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 | Pu/pui | Enclose, protect, encircle; turn a woman's affection towards oneself by use of charms |
| Tuvalu | Puka | A tree (Pisonia grandis) |
| Tuvalu | Pukavai | A tree (Hernandia peltata) |
| Tuvalu | Puke | Menstrual flow |
| Tuvalu | Puke | Hold, catch, restrain |
| Tuvalu | Puke | Menses |
| Tuvalu | Pukupuku | Spheroid (like a puku [mouthful] prepared for eating; short and fat (of people) |
| Tuvalu | Pula | Bright stones under water and visible at night |
| Tuvalu | Pulaka | (Cyrtosperma chamissonis) |
| Tuvalu | Pulapula | Young Coconut palm |
| Tuvalu | Pule | (Pila conica) [Gray] |
| Tuvalu | Pule | Rule; authority over food |
| Tuvalu | Pulepule | Spotted (large) |
| Tuvalu | Puleva | (Echidna nebulosa) (Gty.1994); Dragon Moray Eel > |
| Tuvalu | Puulou | Cover oneself |
| Tuvalu | Puulou | Cover oneself; scoop (as flying-fish in a net) |
| Tuvalu | Pulu | Coconut husk at eye end |
| Tuvalu | Tau/pulu | To plug holes in a canoe |
| Tuvalu | Pulu | Sap, gum, resin |
| Tuvalu | Pulupulu | Wrap person in cloth; shield from wind |
| Tuvalu | Puna | To bubble or boil (of water) |
| Tuvalu | Puni | To surround: encircle (as fish with a net) |
| Tuvalu | Punou | To bow down |
| Tuvalu | Punua | Young (of bird or mammal) |
| Tuvalu | Pupu | Impenetrable (of forest) |
| Tuvalu | Puha | Trunk, chest |
| Tuvalu | Pusaki | Good smell, fragrance, perfume. To blow, to pour out smoke (Jsn). |
| Tuvalu | Puhi | Blow with mouth |
| Tuvalu | Pusi | Saltwater eel |
| Tuvalu | Puta | Fat (of a person); doughnuts of flour and kaleve fried ; fat, chubby, plump; bladder; doughnut, fried bun |
| Tuvalu | Faka/putu/putu | Assemble (of people) |
| Tuvalu | Haa | Bad breath, halitosis, mouth odour Problematic |
| Tuvalu | Haa | Family |
| Tuvalu | Ha/hae/ | Tear, scratch |
| Tuvalu | Haa/hae/ | Tear in many places |
| Tuvalu | Hae | Appear, be visible, rise to surface |
| Tuvalu | Safe | Be great, be at a peak. |
| Tuvalu | Safe | To hang |
| Tuvalu | Safole | A fish name |
| Tuvalu | Haga | Work |
| Tuvalu | Hai | Method of tying string to canoe, rod or scoop-net ; pen, sty |
| Tuvalu | Hai/gina | Penned up, confined |
| Tuvalu | Haka | Actions of dance |
| Tuvalu | Hake/hake | Walk lifting feet high |
| Tuvalu | Hakili | To rummage for a particular object |
| Tuvalu | Hako | Be correct |
| Tuvalu | Hakulaa | Swordfish |
| Tuvalu | Hala | Wrong, worthy of punishment |
| Tuvalu | Salala | (Decapterus pinnulatus) |
| Tuvalu | Salii | A very small fish |
