Niue

See also: niue, Niuē, and Niuê

English

Etymology

From Niuean Niuē (“behold the coconut palm”), from niu (“coconut”) ē (“o (vocative particle)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnjuːeɪ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -uːeɪ

Proper noun

Niue

2. An island and country in Polynesia in Oceania, a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand. Official name: Republic of Niue. Capital: Alofi.

Derived terms

• Niuean

Translations

island of Niue

• Amharic: ኒዌ (niwe)
• Arabic: نِييُوِي (nīyuwī)
• Armenian: Նյուեյ (Nyuey)
• Bashkir: Ниуэ (Niwe)
• Belarusian: Ніу́э m (Niúe)
• Breton: Niue f
• Bulgarian: Ниуе n (Niue)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 紐埃／纽埃 (nau² oi¹)

  Hokkien: 紐埃／纽埃 (Niú-ai)

  Mandarin: 紐埃／纽埃 (zh) (Niǔ'āi)

• Czech: Niue (cs) n
• Danish: Niue
• Dhivehi: ނީއު (nīu)
• Dutch: Niue (nl) n
• Esperanto: Niuo
• Estonian: Niue
• Finnish: Niue (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: Niuè f
• French: Nioué (fr) f
• Georgian: ნიუე (niue)
• German: Niue (de) n
• Greek: Νιούε (el) n (Nioúe)
• Hindi: निउए (niue)
• Hungarian: Niue (hu)
• Italian: Niue f
• Japanese: ニウエ (ja) (Niue)
• Kazakh: Ниуэ (Niué)
• Korean: 니우에 (Niue)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Niûe

• Kyrgyz: Ниуэ (ky) (Niue)
• Latin: Niue f
• Lithuanian: Niujė f
• Macedonian: Ни́уе n (Níue)
• Malayalam: നിയുവെ (niyuve)
• Maltese: Nju f
• Marathi: न्युए (nyue)
• Mingrelian: ნიუე (niue)
• Niuean: Niuē
• Norman: Niue f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Niue

  Nynorsk: Niue (nn)

• Ossetian: Ниуэ (Niwè)
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: Niue
• Polish: Niue (pl) n
• Portuguese: Niue (pt)
• Pukapukan: Niuē
• Punjabi: ਨਿਊਏ (pa) (niūē)
• Romanian: Niue (ro) n
• Russian: Ниу́э (ru) m (Niúe)
• Rwanda-Rundi: Niyuwe
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Нијуе

  Roman: Niue

• Sicilian: Niui f
• Slovak: Niue n
• Spanish: Niue (es) f
• Swedish: Niue (sv) n
• Tahitian: Niuē
• Tamil: நியுவே (niyuvē)
• Tatar: Ниуэ (Niwe)
• Thai: นีวเว (niiu-wee)
• Tongan: Niuē
• Turkish: Niue (tr)
• Ukrainian: Ніу́е m (Niúe)
• Wallisian: Niue
• Wolof: Niwe

See also

• (countries of Oceania) country of Oceania; Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
• Countries of the world

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈniːjuːɛː]

Proper noun

Niue n (indeclinable, related adjective niueský)

1. Niue (an island and country in Polynesia in Oceania, a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)

Further reading

• “Niue”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnijuɛ]
• Hyphenation: Ni‧ue
• Rhymes: -ɛ

Proper noun

Niue

1. Niue (an island and country in Polynesia in Oceania, a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Niue	—
accusative	Niuét	—
dative	Niuénak	—
instrumental	Niuéval	—
causal-final	Niuéért	—
translative	Niuévá	—
terminative	Niuéig	—
essive-formal	Niueként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Niuéban	—
superessive	Niuén	—
adessive	Niuénál	—
illative	Niuéba	—
sublative	Niuéra	—
allative	Niuéhoz	—
elative	Niuéból	—
delative	Niuéról	—
ablative	Niuétól	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	Niuéé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	Niuééi	—

