Tuvalu entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PN.QUHI.2 | Ui | Take a direction, turn, go (all involving choice from several options) | (Rby) |
| PN.QUHI.2 | Ui/ga | Habit, use, custom | (Rby) |
| PN.QILO-GA | Iloga | An identifying mark; to be known, identified | (Jsn) |
| PN.FAKA-QILO | Fakailo/a | To make known, reveal, warn, inform, notify | (Jsn) |
| PN.FAKA-QILO-GA | Fakailoga | To mark as different, mark for identification; mark, sign, identification | (Jsn) |
| PN.FIA-KAI | Fiakai | To hunger, to be hungry | (Jsn) |
| PN.PALE.1A | Pale | Ward off a blow with hand or stick | (Rby) |
| NP.PALE.3B | Pale | Aslant (of trees) | (Rby) |
| EO.FAQU-LUA | Foulua | Boat, cargo ship | (Jsn) |
| OC.TA-FOLA.1 | Tafola | To be spread out, lying around, scattered about | (Jsn) |
| PN.TAFOLA.2 | Tafola | The beach | (Rby) |
| MP.MATA-WAI | Mataavai | Floodgates, springs (Bib.) | (Jsn) |
| NP.SAWANE | Savane, havane | Type of fish: moonlighter | (Jsn) |
| PN.MATA-QELE | Mataele | Type of fish: Flag-tailed Sea Bass | (Jsn) |
| NP.PULA.3 | Pula | Type of fish | (Jsn) |
| PN.QUME-LEI | Umelei | (Naso lituratus) | (Jsn) |
| OC.TAKUA.1 | Takuo | Tuna fish | (Rby) |
| PN.PATI.1 | Pati/pati | Clap; clapping | (Rby) |
| SO.TEQE-AI | Hee ai | Be none, or none left | (Rby) |
| PN.AI.2 | Iai | To exist, to be present, there is, there are | (Jsn) |
| PN.TUQA.1B | Tua | Behind, at back of; outside | (Jsn) |
| PN.TUQA.1C | Tua | Overseas | (Jsn) |
| PN.MAA-TINO | Masino | To be put into order, proper place; to indicate, differentiate Phonologically Irregular | (Jsn) |
| NP.FAKA-TELE | Fakatele | Sail (v) | (Jsn) |
| FJ.ROO.1 | Olo | Go (plural) | (Rby) |
| PN.FAAQOA | Faaoa | Canoe crew | (Jsn) |
| PN.OQO | Oo | To surround, enclose; pen, coop, enclosure Problematic | (Jsn) |
| PN.PEKE.2A | Peke | Crooked | (Rby) |
| PN.PEKE.3 | P/peke | To dip food into fluid, spread, drink | (Jsn) |
| PN.SEGI.B | Hegi | Dazzled, dazed, crazy, stupid, foolish | (Rby) |
| PN.KINI.2A | K/kini | To beat a drum, or a child; to hit a ball; stick used to administer punishment | (Jsn) |
| PN.TAUSI | Tausi | Keep, care for, look after; obey (keep) a law | (Jsn) |
| PN.TAI-TAI | Taitai/a | To be covered with salt water, to smell of salt water, salty | (Jsn) |
| FJ.QASA | A/asa | Move quickly, wade, go through bush | (Jsn) |
| PN.WALE.2 | Vale | Drunk; fool, idiot, lunatic, retarded person | (Jsn) |
| FJ.WALE.3 | Vale | In vain, worthless, futile | (Jsn) |
| PN.TUQU-LAKI | Tuulaki | To stand around | (Jsn) |
| PN.TALO-TALO | Talotalo | Spider Lily (Crinum asiaticum) | (Rby) |
| PN.MUKA.1A | Muka | Knob on distal end of paddle Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Rby) |
| PN.TAU-TAFA | Tautafa | Next to, adjacent | (Rby) |
| PN.TAFA-TAFA | Tafatafa | (loc) Alongside, beside | (Jsn) |
| SO.TILI.4 | Tili | Fertile, conceiving readily (of women) | (Rby) |
| PN.TALA-TALA.A | Talatala | Rough surfaced | (Rby) |
| PN.TUPU.B | Tupu | Be exceeded (of numbers). Tekau tupu More than twenty. | (Rby) |
| PN.TUPU.C | Tupu | Lump in the groin | (Jsn) |
| PN.MAALOOLOO.B | Malooloo | To rest, take a vacation | (Jsn) |
| NP.TEE-LAA | Telaa | Demonstrative (away from speaker and person spoken to), that, who, whom (singular) | (Jsn) |
| NP.TEE-HENA | Teenaa | That (near you); there (near you) | (Rby) |
| PN.MA-ILI | Mailiili | To blow gently (of wind, breeze) | (Jsn) |
| PN.MA-ILI | Maili | Increase (of wind) | (Rby) |
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