nima U., nume S., house; ~ima indu, my house; 
maana nima, U., door; outenit nima, a 
row of houses; sa‘osa‘oha‘i‘a ani nima, 
an upper story in a house, a doubled 
house. 
nime, ninime S., nima, nimanima U. (ku), 1. 
hand, arm, foreleg of animals. nimana 
mu ‘inoni, men’s hands (collective 
sense), nimanimada nga mwa ‘inoni, U.; 
talana mu ninimei ‘inoni, talana nimana 
mu ‘inoni, men’s handiwork; to‘o ro 
nime, with just one’s two hands, 7. e., 
unarmed; e lokunaa nime, he clenched 
the fist; loloma‘ini nime, to dip the 
hands; nime 7 meumeuliku, my left hand; 
nihisie nimeku, refrain my hand; ni‘% 
nime haahi, to lay hands on; ngdungeu 
nime, armlet; penatana nime, the palm; 
suusuune nime, elbow; taalengasie nime- 
mu, open your hand out flat; ngéu 7 
nimana nga kent, to live with a woman, 
lit., to eat from the hand of a woman. 
nime S., nima U. 2. food bowl; mime sarasara, 
a large bowl for feasts; ‘ato nime, to set 
out bowls of food at a feast; kolune nime, 
the outside of a bowl; la‘ona nime, in the 
bowl. 
nimo U., nemo S., rain, hoi nimo. 
nimonimo. 
nimoli tr., to rain on. 
nine ha‘anine, S., to accustom oneself, to be 
accustomed to. 
nini-(na, ni) U., n., kernel; ninina, its kernel, 
its seed; nini hakis, an axe; nini uhi, a 
yam; nini hana, a hana tuber. 
niniho n., a hornet; niniho alaha, a large kind 
of hornet. 
niniko‘a adj., trembling, wincing, shivering 
from cold or fright. 
ninginingi a small bat. 
niparo U., demonstrative pron., that, these, 
there; follows the noun. 
nisi, ninisi v. tr., to divide, to be the boundary; 
ko nisi ‘oto ile‘u, this is the boundafy; 
nisi hue, to pull taro for eating. 
nisite (na) v. n., boundary, limit; nisitana 
lue, high-water mark. 
nisila-(ku) gerund. Florida ngiti. 
nite S., nita U., ha‘anite, ha‘anita how often; 
‘enite, ‘enitana, how many. Mota visa, 
Motu nida, Florida ngiha, Niué fiha. 
niu the coconut palm (Cocos nucifera), its nut 
nga hoi niu; nga niu, mu niu, coconut 
trees; niu tangalau, a heavily laden 
coconut tree; ‘ahe i niu tangalau, a tide- 
rip between Ulawa and Sa‘a; niu tesi, 
a variety of nut with thin skin; niu 
weru, a short-stemmed coconut with 
yellowish fronds and reddish-skinned 
fruit; hduheut i niu, U., nga haihei niu, 
S., a log of coconut wood; nga koru- 
korut niu, a chip of coconut meat; niu 
kokolu, a hard-fleshed coconut; luluhui 
niu, a coconut frond; mudii niu, midrib 
of the leaflet; mwaritei niu, sennit; pota 
niu, to crack a nut; gela ni niu, 1,000 
nuts; sdukai niu, to grate coconut; udi 
ha‘animo, 
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niu (continued). 
nt niu, 100,000 nuts; niu madeli, a fully 
ripe nut; ‘oni, coconut milk; tex, half 
coconut shell; opu, the early stage of the 
nut when the shell has not hardened; 
poupou, a green nut; hoi gito, a sprouting 
nut; rduz helu, 10,000 nuts; suhuli, to 
make an opening in a green nut; taho 
ta‘a, to put a nut with the corpse in a 
canoe; whu, to husk nuts; ‘ulu‘ulu, a 
dry nut; ‘uwnu, the flower spathe. Poly- 
nesian niu. 
niu ni taoha a palm (Nipa fruticans). 
niu‘e, niuniu‘e adj., tasting of coconuts (as 
swine flesh). 
niule adj., possessing coconuts; hanue e niule, 
a place abounding in coconuts. 
niui (ku) n.,anest. Florida niku, Mota nigiu. 
niweu U., demonstrative pron., that, those, 
there; follows the noun. 
no S., pers. pron., sing. 1, used with verbal 
particle ko. moko I. 
no‘i, no‘ino‘i U., v. tr., to put, to place; no's 
ké‘u, wait a while, stay. 2. to become, 
to be; e no‘z ‘aela ‘oto, it has become no 
good. 
no‘ila-(ku) gerund. Viti noi, to dwell in. 
no‘iteu U., v.i., to delay. cf. dau 2. 
noko 1. v. i., to guard, to keep watch over, 
noko haaht. 
nokomitr.1.toguard. 2.U.,toturnaway, 
to avert; nokomt maa, to turn the eyes 
away. 
noko 2. cf. no. 
noma S., n., aspear, generic term; noma ddiedi, 
a spear with grass plaiting on it. 
nono v. i., to place the face against, to kiss, to 
sniff; nono wdasu, to smell. 
nononga v. n. 
nono‘i S., nonohi U., tr. 
nono‘ila- S., monohila- U. (ku) gerund. 
Florida nonginongt. 
nono ‘asi n., gnat, sandfly. 
nono isuli n., a strong-smelling herb. 
nonola yesterday, the locative ¢ may precede. 
nonola nga rodo, the night before last; 
nonola wau, the day before yesterday; 
nonola ‘oto wau, three days ago; e la 
‘otot ‘aela mwaani nonola, it is worse 
than yesterday. Mota nora, Florida 
nola. 
nonoro‘a S., adj., red. oro. 
nonowasu v. i., to sniff at, to smell; used with 
suffixed pronouns ku, mu, nad; e nonoe 
wiaisune, he smelled him. 
nonowdsuli tr., to track by smelling, to get 
the scent of. 
nonganovga U., n., nonganonga tano, a ripple. 
no‘one adv., even, also: follows the word 
qualified; to‘olamu no‘one ada, thine 
they are. 
noonoo (na, ni) n., tips of shoots of creepers. 
nooruhaana 7 nooruhaana, relying on, because 
of. cf. noru. 
noro, nonoro‘a to be red. 
noru, no‘unoru S., norunoru U., v. i., to trust, 
to rely; noru dile, S., to be disappointed 
