Tuvalu entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PN.FAI-GA | Faiga | Method | (Rby) |
| PN.FAI-GA | Fai/faiga | Deed | (Rby) |
| PN.FAKA-TUQU | Fakatuu | To erect | (Rby) |
| PN.FAKA-TUQU | Fakatu | To stop (car); raise up, make stand up, erect | (Jsn) |
| PN.FAKA-TAU | Fakatau (mai, atu) | Buy, sell | (Rby) |
| PN.KAU-TAA | Kautaa | Sticks used to beat a tin during a fatele | (Jsn) |
| PN.FANO-GA | Fanooga | The act of going somewhere | (Jsn) |
| PN.FAKA-WALE | Fakavale/vale | Foolishness; act like a lunatic; have epileptic fits; have crazy spells | (Rby) |
| PN.FAKA-WALE | Fakavale/a | To trick, deceive, make a person look like a fool | (Jsn) |
| PN.E.3 | E | Hey there! Marker used before or after a name to attract attention | (Jsn) |
| NP.EI | Ei | Interjection to call attention: hey! | (Jsn) |
| PN.FAKA-QAROFA | Fakaalofa | Pitiable, unfortunate, hard up; a foreigner who lives on an island but has no land rights, an alien resident | (Jsn) |
| PN.TAU-LEKALEKA.B | Taulekaleka | Pretty | (Rby) |
| PN.MATA-LIKI.A | Mataliki | Narrow (of an opening). Fine (of net) (Rby). | (Jsn) |
| OC.HIFO.A | Ifo | Bow down in prayer | (Rby) |
| OC.HIFO.B | Ifo | Downwards | (Rby) |
| PN.HAFA.B | Ai aa | Why? | (Rby) |
| PN.HAFA.B | (K)aiaa | Why? | (Jsn) |
| PN.REFU-REFU | Lelehu | Yellow of skin or eyes Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Rby) |
| OC.TIFA.1A | Tifa | Pearl shell; plate | (Jsn) |
| PN.MAQU-LALO | Maulalo | Deep (of water or holes); high (of cliffs, trees etc. when speaker is at the top); low | (Rby) |
| PN.MAQU-LALO | Faka/maulalo | Humble, humility | (Rby) |
| PN.FAI-TAHINA | Faitaina | Adoptive brother; cousin | (Jsn) |
| NP.KOPE | Kope/kope/nga | A lot of luggage, many possessions | (Jsn) |
| MP.KOPI.A | Kopi | To nurse a child, carry on hip or side Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Jsn) |
| NP.KOPI-TI | Kopi/kopi/aa | Cluttered (referring to home, location or thinking); completely crowded, disorganized | (Jsn) |
| SO.TAFA.1B | Tafa | Outside | (Rby) |
| PN.TALI.2B | Tali | Reply, answer | (Rby) |
| PN.MILI | M/mili | To rub (of oil); continually play with | (Jsn) |
| PN.MIO.1A | M/mio | Twist, turn, screw; twist fibres to make string | (Jsn) |
| PN.PUUPUU.3 | Puupuu | Kaleve [coconut juice] container made from shell of green nut fitted with string handles | (Rby) |
| AN.POO-POO.A | P/poo | Massage (v) [Nanumea, Nanumanga] | (Bsr) |
| SO.NI.2 | Ne | Indefinite article plural (Southern dialects) | (Bsr) |
| PN.KAI.7 | Kai | Yet, ever (in interrogative or negative contexts) (Besnier 2000:486) | (Bsr) |
| PN.QAU-HAKE | Avake, avaka | Raise up, bring up, put on high | (Jsn) |
| CP.LIALIA | Faka/lialia vale | To dress immodestly, to dress as a person of loose morals | (Jsn) |
| PN.QULU-POKO | Ulupoko | Skull | (Jsn) |
| PN.SAQA.2 | Saa | Prefix added to indicate the family or associates of a person | (Jsn) |
| NP.TANA.A | Tana | His, her, its (sg. possessed) | (Rby) |
| PN.GANA.2B | Ga/gana | Language | (Rby) |
| EC.KA-KAFI | Kkafi | To be able to accomplish something; to be capable of doing something | (Jsn) |
| EC.KAMAI | Kamai | Fish sp., mackerel | (Rby) |
| NP.KAMO.2 | Kamo | Steal, take secretly | (Jsn) |
| EC.LAGAI | Laangai | Surf board, or any board or raft used to play in water | (Bsr) |
| SO.LIKO.4 | L/liko | To scold, reprimand Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Jsn) |
| EC.MAGOO-QALAWA-FENUA | Alava/fenua | Shark: white pointer. (Carcharhinus albimarginatus) (Bsr). | (Jsn) |
| SO.MASAGI | Masagi | To be lifted up, thrown up | (Jsn) |
| SO.MASAGI | Mahagi | Blown by the wind; to stop raining | (Rby) |
| PN.MO-QI | Moo | A few; a little | (Rby) |
| SO.LIKO.4 | Li/liko | Order out, expel, kick out (of the home), send away (permanently) Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Nks) |
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