ACD - Austronesian Comparative Dictionary Online

Language Niue

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Form	Meaning	Cognate set

a	particle used in the following cases: 1. before pronouns (except ), personal names, or local nouns when they are the subject of an intransitive verb; 2. before pronouns, personal nouns and names of months when they follow the prepositions and ; 3. before a common noun following (but not preceding) a possessive pronoun; 4. before a demonstrative pronoun drawing attention to a noun associated with an indefinite article and an adjective; 5. after (some), is used in place of the ordinary article, either singular or plural [044704b25c390602b31723362645f6e3]
afi-afi	evening [ee1150845fa3041ceb3a3fcdbe42d68a]
afo	fishing line [d2cb5a17ced7446edf93d6c55ba0c996]
aho	day, daylight, morning [22d14d37a5743d94fccfba6479af6fd8]
ahoŋ-ia	be overtaken by daylight [d6a32d61b26bec31c14e4bc5744541f2]
ahu	bail out, dip up; canoe bailer [e8f748595df8cca6d67530460f819c65]
ahu	spleen [e7c617543440a6daa4dfd10ef49e0868]
ai	a particle used in the following ways: 1. after verbs to show that what has happened, or is to happen, is the result, consequence, or intention of what has gone before, 2. to indicate a relative clause, frequently giving a verb a passive sense, 3. with the prepositions and to refer to a thing or place already mentioned [5c6f097c8c029052b58eb234f04a34f4]
aitu	ghost, supernatural being [391c7f71b27b65187b3dc74a21e1b0cc]
aka-maŋa-maŋa	to stand with legs apart [b9811e994725f51ccb4f856d927856b0]
a-kau	tree, wood, timber; rod, staff, weapon [e1a4d3cb9406816022c2986d69f26f22]
ama	to fish for crabs, etc. with a torch [28fe497addacccb163acec96881dea31]
anu	to spit [039e4758003ccbd76012334cc173cfa7]
aŋi	blow gently (of the wind); a gentle breeze [4ea95700a1e30c93932fefc63af88ac7]
ate	liver [ab309313142df64b0c8a000f1c11a12e]
ate	the core of the heart [73269e186456c6bb5e46a75ab92e6ef2]
ate-fua	liver [ab309313142df64b0c8a000f1c11a12e]
ate-loa	spleen [e7c617543440a6daa4dfd10ef49e0868]
ate-pala	lungs [9097292b4541321e3d9d214d21b7e45f]
ate-pili	spleen [e7c617543440a6daa4dfd10ef49e0868]
ate-vili	heart [3189934774aa880fa7fbf8da8f9e446d]
atu	directive particle, away form the speaker, towards the person addressed [88bd7999fb35d5d582152ca50c4596c2]
atu	directive particle, away from the speaker, towards the person addressed; to give (to the person addressed) [f3a78cf994d7791f1b1b0361dd3a6ec1]
atu	row of things, group [7abb9210de7d510837c4c7574d031b7d]
atua	god, spirit, ghost (now used exclusively for God; for ghost is used) [2a2829d936022aba9dc52feacf660875]
atu hau	generation of people [1ef6f0d234fd97a7fadc6f26c4924744]
atule	herring [0b04c31bddf46d750660edfec6963d9d]
atu motu	group of islands [e34ac95a6be3660b60cd484ab158fa88]
au	1sg., I, me [9cf11f598a43e9c609a40538c53008bf]
auē	interjection: alas! [5e5fdf575132cecc166d4137e2616bde]
fā	stalk of a plant [0d699c66013e55270ea99353ad0cf9ff]
fa-faŋu	to awaken [e306803a9f622c7aed10d6006c51e1a3]
faka-	a very common prefix, usually causative, but with other meanings [e36d48f00922e4fe29eec99630b74189]
faka-aŋi	cause to blow (as wind) [d7208ef706acf68b23d04611b5353730]
faka-fana	to warm up, as food; to repeat oneself [7422d5fa4e4412ca74bcb8ddb29ea98b]
faka-fili	a judge [157f0fb278c861fb0dd69b6f8e09da61]
faka-fonu-fonu	shy, reserved [f5ba94cfbfe287e8453be0b4e2712510]
faka-fua fua	to shape or mould (as a loaf of bread); to estimate, weigh up, calculate [fa66ddb13a5fa61024f76b0e3bb17171]
faka-fu-fula	to show anger by one’s expression, but not by words [b734953e8da9e9882ee4aaaa7da8fd57]
faka-hala	fine, punishment, penalty; to condemn, convict, punish, sentence [dd2e5724ff1f6b23760867e50cf09abc]
faka-hao	preserve, keep safely [562856ab8328185fc5e745640b056a76]
faka-hiku	to make an end of, to destroy, to stop, to cause to cease; last [9619e544b27305911700f3fd722fcd4a]
faka-hoa	to be friendly with [194d303255d7b7ff83bd04a8cf585d3b]
faka-huhu	to suckle [5802fcd6f55a18d9b769a15abf4d1cc7]
faka-kite ~ faka-kise	to make known, show [f97d06a470eae73110bb8992760a7b6d]
faka-lapa-lapa	to flatten [44ed2b3dcd856f81e1cd1e3dc44e8420]
faka-lua	to dribble, vomit [bf520b6f8aa158f80627c6d8a10cdc68]
