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 | 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 |
| Tuvalu | Lo/lofa/ | Crumple and fall slowly (of people), stagger, faint |
| Tuvalu | Logo | Feel pain or emotion |
| Tuvalu | Logo | News, tell news |
| Tuvalu | Looloo | Bunch of green coconuts |
| Tuvalu | Rou | Move something with a stick |
| Tuvalu | Loi | A lie; tell a lie |
| Tuvalu | Loi | Fish (Cephalopolis argus) |
| Tuvalu | Loki/loki | Part of cooking-shed fenced off for firewood |
| Tuvalu | Loku | Bend or bend straight (a stick or piece of pipe) |
| Tuvalu | Loli | Black-coloured sea-cucumber |
| Tuvalu | Lolo | Coconut cream for making oil |
| Tuvalu | Loma | Overflow, rise up (of water) |
| Tuvalu | Lomi | Press upon, massage |
| Tuvalu | Lotu | Church, denomination; worship |
| Tuvalu | Luu | Shake |
| Tuvalu | Luu/luu | Shake (pl. subj. or obj.) |
| Tuvalu | Lua | Hole, pit |
| Tuvalu | Lua | Vomit |
| Tuvalu | Toli | Enlarge a pit by digging at the sides |
| Tuvalu | Luaki | To vomit (of a fish) |
| Tuvalu | Maatuu | North Problematic |
| Tuvalu | Lue | Shake, rock to and fro. To shake off (Jsn). |
| Tuvalu | Lue/lue | Earthquake. To sway backwards and forwards, sidewards continuously (Jsn). |
| Tuvalu | Luga | Up |
| Tuvalu | Lu/luku/ | Assemble (of11people); gather, collect |
| Tuvalu | Lulu | Tie sticks to posts for fence |
| Tuvalu | Faka/luma/ | Do something others may tease you for |
| Tuvalu | Luna | A herb (Laportea ruderalis) |
| Tuvalu | Lupo | Very small fish sp |
| Tuvalu | Ma- | Stativiser, semi-productive |
| Tuvalu | Maa | And (with numerals) |
| Tuvalu | Mamaa | Feel ashamed (Plural) |
| Tuvalu | Maa | First person dual exclusive subject and possessive preposed pronoun |
| Tuvalu | -maa | First person dual exclusive possessive pronoun. |
| Tuvalu | Maa | For |
| Tuvalu | Mae/mae | Tip of coconut leaf Problematic |
