Niue

Introduction

Niue is a language of Niue. It is spoken in Also in New Zealand, Tonga, United States.

Dialects

Similar to Tongan (See: Tongan).

The Niue Verb

Verblist

• gagau
• gau
• gegele
• gele
• kitia
• laka
• lele
• matagi
• oatu
• tagi
• takafaga
• tau
• tā
• volu

• a/angi/, angi, havili, ifi, puhi -- to blow
• afangi -- to open, uncover
• alati, laku, v/aku/aku -- to scratch
• anu -- to spit
• aua/a -- to come
• eti, ka/kati/ -- to bite
• fa(fa)u, fa/fau/, liilii, lilii -- to tie up, fasten
• faanoŋo/noŋo -- to hear
• faka/mama/nga, mamao -- to yawn
• faka/manava/ -- to breathe
• fana/fiti -- to shoot
• fifili -- to choose
• fo/fota/, lomi, tatau -- to squeeze
• fu/fula/ -- to swell
• fuli -- to turn
• gahua, galue -- to work
• gau -- to chew
• haele -- to walk
• haha, paa, poki, taa, tuki -- to hit
• hapo, kuku -- to hold
• hele, iihi, kokoti, talai -- to cut, hack
• hoka, huki -- to stab, pierce
• hoŋi -- to sniff, smell
• ilo, iloa -- to know, be knowledgeable
• inu -- to drink
• kai -- to eat
• kaihaa -- to steal
• kakau, kau/kau, kou/kou -- to swim
• kata -- to laugh
• ke pehe -- to say
• keli -- to dig
• lele -- to fly
• lua, puhaki -- to vomit
• mahala, manatu -- to think
• mata -- to see
• mataku/taku -- to fear
• mate -- to die, be dead
• matofi/ua -- to split
• miti -- to dream
• miti -- to suck
• mohe -- to sleep
• mokulu -- to fall
• nofo -- to sit
• ola, ola/ola -- to live, be alive
• taa -- to kill
• tafe -- to flow
• tafu, tungi -- to burn
• tagi -- to cry
• takoto -- to lie down
• tao -- to cook
• taui -- to buy
• too -- to plant
• totou -- to count
• tui -- to sew
• tuki -- to pound, beat
• tupu -- to grow
• tuu -- to stand
• velo -- to throw