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 | Nao | Insert hand in a hole |
| Tuvalu | Nape | Hitch up a skirt |
| Tuvalu | Nape/nape | Decorate, dress up, make pretty |
| Tuvalu | Ne | Past tense marker |
| Tuvalu | Nee | Tag-question marker: isn't it? etc. |
| Tuvalu | Nefu | Unclear of liquid, misty of vision |
| Tuvalu | Nei | Here; this (near me); now |
| Tuvalu | Ma/gene | Orgasm |
| Tuvalu | Ni | Past tense marker |
| Tuvalu | Ni | Plural indefinite article |
| Tuvalu | Nifo | Tooth |
| Tuvalu | Ninimo | Vertigo, giddy |
| Tuvalu | Nini | Smear, daub |
| Tuvalu | Nino | Fine strand used in rope-making |
| Tuvalu | Niu | Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) |
| Tuvalu | Noa | To bind, tie |
| Tuvalu | Nofo | Sit |
| Tuvalu | Noga | Relieved of pain |
| Tuvalu | Nono | Small flying insect |
| Tuvalu | Nonu | (Morinda citrifolia) |
| Tuvalu | Nuanua | Rainbow |
| Tuvalu | Nui | Full (of belly) |
| Tuvalu | Nuku | Country |
| Tuvalu | Numi | Tangled (of a line) |
| Tuvalu | Numi | Wave goodbye Problematic |
| Tuvalu | O | Marker of non-finite verbs |
| Tuvalu | Oa | Topstrakes of a canoe |
| Tuvalu | Ofaga | Nest (of birds only) |
| Tuvalu | Ofi | Have room (of container), fit (of thing to be contained) |
| Tuvalu | Oho | Food taken to sea by fishermen |
| Tuvalu | Oi | Exclamation of surprise |
| Tuvalu | Oki/oki | To whistle |
| Tuvalu | Ola | Alive, healthy, recover from illness |
| Tuvalu | Ola | Air Plant (Kalanchoe pinnata) |
| Tuvalu | Ola | Basket for fish |
| Tuvalu | Olioli | Prayers said on shore for the success of fishermen |
| Tuvalu | Ono | Barracuda |
| Tuvalu | Ono/ono | Look, watch, consider |
| Tuvalu | Oso | Spring up, pounce, charge |
| Tuvalu | Ota | Raw fish or fruit; eat fish raw |
| Tuvalu | Ota | Grated coconut residue |
| Tuvalu | Paa | Fence |
| Tuvalu | Pa/paa, paa/paa | Slap |
| Tuvalu | Paa | Trolling hook for bonito |
| Tuvalu | Pae | Stones round an earth oven |
| Tuvalu | Paega | Strips of coconut husk to be buried in preparation for sennit-making pile of stones used to make lau - kafa (local rope) |
| Tuvalu | Paikea | Landcrab sp. |
| Tuvalu | Paka | Crab sp |
| Tuvalu | Pakapaka | Emaciated |
| Tuvalu | Pakee | Bang |
