Tuvalu entries in Pollex-Online

Protoform Item Description Source
NP.SOMO.2 Homo Come into leaf, sprout (of coconut from husk. (Rby)
FJ.SOO-.2 Hoo/hoo Move oneself or another person (Rby)
CP.SOPE.1 Hope Comb of chicken; bun of hair (Rby)
PN.SOPO.A Hopo Jump (Rby)
PN.SOPO.A Hopo Take another's place, succeed to leadership (Rby)
PN.SOPO.B Sopo Sit upon something that moves (canoe, bike etc.), travel by riding (Rby)
XW.SOSONI Ssoni Small container used to draw water from a well (Jsn)
MP.SUA.2 Hua Scratch (as a hen), clean up one's land, weed (Rby)
MP.SUA.2 Sua Stick for husking coconuts (Jsn)
NP.SUE.1 Hue Fish sp (Rby)
NP.SUE.2 Hue Open oven, take off lid, bring into open, wave in the wind (Rby)
PN.SUI Hui To change; a replacement (Rby)
PN.SUKE Hu/huke/ Open door, oven, lid (Rby)
MP.SUKI.A Huki Pierce; test ground for turtle eggs with a stick; poke a stick through mats to hold them on ridge of house; sticks so used which go crosswise above *taualuga* and below *tilofa* (Rby)
MP.SUKI.A Suki Horn, incisor, canine tooth (Jsn)
MP.SUKI.A S/suki To stab; give an injection (Jsn)
MP.SUKI.A Ma/suki/suki To pain, ache; to have stabbing pains; (of cold) biting (Jsn)
MP.SUKI.A S/sui To sew Borrowed (Jsn)
EO.SULA Hula To appear (Rby)
MP.SULU.1A Hulu To pierce (Rby)
MP.SULU.1A Hu/hulu/ To weave mats (Rby)
MP.SULU.2 Hulu Full moon (Rby)
NP.SUMU.1 Hu/humu/ Tie more than once (Rby)
OC.SUNU.2 Hunu/hunu Cook fish or fowl in flames (Rby)
SO.SUQA.B Hua Begin to flow (Rby)
PN.SUQA-MALIE Huamalie Sweet (of a liquid) (Rby)
NP.SUQA-WALE Suaavale Saliva (Jsn)
PN.SUQI Hui Mix with water (Rby)
AN.SUU.1 Hu/huu Damp (Rby)
EO.TAA.1A Taa Beat (Rby)
AN.TAA.1B Taa Chop (Rby)
PN.TAA.1D Taa To play a musical instrument, to strum a guitar (Jsn)
NP.TAA.1E T/ta To wash (Jsn)
PN.TAA.5A Taa First person inclusive dual preposed subject pronoun (Rby)
PN.-TAA.5B -taa First person inclusive dual possessive suffix (Rby)
OC.TAAEQA Taea Fish sp. (Lutjanus gibbus) (Bsr)
SO.TAAFAO.B Taahao Play (Rby)
SO.TAAFAO.B Tafao To play (VAI) (Rby)
PN.TAA-FITI.A Tafiti Wrestling match (Rby)
NP.TAALAWA Talava Element in house-frame (Koch 1961:116). Laths of split pandanus lashed on top of the rafters and under the thatch ribs (Kennedy 1931:269) (Rby)
PN.TAA-MATE-A Tamate To kill, murder, execute; to turn off, shut off (Rby)
CP.TAA-NOQA Taanoa Large oval bowl for mixing food (Rby)
NP.TAA-POLA Taapola Basket of plaited Coconut frond (Rby)
CP.TAA-PUI Taapui Tie frond round coconut palm to reserve nuts (Rby)
NP.TAA-TOU Taatou We, us (first person plural inclusive) (Rby)
NP.TAA-UA.1 Taaua We two (inc.) (Rby)
PN.TAAULA Faka/taaula/ Bodyguard (Rby)
PN.TAAULA Taula/ga Sacrifice (n); offerings (gifts made to the church...) (Jsn)
FJ.TAE.2B Tae Scoop fish (Rby)
EO.TAFA.1A Tafa Beside, the side of a person or object. Next to, beside (Jsn). (Rby)

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