faka-lua-lua	to expel from the mouth in driblets [cb8578cdb28e307a83c02b9d4a557744]
faka-ma-aŋi-aŋi	refresh oneself in the open air [19c3e687e9eb953934d0c369b01f615d]
faka-ma-liŋi	to pour out [59ab878a4e7cf8a7d25469a22d60ba2f]
faka-malu	to overshadow; protect, shelter [8ff1b66cb8f26f052fd60c451cc41d9c]
faka-malu-aŋa	a porch, a shelter [b2d7413ab81ce814df806ae31ae8aed5]
faka-manoŋi	to give flavor to, to sweeten [1fe4fc56886cf5c9e2af6726372f90d3]
faka-maŋa	to open, of the mouth [c3e6822e232abbc9b5d75f0c53a061ec]
faka-mata	to whet, to sharpen to a point; to have a certain facial expression, to look [45b5bcb571c1513791d94af74cfb1f23]
faka-mataku-taku	to frighten [04eb7a416fede136c69fd2c39bf6c5a1]
faka-mate	hold the tongue, keep quiet [0e4f384f6cff338a587643337af6f977]
faka-mate-hoŋe	to starve to death [230823f017008ea8d834ca54453052ba]
faka-mo-ui	to save, to deliver [88c5538ac73c3c39671e34e6c03a5e38]
faka-moui	to save, deliver; to start (as an engine) [eb63d530073325408f7fb806261544be]
faka-papa	to stack neatly in layers (as banana cases) [bccb38051d90179a7c59d73f567cef68]
faka-tafe	to express (as oil from copra) [151437db09cc9ebe5666da1b4457242e]
faka-tapu	to make sacred [35287a72a35241f9426607cf9b7e5239]
faka-tata	draw near [2cfd90ce4dabef3987cc6930689e5c93]
faka-tonu	to put right, to correct; to place in position; to aim; to tell plainly [9ceebe33152a7aa47e997e6e3eba055b]
faka-tuai	slow, late (as work being done) [5c289253c98c561a648d1da2dd0ed2c0]
falaŋai	tree sp.: Barringtonia samoensis [0f4ee714ec8893fd5ea6e4d431f7d2ea]
fale tapu	church [916586c8ac87cf1a18ea5d004facb87e]
fana	bow; gun; arrow [53466eac82e8c6f271e05660da11dbdd]
fana-hi	apply a hot poultice [62543c8fd53d47dbf460fb397d1117fd]
fano	go (sg.) [2912f5995361003ceee33b0af50ef7ee]
fano-fano	to rub (as in washing clothes) [32ae179911b1880feb8c46ee6d9548e0]
fata	shelf, stage, cage, upper story of a house, stretcher [6a38ea85ba123fb27c97667a1ae028f6]
fati	to snap, break off; to break, of waves [433d68960e5ab8f5f4c42c65b8316110]
fē	which?, where?, when? (used as adjective and adverb) [a2b6c4c1fd91ac3c0b3844f752bb09eb]
fe-kite-aki	to see each other [603139306aa1b54e2cef926f58740379]
fe-laka	to step over a person or thing (formerly considered an insult or desecration [c5494f793bab3565eac212718f2a40f0]
fe-laka	to step over a person or thing (formerly considered an insult or desecration [c5494f793bab3565eac212718f2a40f0]
fe-tata-aki	adjacent [b367c0426f1719ac592a56ff58f8f348]
fetau	a tree: Calophyllum inophyllum [0906a5fd0b5e1375676c679fbd922fff]
fetū	star [8ff953dd97c4405234a04291dee39e0b]
fetū afi-afi	the Evening Star [95cffaf39082183b172a2e6f53ac912f]
fi-fili	to choose, select [8b5fcd8a8c401d63f34e9176578c6dda]
fifine	woman; female [69c4d77aa87a6ce451ac6be8d66c1bc9]
fiha	how many?; (fig.) a few [db1b1b0f04a904b2974bd03225ef5fbb]
fiha-fiha	very few, scarce [cb052cf4b75eb41d7aa57b3b6400fbd9]
fili	to plait, to twist [d997330986a686bbee3a993c628d53c6]
fili-fili	a chain [9068be78e25dcde475aa11368c209af4]
fili-fili	a chain; to chain up, to handcuff [bb3126e6ffb453a8f0d2a33e47591770]
filo	to twist (as a rope), to plain; string, thread, reel of cotton [bc065134be61e4331a1f516679534c57]
fiti	flip over [1906717f899db88a6d4c8158f2898453]
fitu	seven [bb3aec0fdcdbc2974890f805c585d432]
folo	to swallow [c1e02089b0c00af93f203f1dcbac003e]
fono	a council, parliament, meeting; a prohibition placed on a plantation or a shellfishing area [1f6cd2809e7027172bfe1ea2388dce00]
fonu	sea turtle; (fig.) a quiet person, a person of few words [47d597ad77198bdc934f5e4bdc35e78d]
fua	carry on the shoulder; weigh; to survey (of land) [a10a7e2e7623ad217ee9ead61a2032af]
fua	fruit, seed, berry, nut, egg; swelling, tumor; snail shell; to bear fruit, to swell [c49d7607b0d23078326805237c447762]
fua	to carry on the shoulder [89dc1dfc553595abca068e12296d4236]
fua alili	coarse-shelled univalve mollusc [8f581e9510db642b870c60cd95016719]
fua fua	swelling, tumor, bulge; natural curves on the body, as the forearm, the calf, on the cheek-bone [eee75d7d1c75d7cc6a4bc845a38d4070]

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Map

Coordinates WGS84

19°04'S, 169°52'W
-19.06, -169.86

Sources

Niue dictionary
McEwen 1970