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 Miti Sauce of salt-water, coconut cream and onions
Tuvalu Mo With, and
Tuvalu Moo For
Tuvalu Momoa Fish sp
Tuvalu Moana Ocean
Tuvalu Moe Sleep
Tuvalu Moega Bed; act of sleeping
Tuvalu Moe-to/tolo/ Creep into girl's bed at night
Tuvalu Moikaka Strand of coconut husk fibre
Tuvalu Moko Gecko
Tuvalu Moko/tia Chilly, freezing
Tuvalu Mokopuna Grandchild
Tuvalu Mokopuu Great-grandchild
Tuvalu Mole Be behind in a task, behind the other boats Problematic
Tuvalu Mole/mole Smooth, slippery, slip, slide
Tuvalu Moli Orange
Tuvalu Moolii Lamp
Tuvalu Mo/moli/ Give or send gifts or testimony
Tuvalu M/momo Crushed to bits, reduced to powder
Tuvalu Momoe Copulate
Tuvalu Momona Fat, hence good to eat (of crab, fish, bird)
Tuvalu Mono/mono To plug; to plant pulaka by pushing it into the ground
Tuvalu Moso Cooked, properly cooked
Tuvalu Motimoti Fine rain
Tuvalu Motu To cut, break (of string), be separated
Tuvalu Motu Island, land
Tuvalu Faka/muu Dragonfly
Tuvalu Muu Fish (Monotaxis grandoculis), (Gnathodentex aerolineatus)
Tuvalu Muufeke Squid
Tuvalu Mui Assemble, swarm
Tuvalu Mui/ga Group of people
Tuvalu Muli Behind
Tuvalu Mulivae Heel of foot
Tuvalu Mulu Stroke
Tuvalu Mu/mulu/lava Wash clothes, face, teeth etc
Tuvalu Mumu Crowded together
Tuvalu Mumuni Hide an object
Tuvalu Muna Speak, speech, word
Tuvalu Mutu Cut off, incomplete
Tuvalu Mutu/mutu (Abudefduf sp.)
Tuvalu -na Third person singular possessive
Tuvalu Naa Stop crying
Tuvalu Naa Put up high out of the way
Tuvalu Naa Rest upon, put upon
Tuvalu Nafa Piece of broken canoe used as a drum
Tuvalu Namo Lagoon
Tuvalu Namu Mosquito
Tuvalu Nana Do repeatedly or unceasingly
Tuvalu Nana [Obscene]
Tuvalu Nanue A fish (Kyphosus cinerascens)