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 | Fakaalofa | Pitiable, unfortunate, hard up; a foreigner who lives on an island but has no land rights, an alien resident |
Tuvalu | (K)aiaa | Why? |
Tuvalu | Faitaina | Adoptive brother; cousin |
Tuvalu | Kope/kope/nga | A lot of luggage, many possessions |
Tuvalu | Kopi | To nurse a child, carry on hip or side Uncertain Semantic Connection |
Tuvalu | Kopi/kopi/aa | Cluttered (referring to home, location or thinking); completely crowded, disorganized |
Tuvalu | M/mili | To rub (of oil); continually play with |
Tuvalu | M/mio | Twist, turn, screw; twist fibres to make string |
Tuvalu | Avake, avaka | Raise up, bring up, put on high |
Tuvalu | Faka/lialia vale | To dress immodestly, to dress as a person of loose morals |
Tuvalu | Ulupoko | Skull |
Tuvalu | Saa | Prefix added to indicate the family or associates of a person |
Tuvalu | Kkafi | To be able to accomplish something; to be capable of doing something |
Tuvalu | Kamo | Steal, take secretly |
Tuvalu | L/liko | To scold, reprimand Uncertain Semantic Connection |
Tuvalu | Alava/fenua | Shark: white pointer. (Carcharhinus albimarginatus) (Bsr). |
Tuvalu | Masagi | To be lifted up, thrown up |
Tuvalu | Kafutu | Type of tree |
Tuvalu | Oko | To pick up items (followed by noun object, e.g. oko lau, pick up dead leaves) |
Tuvalu | Oko/oko | To pick up rubbish |
Tuvalu | Oko eiloa | Excellent |
Tuvalu | S/soko | Frequently, continuously |
Tuvalu | Kaafaga | Climbing ropes |
Tuvalu | Fuai/numela | Number, figure |
Tuvalu | Poogia | To stay out until after dark; to be confused |
Tuvalu | Siki | Lift up |
Tuvalu | S/siki | To change position of a sail on a canoe or boat |
Mota | Siki | Quote, copy |
Tuvalu | Siki | Stick used to club fish with (Kennedy) |
Tuvalu | Fafa | The rope from the boom of a sail |
Tuvalu | Konaa | Demonstrative pronoun, those near you. Location marker over there |
Tuvalu | Kolaa | Location marker. Over there, far away or socially marked |
Tuvalu | I | Preposition that usually denotes position in space or time |
Tuvalu | Mai | From |
Tuvalu | Mai | Verb directional marker indicates towards speaker or subject of the sentence |
Tuvalu | Ave ifo [avaifo] | To take down, bring down |
Tuvalu | Kkai | To be sharp (of a knife or a blade) |
Tuvalu | Kkai | Fairy story, fable |
Tuvalu | Polapola | Type of basket |
Tuvalu | Fakaoti | To finish, complete |
Tuvalu | Fakaoti | Last (days) |
Tuvalu | Fakatoo | Cause to fall or drop; cause rain to fall |
Tuvalu | Faauu | To breastfeed |
Tuvalu | Fakaliki/liki | Adverb used to indicate small pieces |
Tuvalu | Fai | Prefix indicating the establishing of an adoptive relationship with others |
Tuvalu | Laa/h/lala | Ruffled (of feathers); also of persons who have not combed their hair |
Tuvalu | Fulumata | Eyebrows |
Tuvalu | Puao | Mist |
Tuvalu | P/puku | To be fat |
Tuvalu | Fakatonu/tonu | Correct, adjust, straighten |