Foaki | Give (used in formal speech) |
Niue | Fohe | Paddle |
Niue | Fohi | Scraper |
Niue | Foki | To turn, return |
Niue | Ma/foki/ | To be turned upside down. To change, change direction, turn back (McE). |
Niue | Foki | Also, again |
Niue | Fola | To spread out |
Niue | Fo/fola/,/fola/fola | Spread |
Niue | Folau | Fleet of canoes |
Niue | Folo | Swallow |
Niue | Fono | To join, patch (e.g. a hole) |
Niue | Fole | Very small bivalve shellfish sp. |
Niue | Fonu | Turtle |
Niue | Fo/fota | Squeeze, throttle, press |
Niue | Foto | Kind of spear |
Niue | Foto/foto | Barbed |
Niue | Foou | New, young, recent, fresh |
Niue | Fu/fuu | To hide (vt); secretly |
Niue | Fuu-uho | Male genitals (respectful term) Problematic |
Niue | Fua | To weigh, measure, survey; scales |
Niue | Fua | Carry on shoulders |
Niue | Fua | Fruit, bear fruit |
Niue | Fuafua | A fish (young mullet) |
Niue | Fue | Fan improvised from fern leaves, fly whisk |
Niue | Fu/fufu/ | Strip (fiber) off plant |
Niue | Fuga | Surface of something, top |
Niue | Matua fugavai | Parent-in-law |
Niue | Fuhi | Bundle (n) (us. of sugarcane or taro) |
Niue | Fuhi/fuhi, fui/fui | To flock, to crowd; flock of birds, herd, school of fish |
Niue | Fu/fui/ | Dip in liquid |
Niue | Fui/fui/ | Wash hurriedly; sprinkle with liquid |
Niue | Fu/fula/ | To swell |
Niue | Hula | To dance (gentle swaying of hands and hips). To dance about, jump about (McE). Problematic |
Niue | Fule | To fiddle around with; to pull Problematic |
Niue | Fulu | Hair, feathers |
Niue | Fu/fulu | To rinse, to wash out |
Niue | Fulu- | Nominal prefix indicating the characteristics, manner, or nature of a person or other animate being; productive only for a few words Problematic |
Niue | Fune/fune | Greyish |
Niue | Mata/fune | Cutaneous disease |
Niue | Fuhi | To tie together, to bundle |
Niue | Tuu/fua | Barren, infertile (of women) |
Niue | Gaele | Be full to the brim Problematic |
Niue | Gofua | Be allowed, be free to do something |
Niue | Gaakau | Intestines |
Niue | Gako | Dripping, cooking-oil; fat (adj) |
Niue | Gali | To gnaw |