Tuvalu entries in Pollex-Online

Protoform Item Description Source
EC.KAFUSU.* Kafutu Type of tree (Jsn)
SO.LIKO.4 Li/liko To stop (someone) verbally from doing something, call (someone) in order to prevent them from doing something (Bsr)
SO.MASAGI Mahagi To fly up, rebound; to clear away, as clouds from sky (Bsr)
CP.AO.1 Ao/faki Gather things into a pile (Nks)
SO.LIKO.4 Li/liko Notify; persuade (Rby)
SO.MASAGI Mahagi Clear up (of weather) (Nks)
EC.SOKE Soke(soke) Fish sp. (Trachinotus) (Bsr)
PN.OKO.1 Oko/oko To pick up rubbish (Jsn)
NP.OKO.2A Oko eiloa Excellent (Jsn)
MP.SOKO.1 S/soko Frequently, continuously (Jsn)
PN.KAFA-GA Kaafaga Climbing ropes (Jsn)
NP.KAKE-GA Kaakega Place to climb; notches cut in a perpendicular tree to assist ascent; a ladder (Rby)
EC.MA-FAGA Mafaga Be peeling (of skin) (Rby)
SO.FUA-QI- Fuai/numela Number, figure (Jsn)
SO.PATI.3 Pati/pati Region above nape of neck (Rby)
NP.PILI.1B Pili Near (Rby)
SO.LAA-LAA Laalaa Dorsal fin (Rby)
OC.SIKI.1A Siki Lift up (Jsn)
SO.SIKI.1C S/siki To change position of a sail on a canoe or boat (Jsn)
SO.SIKI.3 Siki Stick used to club fish with (Kennedy) (Jsn)
SO.SIKI.3 Hiki A stick kept in a canoe to help lift; hit a fish with such a stick (Rby)
SO.FAFA.3 Fafa The rope from the boom of a sail (Jsn)
PN.O O Inalienable possessive preposition (Bsr)
PN.QA A Alienable possessive preposition (Bsr)
NP.KO-NAA Konaa Demonstrative pronoun, those near you. Location marker over there (Jsn)
NP.KO-NEI Konei Here (Bsr)
NP.KO-LAA Kolaa Location marker. Over there, far away or socially marked (Jsn)
PN.I.2A I Preposition that usually denotes position in space or time (Jsn)
PN.TE-QA-U Tau Second person singular possessive pronoun A-class, single object (Bsr)
PN.TE-QA-NA Tena/tana Third person singular possessive, singular object. A-class optionally marked on /tana/. /tena/ is a neutralised form (Bsr)
PN.TE-O-U Tou Second person singular, singular definite object, O-class possessive pronoun (Bsr)
PN.TE-O-NA Tona/tena /tena/ is the neutral form. 3rd person singular singular-definite object O-class possessive (Bsr)
PN.MAI.D Mai From (Jsn)
AN.MAI.A Mai Verb directional marker indicates towards speaker or subject of the sentence (Jsn)
PN.TUQA-.2B Tua- Ordinal (Nanumea dialect) Problematic (Ply)
PN.TE-O-KU Toku 1st person singular definite O-class possessive pronoun (Bsr)
PN.POLA-POLA Polapola Type of basket (Jsn)
PN.PUI.B Pui Wall (Rby)
XO.KANO.1B Kano Relation, related (Rby)
PN.FAKA-QOTI.A Fakaoti To finish, complete (Jsn)
PN.FAKA-QOTI.B Fakaoti Last (days) (Jsn)
PN.FAKA-TOO.A Fakatoo Cause to fall or drop; cause rain to fall (Jsn)
PN.FAKA-HUHU Faauu To breastfeed (Jsn)
PN.FAKA-RIKI Fakaliki/liki Adverb used to indicate small pieces (Jsn)
XO.FAI-.6 Fai Prefix indicating the establishing of an adoptive relationship with others (Jsn)
NP.LALA.2 Laa/h/lala Ruffled (of feathers); also of persons who have not combed their hair (Jsn)
PN.FULU-MATA Fulumata Eyebrows (Jsn)
PN.FULU-MATA Fulufulu mata Eyebrow (Rby)
SO.PUQAO Puao Mist (Jsn)
PN.PUKU.2 P/puku To be fat (Jsn)

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