Tuvalu entries in Pollex-Online
| Protoform | Item | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NP.TAA.1E | T/ta | To wash | (Jsn) |
| PN.FAKA-RUA.1 | Fakalua-gina | To double, do twice over | (Jsn) |
| PN.SIKI.1E | Hiki | Shift a house; replant | (Rby) |
| PN.SIKI.1E | Siki | Move, shift | (Jsn) |
| PN.NANU.A | Nanu | Speak gibberish, or indistinctly. To be incoherent, to mumble (Jsn). | (Rby) |
| OC.QANA-NAFI | Annafi, anaafi, (NTO) nanaafi | Yesterday | (Bsr) |
| AN.MASI.1 | Masi | Biscuit, cabin cracker Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Jsn) |
| PN.SEKE.1A | Seke | To avoid, miss, slip by | (Jsn) |
| PN.SEKE.1A | S/seke | To ski, surf, slip | (Jsn) |
| PN.E.1B | E | Marker placed before numerals | (Jsn) |
| PN.MATE-GA | Matega | Death (the state of being dead, the act of dying) | (Jsn) |
| PN.QUHI.3 | Ui/ga | Meaning. About, concerning, regarding; personality, character, behaviour(Jsn). | (Rby) |
| XW.FAI-TALIHA | Faitalia | No matter what, whatever the circumstances | (Jsn) |
| SO.SAGA.1C | Aga | Feast for firstborn; general term for feasts given for someone Phonologically Irregular | (Jsn) |
| PN.KIKI.1 | Kiki | To eat one food with another; to mix foods in the mouth. Protein (may refer to meat, fish or anything else eaten with rice, *pulaka* etc.; to eat protein or other food with rice (Jsn). | (Rby) |
| PN.KINA.3 | Kiina/ga | Non-vegetable food contributed by family to communal feast (consists of pork, fish or chicken and forms part of the *fakaluaga*). | (Rby) |
| PN.RAGI | Lagi/lagi | Send on frequent errands | (Rby) |
| PN.RAGI | Lagi | An agreement as to how much food should be provided for a gathering in *aahiga*. | (Rby) |
| PN.MAFA-TIA | Mafatia (pl. maafatia) | To be weighed down, under pressure; depressed, sad (*loto mafatia*) | (Jsn) |
| XW.SAI | Sai | To be shapely (of waist) | (Jsn) |
| FJ.HIFO.C | Ifo | Bow down in prayer. To beg, humbly request; to give up, capitulate, surrender (Jsn). | (Rby) |
| PN.GATU.1 | Gatu | Clothes, garments | (Jsn) |
| MP.SUKI.A | S/sui | To sew Borrowed | (Jsn) |
| FJ.TAU-NAMU | Tainamu | Mosquito net | (Jsn) |
| PN.QISI | N/isi (< ne isi) | Some, other | (Jsn) |
| PN.QISI | Isi | Exist, be present; other, next, another | (Jsn) |
| EC.PASA.1 | P/pasa | To be red raw (of flesh) | (Jsn) |
| SO.PASA.2 | Pasa/pasa | To spread a rumour, story | (Jsn) |
| EO.FOQI.1 | Foi/tino | Body, flesh | (Jsn) |
| PN.LAWE.2B | Lave/a | To see, observe Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Jsn) |
| PN.MATA-A-FAGA | Mataafaga | Beachfront, seafront, seawall | (Jsn) |
| PN.MAA-HINA | Maaina | Light (not dark); shine; understand | (Rby) |
| XW.KOFU.1B | Kofu | Wrap oneself in a mat; garlanded with flowers (of head). | (Rby) |
| OC.GUU.1 | Guu | Grunt, coo | (Rby) |
| OC.GUU.1 | G/gu | To groan; to speak [with negative] | (Jsn) |
| OC.GUU.1 | Guu/guu | To be mute, dumb, unable to speak | (Jsn) |
| NP.TIIGAA | Tigaa/ina | To suffer pain (from Samoan) Borrowed | (Jsn) |
| SO.TOO-GA | Toga | Place, plot of land. | (Rby) |
| SO.TOO-GA | Togaa/laakau | Flower garden | (Rby) |
| SO.TOO-GA | Togaa- | Patch or field (usually used as prefix along with a noun indicating the type of field). | (Jsn) |
| NP.PUKU.2B | Puku/puku | Spheroid (like a puku [mouthful] prepared for eating; short and fat (of people) | (Rby) |
| NP.PUKU.2B | P/puku | To be fat | (Jsn) |
| XO.FOLO-MAGA | Folomaga | Roof of mouth | (Rby) |
| NP.TA-PENA | Tapena | To pack, put into a container | (Jsn) |
| PN.TAAULA | Taula/ga | Sacrifice (n); offerings (gifts made to the church...) | (Jsn) |
| PN.TUMU.2 | Tumu | Full | (Rby) |
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