Entries from Jackson 2001 in Pollex-Online
Jackson, G. W. (2001). Tuvaluan dictionary: Tuvaluan-English, English-Tuvaluan. Suva, Fiji. Geoff & Jenny Jackson.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tuvalu | Aasaga | Shallow passage. Sandbank (Bsr). |
| Tuvalu | K/kalu | (of throat) Full of mucus |
| Tuvalu | Maasala, maahala (N) | To remember |
| Tuvalu | Ma(a)salo(salo) | To be jealous, suspicious |
| Tuvalu | Vale | Drunk; fool, idiot, lunatic, retarded person |
| Tuvalu | Vale | In vain, worthless, futile |
| Tuvalu | Tuulaki | To stand around |
| Tuvalu | Tafatafa | (loc) Alongside, beside |
| Tuvalu | Uluaki | First-born, oldest child |
| Tuvalu | Tupu | Lump in the groin |
| Tuvalu | Malooloo | To rest, take a vacation |
| Tuvalu | Telaa | Demonstrative (away from speaker and person spoken to), that, who, whom (singular) |
| Tuvalu | Mailiili | To blow gently (of wind, breeze) |
| Tuvalu | Pelaa | Just like, just as |
| Tuvalu | Sa/muu | Dragonfly |
| Tuvalu | V/valo | To announce as a town crier; to prophesy |
| Tuvalu | Tau/taa | To sweat, perspire |
| Tuvalu | Kaulama | Dried coconut leaves |
| Tuvalu | Toli | To throw down breadfruit |
| Tuvalu | Lao | Tail of crayfish |
| Tuvalu | Moemoeao | Shark |
| Tuvalu | Sepe | To cut with a bush knife |
| Tuvalu | Alafaki | To sit up (without sleep), wait up at night |
| Tuvalu | Kogaaloto | Centre, middle |
| Tuvalu | Fakatafa | To get out of the way, turn aside, step aside |
| Tuvalu | Fakaata(ata) | To picture in mind, visualize |
| Tuvalu | Seke | To be out of joint, disjointed (of body limbs), sprained |
| Tuvalu | Sagale | Type of tree. |
| Tuvalu | Sagale | Type of tree. |
| Tuvalu | G(i)gie | Hardwood tree that thrives in swamping inland areas |
| Tuvalu | Mafule | [Obscene] |
| Tuvalu | Takale | Millionaire's salad, inner part of coconut at top of palm, used as a salad when the tree is chopped down |
| Tuvalu | Toofiga | Appointment, the act of appointing, assignment |
| Tuvalu | P/paki | Touch a switch, turn a switch on or off; collide, meet; compete |
| Tuvalu | P/paki | Break off, snap off |
| Tuvalu | Pogaaleveleve | Web; spider |
| Tuvalu | Leveleve | Spider's web, cobweb; pus that develops in eyes |
| Tuvalu | Uu | To bite; hot, spicy (of curry) |
| Tuvalu | Galue | Work, toil |
| Tuvalu | Galue/lue | To sway backwards and forwards (as in swaying hips while dancing) |
| Tuvalu | Gasue | To move, act, set in motion |
| Tuvalu | Ualolo (pl. uallolo) | Stream up to, go together, walk together (of a crowd) |
| Tuvalu | Oli | To be in expectation, to wish something will happen |
| Tuvalu | Fua/avaka | (of ships and canoes) Fleet, navy |
| Tuvalu | Faiga | Actions |
| Tuvalu | Fakatu | To stop (car); raise up, make stand up, erect |
| Tuvalu | Kautaa | Sticks used to beat a tin during a fatele |
| Tuvalu | Fanooga | The act of going somewhere |
| Tuvalu | Fakavale/a | To trick, deceive, make a person look like a fool |
| Tuvalu | E | Hey there! Marker used before or after a name to attract attention |
