Niuen.adj.

Brit.

/ˈnjuːeɪ/, U.S.

/niˈuˌ(w)eɪ/

Forms: 1800s– Niue, 1800s– Niué.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Niue.

Etymology: < Niue, the name of an island state in the South Pacific. Compare earlier Niuean n. and adj.

A. n.

= Niuean n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > languages of the world > Austric > [noun] > Austronesian > Polynesian > Polynesian languages

Maori1828

Rarotongan1835

Samoan1846

Mota1865

Niue1885

Tongan1897

Niuean1899

Marquesan1919

Palauan1953

Pascuense1953

te reo1958

Cook Islands Maori1963

te reo Maori1987

1885 Amer. Naturalist 19 104 One hundred and thirty words are given in the following fifty-nine languages: Marquesas, Tahiti, Hawaii, Raratonga, Manahiki, Samoa, Niué.

1893 Jrnl. Polynesian Soc. 2 11 The words were obtained from the New Testament translated into Niue by the Rev. Frank Lawes.

1912 Dict. National Biogr. 1901–11 II. 425/2 Besides general work in the mission and the industrial training of the people, he engaged in linguistic study, and in 1886 completed the task begun by others of rendering the New Testament into Niué.

1964 Current Anthropol. 5 362 The sample is selected to include seven (Futunan, Uvean, Niue, Toangan, Tikopia, Ellice, Samoan) Western Polynesian languages.

1984 Current Anthropol. 25 630 There has long been a tendency to assume great antiquity in the divergence of Tonga-Niue from the rest of the Polynesian language family and to treat is as virtually a survival of Proto-Polynesian.

B. adj.

= Niuean adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Pacific Islands > [adjective] > relating to Niue or Niueans

Niuean1868

Niue1893

1893 Jrnl. Polynesian Soc. 2 13 The missionaries..‘induced’ two of the Niue youths to accompany them.

1924 Man 24 135 Tregear and Percy Smith in the Niue vocabulary have aitu ‘a ghost’.

1991 Keesings Contemp. Arch. (BNC) Although the Niue political system is not based upon formal political organizations, the Niue People's Action Party (NPAP), led by Young Vivian, was established in 1987 as an unofficial opposition to the Rex government.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	niue
释义	Niuen.adj. Brit. /ˈnjuːeɪ/, U.S. /niˈuˌ(w)eɪ/ Forms: 1800s– Niue, 1800s– Niué. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Niue. Etymology: < Niue, the name of an island state in the South Pacific. Compare earlier Niuean n. and adj. A. n. = Niuean n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Austric > [noun] > Austronesian > Polynesian > Polynesian languages Maori1828 Rarotongan1835 Samoan1846 Mota1865 Niue1885 Tongan1897 Niuean1899 Marquesan1919 Palauan1953 Pascuense1953 te reo1958 Cook Islands Maori1963 te reo Maori1987 1885 Amer. Naturalist 19 104 One hundred and thirty words are given in the following fifty-nine languages: Marquesas, Tahiti, Hawaii, Raratonga, Manahiki, Samoa, Niué. 1893 Jrnl. Polynesian Soc. 2 11 The words were obtained from the New Testament translated into Niue by the Rev. Frank Lawes. 1912 Dict. National Biogr. 1901–11 II. 425/2 Besides general work in the mission and the industrial training of the people, he engaged in linguistic study, and in 1886 completed the task begun by others of rendering the New Testament into Niué. 1964 Current Anthropol. 5 362 The sample is selected to include seven (Futunan, Uvean, Niue, Toangan, Tikopia, Ellice, Samoan) Western Polynesian languages. 1984 Current Anthropol. 25 630 There has long been a tendency to assume great antiquity in the divergence of Tonga-Niue from the rest of the Polynesian language family and to treat is as virtually a survival of Proto-Polynesian. B. adj. = Niuean adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Pacific Islands > [adjective] > relating to Niue or Niueans Niuean1868 Niue1893 1893 Jrnl. Polynesian Soc. 2 13 The missionaries..‘induced’ two of the Niue youths to accompany them. 1924 Man 24 135 Tregear and Percy Smith in the Niue vocabulary have aitu ‘a ghost’. 1991 Keesings Contemp. Arch. (BNC) Although the Niue political system is not based upon formal political organizations, the Niue People's Action Party (NPAP), led by Young Vivian, was established in 1987 as an unofficial opposition to the Rex government. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1885
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