Entries from Ranby 1980 in Pollex-Online
Ranby, P. (1980). A Nanumea Lexicon. Canberra, Department of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, The Australian National University.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tuvalu | Loa | Long, tall, high |
| Tuvalu | Loata | Large ant |
| Tuvalu | Lo/lofa/ | Crumple and fall slowly (of people), stagger, faint |
| Tuvalu | Logo | Feel pain or emotion |
| Tuvalu | Logo | News, tell news |
| Tuvalu | Looloo | Bunch of green coconuts |
| Tuvalu | Rou | Move something with a stick |
| Tuvalu | Loi | A lie; tell a lie |
| Tuvalu | Loi | Fish (Cephalopolis argus) |
| Tuvalu | Loki/loki | Part of cooking-shed fenced off for firewood |
| Tuvalu | Loku | Bend or bend straight (a stick or piece of pipe) |
| Tuvalu | Loli | Black-coloured sea-cucumber |
| Tuvalu | Lolo | Coconut cream for making oil |
| Tuvalu | Loma | Overflow, rise up (of water) |
| Tuvalu | Lomi | Press upon, massage |
| Tuvalu | Lotu | Church, denomination; worship |
| Tuvalu | Luu | Shake |
| Tuvalu | Luu/luu | Shake (pl. subj. or obj.) |
| Tuvalu | Lua | Hole, pit |
| Tuvalu | Lua | Vomit |
| Tuvalu | Luaki | To vomit (of a fish) |
| Tuvalu | Maatuu | North Problematic |
| Tuvalu | Lue | Shake, rock to and fro. To shake off (Jsn). |
| Tuvalu | Lue/lue | Earthquake. To sway backwards and forwards, sidewards continuously (Jsn). |
| Tuvalu | Luga | Up |
| Tuvalu | Lu/luku/ | Assemble (of11people); gather, collect |
| Tuvalu | Lulu | Tie sticks to posts for fence |
| Tuvalu | Faka/luma/ | Do something others may tease you for |
| Tuvalu | Luna | A herb (Laportea ruderalis) |
| Tuvalu | Lupo | Very small fish sp |
| Tuvalu | Ma- | Stativiser, semi-productive |
| Tuvalu | Maa | And (with numerals) |
| Tuvalu | Mamaa | Feel ashamed (Plural) |
| Tuvalu | Maa | First person dual exclusive subject and possessive preposed pronoun |
| Tuvalu | -maa | First person dual exclusive possessive pronoun. |
| Tuvalu | Maa | For |
| Tuvalu | Mae/mae | Tip of coconut leaf Problematic |
| Tuvalu | Maea | Rope of foreign manufacture |
| Tuvalu | Maŋene | Orgasm Problematic |
| Tuvalu | Ma/faa | Broken (of a vessel); split |
| Tuvalu | Mafai | Able, permitted (Rby) |
| Tuvalu | Mafaki | Fallen, broken off |
| Tuvalu | Ma/fana | Warm; rebake |
| Tuvalu | Mafatua | Sneeze |
| Tuvalu | Mafela | Be open (of eyes, boils, labia) |
| Tuvalu | Mafi | Hardworking, strong |
| Tuvalu | Mafola | Flat (of land); extensive clearing for planting |
| Tuvalu | Mafole | Peeled, scratched |
| Tuvalu | Mafu | Healed |
| Tuvalu | Mafu/ga | Scar on body |
