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 Me Whether, if . Either; or; because; whether
Tuvalu Me he mea If
Tuvalu Mea/mea/ Red, as sunburnt skin
Tuvalu Mea Thing
Tuvalu Mei Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis)
Tuvalu Mai The breadfruit tree
Tuvalu Mmelo Reddish
Tuvalu Migi/migi Curly (of hair)
Tuvalu Mili Rub with flat of hand
Tuvalu Milo Tree sp
Tuvalu Mi/milo To braid ?
Tuvalu Mimi Urinate
Tuvalu Mio/mio Whirlpool
Tuvalu Miha Flow meagrely, of sap
Tuvalu M/misa/ Disturb surface of ocean (as by a shoal of fish)
Tuvalu Faka/mihi/ Dream or think of someone dead or absent
Tuvalu Miti Dream
Tuvalu Miti Sip, suck up
Tuvalu Miti Sauce of salt-water, coconut cream and onions
Tuvalu Mo With, and
Tuvalu Moo For
Tuvalu Momoa Fish sp
Tuvalu Moana Ocean
Tuvalu Moe Sleep
Tuvalu Moega Bed; act of sleeping
Tuvalu Moe-to/tolo/ Creep into girl's bed at night
Tuvalu Takale Soft shoot of topmost leaves of coconut tree
Tuvalu Moikaka Strand of coconut husk fibre
Tuvalu Moko Gecko
Tuvalu Moko/tia Chilly, freezing
Tuvalu Mokopuna Grandchild
Tuvalu Mokopuu Great-grandchild
Tuvalu Mole Be behind in a task, behind the other boats Problematic
Tuvalu Mole/mole Smooth, slippery, slip, slide
Tuvalu Moli Orange
Tuvalu Moolii Lamp
Tuvalu Mo/moli/ Give or send gifts or testimony
Tuvalu M/momo Crushed to bits, reduced to powder
Tuvalu Momoe Copulate
Tuvalu Momona Fat, hence good to eat (of crab, fish, bird)
Tuvalu Mono/mono To plug; to plant pulaka by pushing it into the ground
Tuvalu Moso Cooked, properly cooked
Tuvalu Motimoti Fine rain
Tuvalu Motu To cut, break (of string), be separated
Tuvalu Motu Island, land
Tuvalu Faka/muu Dragonfly
Tuvalu Muu Fish (Monotaxis grandoculis), (Gnathodentex aerolineatus)
Tuvalu Muufeke Squid
Tuvalu Mui Assemble, swarm
Tuvalu Mui/ga Group of people