Tuvalu entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NP.KAKE-GA | Kaakega | Place to climb; notches cut in a perpendicular tree to assist ascent; a ladder | (Rby) |
| NP.KAKII.* | Kaakii | Throat | (Rby) |
| PN.KAKU.1 | Kaku | To touch (of fingers when something is encircled by hands) | (Rby) |
| PN.KAKU.1 | Kaku | Touch (of fingertips, when an object is encircled by hands or arms) | (Rby) |
| PN.KALAA | (Fatu)/kalaa/ | Hard, black stone | (Rby) |
| PN.KALAGA | Kalaga | Shout | (Rby) |
| SO.KALAPA | Kalapa | Fish sp. | (Rby) |
| SO.KALAQAFAU | Kalaafau | Cheek | (Rby) |
| OC.KALAQAPUSI | Kalakalaapuhi | (Acalypha grandis) | (Rby) |
| PN.KALAWA.1 | Kalava | Skin of green coconut midrib | (Rby) |
| PN.KALEQA | Kalea | Spider-shell (Lambis sp.) | (Rby) |
| EC.KALEVE | Kaleve | Fresh juice from coconut spathe | (Rby) |
| OC.KALI.1 | Kali | Pillow | (Rby) |
| EO.KALISI.1A | Kalihi | Skink | (Rby) |
| EC.KALISI.2 | Kalihi | Use Hibiscus bark as a spacer in net-making so as to make the net invisible to fish | (Rby) |
| PN.KALO-AMA | Kalo | (Mulloidicthys auriflamma) | (Hpr) |
| NP.KALO-(QI)-AFI | Kalo/kalo(afi) | Flame. Spark (Rby). | (Jsn) |
| PN.KALU.B | Kalu | Seminal fluid | (Rby) |
| PN.KALU.C | K/kalu | (of throat) Full of mucus | (Jsn) |
| EC.KAMAI | Kamai | Fish sp., mackerel | (Rby) |
| PN.KAMA-KAMA.1 | Kamakama | Crab sp | (Rby) |
| PN.KAMO.1 | Kamo/kamo | Quick movements of the hand (e.g. tap rapidly; turn hand rapidly as in knuckle-bones; a brief, sly wave) | (Rby) |
| NP.KAMO.2 | Kamo | Hunt birds by stealth; grab quickly, not necessarily steal... | (Bsr) |
| NP.KAMO.2 | Kamo | Steal, take secretly | (Jsn) |
| SO.KAMU.3 | Kamu | Coral | (Rby) |
| PN.KANA.1 | Kana | Rub smooth; file or rub with feo | (Rby) |
| PN.KA-NA.3 | Mana | If Problematic | (Rby) |
| MP.KANAHE | Kanase | Fish sp. . Problematic | (Rby) |
| SO.KANAPU.1 | Kanapu | (Sula leucogaster) | (Clk) |
| PN.KANIWA | Kaniva | The Milky Way | (Rby) |
| XO.KANO.1B | Kano | Relation, related | (Rby) |
| NP.KANOFI | Kanofi | Flesh, of fruit, animal, man ; soft meat of drinking coconut (Niutao) | (Rby) |
| NP.KANO-FI-MATA | Kanofi | Eyeball | (Rby) |
| PN.KAO-KAO | Kaokao | Side, coast ; armpit | (Rby) |
| PN.KAPA.1 | Ka/kapa | Reach for | (Rby) |
| PN.KAPA.1 | Kapa/kapa | Grope (as though blind or in the dark) | (Rby) |
| PN.KAPA.1 | K/kapa | To reach out, stretch out hand, reach out and take hold of something | (Jsn) |
| FJ.KAPA.5 | Kapa | The edge, fringe of a garment | (Jsn) |
| OC.KAPA-KAPA.A | Kapakapa | Grope (as though blind or in the dark) Problematic | (Rby) |
| PN.KAPA-KAU | Kapakau | Wing, arm, lateral fin | (Rby) |
| FJ.KAPA-TIKO | Kapatiko | (Lethrinus elongatus) | (Rby) |
| PN.KAPE.2 | Kape | Poke out with finger, as fish eye, for example | (Rby) |
| AN.KAPI.A | Kapi | To pass loincloth between legs and tie at the back | (Rby) |
| PN.KAPI.B | Kapi | Net shuttle | (Rby) |
| PN.KAPI.C | Kapi | To cover | (Rby) |
| EC.KAPI-KAPI.* | Kapikapi | Jellyfish sp. | (Bsr) |
| FJ.KAPO.1 | Kapo | Catch and hold animates | (Rby) |
| EC.KAPO.2 | Kapo | Bird sp. (Heteroscelus incanus) | (Hwd) |
| OC.KAPOA | Kapoa | Ground Shark | (Rby) |
| MP.KAPU.1A | Kapu | Cuplike container; mouthful | (Rby) |
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