Tuvalu entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CP.SEU | Heu | Scoop into a net (of birds, fish) | (Rby) |
| CP.SIGA.A | Higa | To topple | (Rby) |
| PN.SII.1 | Hii | Fish with a rod, especially for Bonito | (Rby) |
| FJ.SII.2A | Hii | Spurt | (Rby) |
| OC.SIKA.2 | Hika | Make fire by friction | (Rby) |
| OC.SIKI.1A | Hiki | Lift | (Rby) |
| OC.SIKI.1A | Siki | Lift up | (Jsn) |
| SO.SIKI.1C | S/siki | To change position of a sail on a canoe or boat | (Jsn) |
| PN.SIKI.1E | Hiki | Shift a house; replant | (Rby) |
| PN.SIKI.1E | Siki | Move, shift | (Jsn) |
| SO.SIKI.3 | Siki | Stick used to club fish with (Kennedy) | (Jsn) |
| SO.SIKI.3 | Hiki | A stick kept in a canoe to help lift; hit a fish with such a stick | (Rby) |
| MP.SIKO.A | Hiko | Catch a thrown object; juggle; lift cooked food from fire or oven with a stick | (Rby) |
| MP.SIKO.A | Siko, hiko | To peck, of birds | (Jsn) |
| PN.SIKO.B | Hiko | To coil (of string, rope, etc.) | (Rby) |
| PN.SIKO.B | Siko, hiko | To gather up a fishing net or fishing line after opening it (Besnier). | (Jsn) |
| PN.SIKU-LEQO | Hikuleo | The quality of voice that distinguishes one speaker from another | (Rby) |
| PN.SIKU-MATA | Hikumata | Outer ends of eyebrows | (Rby) |
| MP.SINA.1 | Hina | Grey-haired | (Rby) |
| FJ.SINU.1 | Hinu | Oil, grease, fat; oily | (Rby) |
| NP.SIPA.1 | Hipa | Small Flying-fish sp | (Rby) |
| MP.SIPA.2 | Tuu/hipa | Slant, oblique | (Rby) |
| SO.SISI.1 | Hihi | Raise, draw up, hoist up | (Rby) |
| MP.SISI.2 | Hihi | (Terebra maculata) [l.] | (Rby) |
| CP.SISI.3 | Sisi | To cut with a knife; to cut the coconut flesh from the shell | (Rby) |
| EC.SIU.* | Hi/hiu | Be wet | (Rby) |
| EC.SIU.* | S/siu | To be wet | (Jsn) |
| CP.SOA | Tau/hoa/ | Friend | (Rby) |
| CP.SOA | Hoa | Opposite number in visiting party; opponent in fishing | (Rby) |
| PN.SOGI | Hogi | Touch noses | (Rby) |
| PN.SOGI | Hohogi | Smell | (Rby) |
| SO.SOI.2 | Soi | To take sides with a friend in a fight or argument | (Rby) |
| OC.SOKA.1 | Hoka | To poke, to push fingers into an object; to husk coconuts | (Jsn) |
| EC.SOKE | Hokehoke | Fish sp. (probably swallowtail) | (Hwd) |
| EC.SOKE | Soke(soke) | Fish sp. (Trachinotus) | (Bsr) |
| MP.SOKO.1 | Hoko | Join; perform an action without a break | (Rby) |
| MP.SOKO.1 | Ho/hoko | Tie two ends together; unite two parties... | (Rby) |
| MP.SOKO.1 | Soko, hoko | Resemble, take after, look like | (Jsn) |
| MP.SOKO.1 | S/soko | Frequently, continuously | (Jsn) |
| NP.SOKO-.3A | Hoko- | Numerical prefix signifying exactness | (Rby) |
| CP.SOKO.4 | Hoko | Thick (of liquid); stiff (of a mixture, e.g. ice cream, cement, dough) | (Rby) |
| CP.SOKO.4 | S/soko | To be full (of liquids) | (Jsn) |
| PN.SOKO.5 | Tai s/soko | High tide | (Jsn) |
| PN.SOKO.5 | Hoko | Full (of the tide) | (Rby) |
| PN.SOLA | Hola | Flee, escape | (Rby) |
| EO.SOLI.1 | Holi | Give freely. | (Rby) |
| PN.SOLO.3 | Ho/holo | Fast (of canoes) | (Rby) |
| XW.SO-LOFA | Soolofa | To be flattened | (Jsn) |
| PN.SOLO-GA | Soologa | Line of descent, procession, lineage | (Rby) |
| PN.SOLO-QI.* | Holo | Wipe, wash (body) | (Rby) |
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