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 | Hama | Outrigger |
| Niue | Hanaa | That, those |
| Niue | Hapi | Surf Surgeonfish (Acanthurus guttatus) |
| Niue | Hifo | Downwards |
| Niue | Mavehe/vehe | To be scattered, separated; to be in pieces, to have fallen apart Problematic |
| Niue | Kai/ole | To beg |
| Niue | Higoa | Name |
| Niue | Hiva | Nine |
| Niue | Hoo | Pant |
| Niue | Hoata | Noon |
| Niue | Ho/hofi | To have tender feelings |
| Niue | Hogohogo, ogoogo | Weed sp. (Laportea interrupta) |
| Niue | Hoge | Hunger, famine |
| Niue | Hohofi | Strong smell |
| Niue | I | In, at, from (mainly with locational nouns) |
| Niue | Kalava | To be seen like a strip on the horizon Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Niue | Hoko | Arrive, reach |
| Niue | Hoko | Strip, strand, tendon, vein, artery, sinew, nerve (generally refers to any thin, flexible and long object); root Problematic |
| Niue | Olo | To rub, to make something smooth; plane (n), to plane Borrowed |
| Niue | Huu/huu | Ask |
| Niue | Huu | To hide |
| Niue | Huhu | Breast, milk |
| Niue | Hui | Leg, foot; bone |
| Niue | Faka/hui/ | Unloose, abrogate |
| Niue | Huu | To enter |
| Niue | Huu/aitu | To be possessed by a spirit or ghost |
| Niue | Humaki | To insert, fit in (vt) |
| Niue | Huni | Greasy, oily; to apply oil |
| Niue | Ka | If, whether; when; while; in order that, so that |
| Niue | Kaaa | To shriek, howl |
| Niue | Ka | But |
| Niue | Kafa | Girdle of plaited hair |
| Niue | Kafika | Tree spp. (Syzygium spp.). A tree (Eugenia inophylloides) (McE). Borrowed |
| Niue | Kafo | To suffer. Disease, sickness (McE). |
| Niue | Kafo/kia | Wounded, injured |
| Niue | Kafu | Sheet, cover (n); to cover(oneself). To be clothed; coverlet, sheet, blanket (McE). |
| Niue | Kaga | To be allowed Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Niue | Kai | To eat, consume, use up |
| Niue | Kaina | Home, land, homeland. Premises; house and land adjoining; cultivated land around a house (Tgr). Phonologically Irregular |
| Niue | Kaihaa | Steal |
| Niue | Kitikiti | Larvae of mosquito |
| Niue | Lau/kaka | Fiber around base of coconut leaf |
| Niue | Ha/hamo | To carry something on a pole over the shoulder |
| Niue | Kakano | Flesh (living flesh or lean meat); kernel; meaning, essence |
| Niue | Kakau | Swim |
| Niue | Kava/kava | Sweat (n,v) |
| Niue | Fatu/kalaa | Black stone |
| Niue | Kalaga | To shout, yell; call |
| Niue | Kalaka | Tree sp. (Planchonella costata) |
| Niue | Kalamihu, kalahimu | Small land crab sp Phonologically Irregular |
