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 | 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 | Fa(k)aloo | To stretch (limbs) |
| Tuvalu | Mafatua | Sneeze |
| Tuvalu | Mafela | Be open (of eyes, boils, labia) |
| Tuvalu | Mafi | Hardworking, strong |
| Tuvalu | Mafoa | Daybreak; broken into light (of the dawn) |
| 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 |
| Tuvalu | Mafuli | Capsized (boat); turned over (log) (Rby) |
| Tuvalu | Maga | Branch, branching, forked |
| Tuvalu | Maaga | Mouthful, portion, left-overs; to chew and spit out when chumming fish |
| Tuvalu | Maagalo | Forgiven |
| Tuvalu | Maagalo | Sweet |
| Tuvalu | Maageo | To itch |
| Tuvalu | Mahagi | Blown by wind Phonologically Irregular |
| Tuvalu | Masagi/sagi | Lightweight |
| Tuvalu | Mago | Used, worn out, old (of objects) |
| Tuvalu | Magoo | Blue Shark, Tiger Shark |
| Tuvalu | Mau | Season when tree is with fruit |
| Tuvalu | Mauku | Term for about fifteen kinds of grass |
| Tuvalu | Mai | Pass (me) |
| Tuvalu | ʔMai | To come (plural) |
| Tuvalu | Maika | Banana (Musa sp.) Problematic |
| Tuvalu | Maikao | Finger, toe |
| Tuvalu | Maile | Tree sp. (Phymatodes scolopendria) |
| Tuvalu | Maito | (A.achilles) [Shaw], Red-spotted surgeon fish (Zann) |
| Tuvalu | Makalili | Cold |
| Tuvalu | Makalo | Run |
| Tuvalu | Makeke | Strong, tough, hard |
| Tuvalu | Makila | Appear, come in sight, shine, glisten |
| Tuvalu | Mako | Formal dance |
| Tuvalu | Maakona | Satisfied, full after eating |
| Tuvalu | Mala | Disaster, misfortune |
| Tuvalu | Malae | Dance ground |
| Tuvalu | Malaga | Travel from Nanumea to Vao or Lakena |
| Tuvalu | Malala | Charcoal |
| Tuvalu | Malama | Light (not dark); become light |
| Tuvalu | Maalama | Moon |
| Tuvalu | Malatea | A fish |
| Tuvalu | Malau | Squirrelfish |
| Tuvalu | Malemo | Drowned |