Possessive forms of Niue
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Niuém	—
2nd person sing.	Niuéd	—
3rd person sing.	Niuéja	—
1st person plural	Niuénk	—
2nd person plural	Niuétok	—
3rd person plural	Niuéjuk	—

or less commonly

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Niue	—
accusative	Niuét	—
dative	Niuének	—
instrumental	Niuével	—
causal-final	Niuéért	—
translative	Niuévé	—
terminative	Niuéig	—
essive-formal	Niueként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Niuében	—
superessive	Niuén	—
adessive	Niuénél	—
illative	Niuébe	—
sublative	Niuére	—
allative	Niuéhez	—
elative	Niuéből	—
delative	Niuéről	—
ablative	Niuétől	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	Niuéé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	Niuééi	—

Possessive forms of Niue
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Niuém	—
2nd person sing.	Niuéd	—
3rd person sing.	Niuéje	—
1st person plural	Niuénk	—
2nd person plural	Niuétek	—
3rd person plural	Niuéjük	—

Derived terms

• niuei

Japanese

Romanization

Niue

1. Rōmaji transcription of ニウエ

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈni.u.eː/, [ˈniueː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /niˈu.e/, [niˈuːe]

Proper noun

Niuē f sg (genitive Niuēs); first declension

1. (New Latin) Niue (an island and country in Polynesia in Oceania, a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Niuē
genitive	Niuēs
dative	Niuae
accusative	Niuēn
ablative	Niuē
vocative	Niuē
locative	Niuae

Niuean

Proper noun

Niue

1. Alternative form of Niuē: Niue (an island and country in Polynesia in Oceania, a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Niue

1. Niue (an island and country in Polynesia in Oceania, a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)

Derived terms

• niuisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Niue

1. Niue (an island and country in Polynesia in Oceania, a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)

Derived terms

• niuisk

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɲu.ɛ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uɛ
• Syllabification: Niu‧e

Proper noun

Niue n (indeclinable, related adjective niueński)

1. Niue (an island and country in Polynesia in Oceania, a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)

Derived terms

• Niuenka
• Niueńczyk

 

See also

• (countries of Oceania) kraje Oceanii; Australia, Fidżi, Kiribati, Mikronezja, Nauru, Niue, Nowa Zelandia, Palau, Papua-Nowa Gwinea, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu/Tuwalu, Vanuatu, Wyspy Cooka, Wyspy Marshalla, Wyspy Salomona

References

• Niue in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Niuê

Proper noun

Niue

1. Niue (an island and country in Polynesia in Oceania, a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Niue n (genitive Niues)

1. Niue (an island and country in Polynesia in Oceania, a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)

Related terms

• niuer
• niuisk
• niuiska

Further reading

• Niue in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker

Turkish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Niue

1. Niue (an island and country in Polynesia in Oceania, a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)

Declension

declension of Niue

	singular, uncountable (tekil, sayılamaz)
nominative (yalın)	Niue
accusative (belirtme)	Niue'yi
dative (yönelme)	Niue'ye
locative (bulunma)	Niue'de
ablative (çıkma)	Niue'den
genitive (tamlayan)	Niue'nin

    Possession of Niue

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Niue'm	Niuelerim / Niue'lerim
senin (your)	Niue'n	Niuelerin / Niue'lerin
onun (his/her/its)	Niue'si	Niueleri / Niue'leri
bizim (our)	Niue'miz	Niuelerimiz / Niue'lerimiz
sizin (your)	Niue'niz	Niueleriniz / Niue'leriniz
onların (their)	Niue'si / Niueleri / Niue'leri	Niueleri / Niue'leri

Derived terms

• Niueli

See also

• (countries of Oceania) Okyanusya ülkesi; Avustralya, Cook Adaları, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Adaları, Mikronezya, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua Yeni Gine, Samoa, Solomon Adaları, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Yeni Zelanda

Welsh

Proper noun

Niue (not mutable)

1. Niue (an island and country in Polynesia in Oceania, a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)

Derived terms

• Niueaidd (“Niuean”, adjective)
• Niuead (“Niuean person”)

See also

• (countries of Oceania) gwledydd Oceania (Ynysoedd y De); Awstralia, Ffiji, Ciribati, Fanwatw, Micronesia, Nawrw, Niue, Palaw, Papwa Gini Newydd, Samoa, Seland Newydd, Tonga, Twfalw, Ynysoedd Cook, Ynysoedd Marshall, Ynysoedd Solomon ^{(Category: cy:Countries in Oceania)}