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 | Gali | Bite off more fruit than one can chew |
| Tuvalu | Gali | Handsome, beautiful |
| Tuvalu | Galulu | To shake, rock; to be shaken, rocked, vibrate, quake |
| Tuvalu | Gao | Footprint |
| Tuvalu | Gao/tua | Dress timber with an adze |
| Tuvalu | Gao/gaoa/ | Untidy |
| Tuvalu | Gaaosi | [Sam] to prepare (food); to manufacture, make, produce (Jackson) |
| Tuvalu | Gaholo | Grow, increase, decrease, change, move (Rby) |
| Tuvalu | Gahu | Saltbush (Scaevola taccada) |
| Tuvalu | Gaatai | Seawards |
| Tuvalu | Gati | Coconut-shell container for water |
| Tuvalu | Gati/ fagogo | Skull |
| Tuvalu | Go/goto/ | Descend towards the bottom of the sea |
| Tuvalu | Gugu | Rheumatism or arthritis |
| Tuvalu | Aa | What? |
| Tuvalu | Aga | Measure in spans |
| Tuvalu | Aga | Turn to face; listen, obey |
| Tuvalu | Ai | Who? |
| Tuvalu | Ia | Initiatory interjection Problematic |
| Tuvalu | Akau | Reef formations in the lagoon |
| Tuvalu | Ake | Upwards |
| Tuvalu | Aku | Fish (Platybelone argalus) |
| Tuvalu | Ala/tuu | Road, path |
| Tuvalu | A/ali | Hand weed taro; scoop a dry substance |
| Tuvalu | Paki/au/ | Tattooing pen |
| Tuvalu | Taupulu | Coconut husk |
| Tuvalu | Ikofi | Tongs |
| Tuvalu | Hikofi | Tongs (NAN) Problematic |
| Tuvalu | Igoa | Name |
| Tuvalu | Iva | Nine |
| Tuvalu | Ogoogo | Small herb (Acalypha grandis) |
| Tuvalu | Oge | Mean, miserly; a miser, one who will not share with others; famine, stricken by famine |
| Tuvalu | Oka | House rafters |
| Tuvalu | Oko | Touch; arrive at or reach a certain place or time; call to or set off for a certain place |
| Tuvalu | Holi | Favour one side or contender to win |
| Tuvalu | Uu | Breast |
| Tuvalu | Ui | Take something off, undress oneself; strip dead leaves from coconut tree |
| Tuvalu | Uku | Dive, swim under water |
| Tuvalu | Ulu | Enter |
| Tuvalu | Ulu/fia | Possessed by a spirit; inspired |
| Tuvalu | Kaa | Future tense-aspect marker |
| Tuvalu | Kaa | If |
| Tuvalu | Kaa | But |
| Tuvalu | Kafa | Coarse rope of coconut fibre |
| Tuvalu | Kafa/kafa | Mullet |
| Tuvalu | Kaafai | If |
| Tuvalu | Kafo | Bruise, wound, cut |
| Tuvalu | Kafu | Wrap; cover (= *kofu*) |
| Tuvalu | Kai | Food, eat |
| Tuvalu | Kai/kai | Firewood |
