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 Tigaa/ina To suffer pain (from Samoan) Borrowed
Tuvalu Togaa- Patch or field (usually used as prefix along with a noun indicating the type of field).
Tuvalu P/puku To be fat
Tuvalu Tapena To pack, put into a container
Tuvalu Taula/ga Sacrifice (n); offerings (gifts made to the church...)
Tuvalu P/pei To throw; to accuse
Tuvalu Tele To run, race
Tuvalu T/tilo To look admiringly at oneself in a mirror
Tuvalu Faatio(tio) Glance, look at; spy upon Borrowed
Tuvalu K/kapa To reach out, stretch out hand, reach out and take hold of something
Tuvalu Kapa The edge, fringe of a garment