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 | Oho | Food taken to sea by fishermen |
| Tuvalu | Oi | Exclamation of surprise |
| Tuvalu | Oki/oki | To whistle |
| Tuvalu | Ola | Alive, healthy, recover from illness |
| Tuvalu | Ola | Air Plant (Kalanchoe pinnata) |
| Tuvalu | Ola | Basket for fish |
| Tuvalu | Olioli | Prayers said on shore for the success of fishermen |
| Tuvalu | Ono | Barracuda |
| Tuvalu | Ono/ono | Look, watch, consider |
| Tuvalu | Oso | Spring up, pounce, charge |
| Tuvalu | Ota | Raw fish or fruit; eat fish raw |
| Tuvalu | Ota | Grated coconut residue |
| Tuvalu | Paa | Fence |
| Tuvalu | Pa/paa, paa/paa | Slap |
| Tuvalu | Paa | Trolling hook for bonito |
| Tuvalu | Pae | Stones round an earth oven |
| Tuvalu | Paega | Strips of coconut husk to be buried in preparation for sennit-making pile of stones used to make lau - kafa (local rope) |
| Tuvalu | Paikea | Landcrab sp. |
| Tuvalu | Paka | Crab sp |
| Tuvalu | Pakapaka | Emaciated |
| Tuvalu | Pakee | Bang |
| Tuvalu | Pakee | Scissors; cut hair Problematic |
| Tuvalu | Pakeva | Fish sp. (Carangoides orthogrammus) |
| Tuvalu | Pakia | Hurt, a wound, sore |
| Tuvalu | Paki | Jellyfish sp. |
| Tuvalu | Paku/paku | Dried (of fish, a wound) |
| Tuvalu | Paku | Burn |
| Tuvalu | Paku/paku | Burnt |
| Tuvalu | Pakuu | Deep noise |
| Tuvalu | Pakuu | Acquire; fall (of objects, prices) |
| Tuvalu | Pa/pala/ | Excrete |
| Tuvalu | Pa/pala/ | To worsen (of a sore) |
| Tuvalu | Palaa/si | To be spread around, splattered everywhere |
| Tuvalu | Palalaa | Sound of knocking, beating, crashing |
| Tuvalu | Pallafa | Green coconut mid-rib |
| Tuvalu | Palapala/a | Muddy, swampy. Very dirty (Jsn). Borrowed |
| Tuvalu | Hiko | To coil (of string, rope, etc.) |
| Tuvalu | Pale | Head-dress; circlet of flowers |
| Tuvalu | Pale | Set (of sun) |
| Tuvalu | Pale-galu | Raised part of foredeck designed to prevent waves from entering a canoe Problematic |
| Tuvalu | Pali | Area between pubes and navel |
| Tuvalu | Palu | Fish (Ruvettus spp.) |
| Tuvalu | Palu | Mix flour with sap from Coconut Palm spathe |
| Tuvalu | Pana | Slingshot; shoot with a sling |
| Tuvalu | Papa | Flat rock, flat part of reef |
| Tuvalu | Papo | (Cheitinus trilobatus), (Epibulus insidiator) |
| Tuvalu | Papu/-vale | Fish sp. |
| Tuvalu | Papu/-taaea | Fish sp. |
| Tuvalu | Pata | Banana sp |
| Tuvalu | Paatotoo | Sound of something crashing to the ground |
