Entries from Ranby 1980 in Pollex-Online
Ranby, P. (1980). A Nanumea Lexicon. Canberra, Department of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, The Australian National University.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tuvalu | Lahi | Big |
| Tuvalu | Laho | Testicle, scrotum |
| Tuvalu | Lata | Be tame, feel at home |
| Tuvalu | Lotou | Third person plural subject clitic pronoun |
| Tuvalu | -lotou | Third person plural possessive suffix |
| Tuvalu | Lau | Count; a tune |
| Tuvalu | Lau/efa | Wide |
| Tuvalu | Lau/liki | Narrow (Johnson) |
| Tuvalu | Lau | Hooked (of fish) |
| Tuvalu | Lauefa | Wide |
| Tuvalu | Laufala | Pandanus leaf (Jackson) |
| Tuvalu | Laugutu | Lips (Rby |
| Tuvalu | Lauliki | Narrow (Johnson) |
| Tuvalu | Lauulu | Hair of head |
| Tuvalu | Laupapa | Blackboard; plank, board; sawn timber |
| Tuvalu | Laatou | Third person plural independent pronoun |
| Tuvalu | Lava | Enough |
| Tuvalu | Lava | Garment, clothes |
| Tuvalu | Laavaki | Lonely, deserted |
| Tuvalu | Lave | Be hooked, snagged |
| Tuvalu | Tau/lea/ | Announce, proclaim |
| Tuvalu | Lefe | Female sex organs |
| Tuvalu | Lega | Yellow ointment from Samoa or Rotuma Problematic |
| Tuvalu | Lei | Whale tooth pendant |
| Tuvalu | Leka/leka | Pleasantly filled (of the stomach) |
| Tuvalu | Le/lea/ | Speech of spirits brought back to life or of those possessed by evil spirits |
| Tuvalu | Lelea | Driven away by the wind, to be |
| Tuvalu | Lelei | Good; handsome |
| Tuvalu | Leo | Voice, sound |
| Tuvalu | Leo/leo | Guard |
| Tuvalu | Lepa | Flap (of sail) |
| Tuvalu | Lepe | Pull down a house, break into pieces |
| Tuvalu | Lii/lii | Bind, gird |
| Tuvalu | Liaki | Cast a line, stone etc |
| Tuvalu | Liligi | Pour out |
| Tuvalu | Ligo/ligoa | Very calm |
| Tuvalu | Ligoligo | Cricket |
| Tuvalu | Lia | Nit |
| Tuvalu | Li/lika | Fear of falling from a height |
| Tuvalu | Faka/lika | Feeling in stomach when swinging on a swing |
| Tuvalu | Liki | Small (of person or chicken) |
| Tuvalu | Lili | Shake with anger or other emotion |
| Tuvalu | Lilo | Hidden |
| Tuvalu | Lima | Five |
| Tuvalu | Lima | Hand-arm |
| Tuvalu | Limu | Seaweed, moss, fungus on trees |
| Tuvalu | Liu | Bilge of vessel, bilgewater |
| Tuvalu | Roo | Ant |
| Tuvalu | Loa | Long, tall, high |
| Tuvalu | Loata | Large ant |
