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 Muli Behind
Tuvalu Mulivae Heel of foot
Tuvalu Mulu Stroke
Tuvalu Mu/mulu/lava Wash clothes, face, teeth etc
Tuvalu Mumu Crowded together
Tuvalu Mumuni Hide an object
Tuvalu Muna Speak, speech, word
Tuvalu Mutu Cut off, incomplete
Tuvalu Mutu/mutu (Abudefduf sp.)
Tuvalu Naa Near you
Tuvalu -na Third person singular possessive
Tuvalu Naa Stop crying
Tuvalu Naa Put up high out of the way
Tuvalu Naa Rest upon, put upon
Tuvalu Nafa Piece of broken canoe used as a drum
Tuvalu Namo Lagoon
Tuvalu Namu Mosquito
Tuvalu Nana Do repeatedly or unceasingly
Tuvalu Nana [Obscene]
Tuvalu Nanue A fish (Kyphosus cinerascens)
Tuvalu Nao Insert hand in a hole
Tuvalu Nape Hitch up a skirt
Tuvalu Nape/nape Decorate, dress up, make pretty
Tuvalu Ne Past tense marker
Tuvalu Nee Tag-question marker: isn't it? etc.
Tuvalu Nefu Unclear of liquid, misty of vision
Tuvalu Nei Here; this (near me); now
Tuvalu Ma/gene Orgasm
Tuvalu Ni Past tense marker
Tuvalu Ni Plural indefinite article
Tuvalu Nifo Tooth
Tuvalu Ninimo Vertigo, giddy
Tuvalu Nini Smear, daub
Tuvalu Nino Fine strand used in rope-making
Tuvalu Niu Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera)
Tuvalu Noa To bind, tie
Tuvalu Tamataane Young man
Tuvalu Nofo Sit
Tuvalu Noga Relieved of pain
Tuvalu Nono Small flying insect
Tuvalu Nonu (Morinda citrifolia)
Tuvalu Nuanua Rainbow
Tuvalu Nui Full (of belly)
Tuvalu Nuku Country
Tuvalu Numi Tangled (of a line)
Tuvalu Numi Wave goodbye Problematic
Tuvalu O Marker of non-finite verbs
Tuvalu Oa Topstrakes of a canoe
Tuvalu Ofaga Nest (of birds only)
Tuvalu Ofi Have room (of container), fit (of thing to be contained)