Entries from Jackson 2001 in Pollex-Online
Jackson, G. W. (2001). Tuvaluan dictionary: Tuvaluan-English, English-Tuvaluan. Suva, Fiji. Geoff & Jenny Jackson.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tuvalu | Aasaga | Shallow passage. Sandbank (Bsr). |
| Tuvalu | Aga/aga mafai | Hammerhead Shark |
| Tuvalu | Aalofi | Frontage of islet, island facing lagoon |
| Tuvalu | Alogo | Fish sp. (Acanthurus pyroferus, Ctenochaetus striatus) |
| Tuvalu | Apu | (in a game of rummy) To gather one's cards from the table... |
| Tuvalu | Ave ifo [avaifo] | To take down, bring down |
| Tuvalu | Ave | To take, to give something, to deliver |
| Tuvalu | F/falo | Stretch (rope) |
| Tuvalu | Fita | To tire, be weary, exhausted |
| Tuvalu | Fita | Efforts, works |
| Tuvalu | Foki | Again; also Problematic |
| Tuvalu | Mafule | [Obscene] |
| Tuvalu | G(i)gie | Hardwood tree that thrives in swamping inland areas |
| Tuvalu | Uli | Shoot of a plant |
| Tuvalu | Kkai | To be sharp (of a knife or a blade) |
| Tuvalu | Kaipea (Niutao) | Land crab sp. |
| Tuvalu | K/kalu | (of throat) Full of mucus |
| Tuvalu | Kalo/kalo(afi) | Flame. Spark (Rby). |
| Tuvalu | T/togi | Price; wage; to buy Borrowed |
| Tuvalu | Ina | To search with a light; to fish with a light on the beach or shallow reef |
| Tuvalu | S|sama. Sama (Rby). | Yellow |
| Tuvalu | V/au.. H/au (Rby). | To come (sg.) |
| Tuvalu | Malepe | To be broken, destroyed, demolished. Broken down (Rby). |
| Tuvalu | Loofi/a | To be flooded, covered with water |
| Tuvalu | Loo/lolo | (Of neap tide) to be high |
| Tuvalu | Lolo | Flood (n) |
| Tuvalu | Kite | To see (of eyes), to have sharp vision |
| Tuvalu | Makuku | To be injured, sprained (of back) |
| Tuvalu | Maluu | Calm (of sea, lagoon, or wind) |
| Tuvalu | Maluu/luu | Cold (from Samoan) Borrowed |
| Tuvalu | Maluu(luu) | Soft |
| Tuvalu | Uluaki | First-born, oldest child |
| Tuvalu | Faka/maoni | Loyal, honest, trustworthy, reliable, faithful, to prove, establish proof or credibility, verify honesty, loyalty, integrity (I). |
| Tuvalu | Maasala, maahala (N) | To remember |
| Tuvalu | Ma(a)salo(salo) | To be jealous, suspicious |
| Tuvalu | Tapi | To wipe using feet |
| Tuvalu | Takale | Millionaire's salad, inner part of coconut at top of palm, used as a salad when the tree is chopped down |
| Tuvalu | Moto | Green, unripe |
| Tuvalu | Muko/muko | Drinking (green) coconut in early stages of development |
| Tuvalu | Oli | To be in expectation, to wish something will happen |
| Tuvalu | Ootai | A drink made from the meat of the motmoto coconut, toddy, water and milk of the motomoto |
| Tuvalu | P/pale | To turn, steer |
| Tuvalu | Poogia | To stay out until after dark; to be confused |
| Tuvalu | Kkai | Fairy story, fable |
| Tuvalu | Saale | To walk |
| Tuvalu | Sepo | To lick |
| Tuvalu | S/siu | To be wet |
| Tuvalu | Hoka | To poke, to push fingers into an object; to husk coconuts |
| Tuvalu | Soko, hoko | Resemble, take after, look like |
| Tuvalu | S/soko | To be full (of liquids) |
