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 | Uu | In the vicinity of, by way of |
| Tuvalu | Galue/lue | Swing to and fro; loose |
| Tuvalu | Galue | To move oneself; work |
| Tuvalu | Fakakaa | Light fire or lamp |
| Tuvalu | Faiga | Method |
| Tuvalu | Fai/faiga | Deed |
| Tuvalu | Fakatuu | To erect |
| Tuvalu | Fakatau (mai, atu) | Buy, sell |
| Tuvalu | Fakavale/vale | Foolishness; act like a lunatic; have epileptic fits; have crazy spells |
| Tuvalu | Ifo | Bow down in prayer |
| Tuvalu | Ifo | Downwards |
| Tuvalu | Ai aa | Why? |
| Tuvalu | Lelehu | Yellow of skin or eyes Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tuvalu | Taulekaleka | Pretty |
| Tuvalu | Maulalo | Deep (of water or holes); high (of cliffs, trees etc. when speaker is at the top); low |
| Tuvalu | Faka/maulalo | Humble, humility |
| Tuvalu | Fona/akava | Area for the playing of tika (a dart throwing competition) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tuvalu | Fui fala | The whole pandanus fruit (as opposed to named sections) |
| Tuvalu | Tili | Fertile, conceiving readily (of women) |
| Tuvalu | Tafa | Outside |
| Tuvalu | Tali | Reply, answer |
| Tuvalu | Puupuu | Kaleve [coconut juice] container made from shell of green nut fitted with string handles |
| Tuvalu | Tana | His, her, its (sg. possessed) |
| Tuvalu | Ga/gana | Language |
| Tuvalu | Kamai | Fish sp., mackerel |
| Tuvalu | Mahagi | Blown by the wind; to stop raining |
| Tuvalu | Li/liko | Notify; persuade |
| Tuvalu | Kaakega | Place to climb; notches cut in a perpendicular tree to assist ascent; a ladder |
| Tuvalu | Mafaga | Be peeling (of skin) |
| Tuvalu | Pati/pati | Region above nape of neck |
| Tuvalu | Pili | Near |
| Tuvalu | Laalaa | Dorsal fin |
| Tuvalu | Hiki | A stick kept in a canoe to help lift; hit a fish with such a stick |
| Tuvalu | Ake | Drift ashore |
| Tuvalu | Pui | Wall |
| Tuvalu | Kano | Relation, related |
| Tuvalu | Fulufulu mata | Eyebrow |
| Tuvalu | Amoga | Load carried on shoulder; twenty nuts |
| Tuvalu | Hoko | Full (of the tide) |
| Tuvalu | Holo | Wipe, wash (body) |
| Tuvalu | Ta/tao | Sit on eggs |
| Tuvalu | Tai | Yet, nearly, almost |
| Tuvalu | Maasima | Salt (SAM?) |
| Tuvalu | Kaile | Small immature coconut |
| Tuvalu | Pei | Break a vessel (e.g. coconut, head, canoe, cup) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tuvalu | Fai | Say. |
| Tuvalu | Ili | Fan, blow. To blow a horn, trumpet; to fan (Jsn). |
| Tuvalu | Kau/laa | Branch (of tree) |
| Tuvalu | Leve | Hymen Problematic |
| Tuvalu | Matuku | Become less (of a liquid in a vessel); begin to ebb (of the tide) |
