Niuean
Speech parts
1. Niuean - Noun
2. Niuean - Adjective
3. Niuean - Proper noun
Meaning
Niuean (plural Niueans)
A person from Niue or of Niuean descent.
Niuean
A Malayo-Polynesian language spoken mainly in Niue.
Niuean (not comparable)
Of, from, or pertaining to Niue, the Niuean people or their Polynesian language.
Examples
After many years of trying to land a European missionary, a Niuean named Nukai Peniamina was taken to Samoa and trained as a Pastor at the Malua Theological College.
ALEX TARRANT hails from Auckland, New Zealand and is of Māori, Samoan and Niuean descent.
He never returned to Niue and died of cancer in September 1991, according to Scott (p. 153) “the last survivor of the Niuean three”.
In Niuean, "popular spelling" does not worry too much about vowel quality’ (length), so the macron is primarily used in scholarly study of the language.
Rex was the first Niuean to receive a knighthood, in 1984.