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 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 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
Tuvalu Maea Rope of foreign manufacture
Tuvalu Maŋene Orgasm Problematic
Tuvalu Ma/faa Broken (of a vessel); split
Tuvalu Mafai Able, permitted (Rby)
Tuvalu Mafaki Fallen, broken off
Tuvalu Ma/fana Warm; rebake
Tuvalu Mafatua Sneeze
Tuvalu Mafela Be open (of eyes, boils, labia)
Tuvalu Mafi Hardworking, strong
Tuvalu Mafola Flat (of land); extensive clearing for planting
Tuvalu Mafole Peeled, scratched
Tuvalu Mafu Healed
Tuvalu Mafu/ga Scar on body
Tuvalu Maafuu Sleepy, weary
Tuvalu Mafuiʔe Earthquake Problematic