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 |
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Tuvalu | K/kalu | (of throat) Full of mucus |
Tuvalu | Maasala, maahala (N) | To remember |
Tuvalu | Ma(a)salo(salo) | To be jealous, suspicious |
Tuvalu | Vale | Drunk; fool, idiot, lunatic, retarded person |
Tuvalu | Vale | In vain, worthless, futile |
Tuvalu | Tuulaki | To stand around |
Tuvalu | Tafatafa | (loc) Alongside, beside |
Tuvalu | Uluaki | First-born, oldest child |
Tuvalu | Tupu | Lump in the groin |
Tuvalu | Malooloo | To rest, take a vacation |
Tuvalu | Telaa | Demonstrative (away from speaker and person spoken to), that, who, whom (singular) |
Tuvalu | Mailiili | To blow gently (of wind, breeze) |
Tuvalu | Pelaa | Just like, just as |
Tuvalu | Sa/muu | Dragonfly |
Tuvalu | V/valo | To announce as a town crier; to prophesy |
Tuvalu | Tau/taa | To sweat, perspire |
Tuvalu | Kaulama | Dried coconut leaves |
Tuvalu | Toli | To throw down breadfruit |
Tuvalu | Lao | Tail of crayfish |
Tuvalu | Moemoeao | Shark |
Tuvalu | Sepe | To cut with a bush knife |
Tuvalu | Alafaki | To sit up (without sleep), wait up at night |
Tuvalu | Kogaaloto | Centre, middle |
Tuvalu | Fakatafa | To get out of the way, turn aside, step aside |
Tuvalu | Fakaata(ata) | To picture in mind, visualize |
Tuvalu | Seke | To be out of joint, disjointed (of body limbs), sprained |
Tuvalu | Sagale | Type of tree. |
Tuvalu | Sagale | Type of tree. |
Tuvalu | G(i)gie | Hardwood tree that thrives in swamping inland areas |
Tuvalu | Mafule | [Obscene] |
Tuvalu | Takale | Millionaire's salad, inner part of coconut at top of palm, used as a salad when the tree is chopped down |
Tuvalu | Toofiga | Appointment, the act of appointing, assignment |
Tuvalu | P/paki | Touch a switch, turn a switch on or off; collide, meet; compete |
Tuvalu | P/paki | Break off, snap off |
Tuvalu | Pogaaleveleve | Web; spider |
Tuvalu | Leveleve | Spider's web, cobweb; pus that develops in eyes |
Tuvalu | Uu | To bite; hot, spicy (of curry) |
Tuvalu | Galue | Work, toil |
Tuvalu | Galue/lue | To sway backwards and forwards (as in swaying hips while dancing) |
Tuvalu | Gasue | To move, act, set in motion |
Tuvalu | Ualolo (pl. uallolo) | Stream up to, go together, walk together (of a crowd) |
Tuvalu | Oli | To be in expectation, to wish something will happen |
Tuvalu | Fua/avaka | (of ships and canoes) Fleet, navy |
Tuvalu | Faiga | Actions |
Tuvalu | Fakatu | To stop (car); raise up, make stand up, erect |
Tuvalu | Kautaa | Sticks used to beat a tin during a fatele |
Tuvalu | Fanooga | The act of going somewhere |
Tuvalu | Fakavale/a | To trick, deceive, make a person look like a fool |
Tuvalu | E | Hey there! Marker used before or after a name to attract attention |
Tuvalu | Ei | Interjection to call attention: hey! |