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 | Ei | Interjection to call attention: hey! |
| Tuvalu | Fakaalofa | Pitiable, unfortunate, hard up; a foreigner who lives on an island but has no land rights, an alien resident |
| Tuvalu | (K)aiaa | Why? |
| Tuvalu | Faitaina | Adoptive brother; cousin |
| Tuvalu | Kope/kope/nga | A lot of luggage, many possessions |
| Tuvalu | Kopi | To nurse a child, carry on hip or side Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tuvalu | Kopi/kopi/aa | Cluttered (referring to home, location or thinking); completely crowded, disorganized |
| Tuvalu | M/mili | To rub (of oil); continually play with |
| Tuvalu | M/mio | Twist, turn, screw; twist fibres to make string |
| Tuvalu | Avake, avaka | Raise up, bring up, put on high |
| Tuvalu | Faka/lialia vale | To dress immodestly, to dress as a person of loose morals |
| Tuvalu | Ulupoko | Skull |
| Tuvalu | Saa | Prefix added to indicate the family or associates of a person |
| Tuvalu | Kkafi | To be able to accomplish something; to be capable of doing something |
| Tuvalu | Kamo | Steal, take secretly |
| Tuvalu | L/liko | To scold, reprimand Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tuvalu | Alava/fenua | Shark: white pointer. (Carcharhinus albimarginatus) (Bsr). |
| Tuvalu | Masagi | To be lifted up, thrown up |
| Tuvalu | Kafutu | Type of tree |
| Tuvalu | Oko | To pick up items (followed by noun object, e.g. oko lau, pick up dead leaves) |
| Tuvalu | Oko/oko | To pick up rubbish |
| Tuvalu | Oko eiloa | Excellent |
| Tuvalu | S/soko | Frequently, continuously |
| Tuvalu | Kaafaga | Climbing ropes |
| Tuvalu | Fuai/numela | Number, figure |
| Tuvalu | Poogia | To stay out until after dark; to be confused |
| Tuvalu | Siki | Lift up |
| Tuvalu | S/siki | To change position of a sail on a canoe or boat |
| Tuvalu | Siki | Stick used to club fish with (Kennedy) |
| Tuvalu | Fafa | The rope from the boom of a sail |
| Tuvalu | Konaa | Demonstrative pronoun, those near you. Location marker over there |
| Tuvalu | Kolaa | Location marker. Over there, far away or socially marked |
| Tuvalu | I | Preposition that usually denotes position in space or time |
| Tuvalu | Mai | From |
| Tuvalu | Mai | Verb directional marker indicates towards speaker or subject of the sentence |
| Tuvalu | Ave ifo [avaifo] | To take down, bring down |
| Tuvalu | Kkai | To be sharp (of a knife or a blade) |
| Tuvalu | Kkai | Fairy story, fable |
| Tuvalu | Polapola | Type of basket |
| Tuvalu | Fakaoti | To finish, complete |
| Tuvalu | Fakaoti | Last (days) |
| Tuvalu | Fakatoo | Cause to fall or drop; cause rain to fall |
| Tuvalu | Faauu | To breastfeed |
| Tuvalu | Fakaliki/liki | Adverb used to indicate small pieces |
| Tuvalu | Fai | Prefix indicating the establishing of an adoptive relationship with others |
| Tuvalu | Laa/h/lala | Ruffled (of feathers); also of persons who have not combed their hair |
| Tuvalu | Fulumata | Eyebrows |
| Tuvalu | Puao | Mist |
| Tuvalu | P/puku | To be fat |
| Tuvalu | Fakatonu/tonu | Correct, adjust, straighten |
