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 | 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 | Putu | Too close |
| 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 | Haga | Attend to one's task |
| 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 |
| Tuvalu | Haalo | Flatten and smooth coiled Pandanus strand by running stick along it |
| Tuvalu | Halu | Comb |
| Tuvalu | Halu/halu | Scrape, rub hand over face |
| Tuvalu | Ama | Wife (jocular) |
| Tuvalu | Hamu | Eat only one food at a time |
| Tuvalu | Hao | Escape, be safe |
| Tuvalu | Hapo | Catch a thrown object |
| Tuvalu | Ssaga | Beam, rafter that runs the length of a house |
| Tuvalu | Hahake | Extreme end of land |
| Tuvalu | Hahala | Search for, find |
| Tuvalu | Hahave | Flying-fish |
| Tuvalu | Hau | Dew |
| Tuvalu | Haa/hau | Strike frequently |
| Tuvalu | Sau | Come, arrive (sg.) ; carry |
| Tuvalu | Hau | Carry in one hand |
| Tuvalu | Hau/hau | Carry in two hands |
| Tuvalu | Haavale | Spittle |
| Tuvalu | He(he)e | Be wrong; cowardly |
| Tuvalu | See | Insect found on coconut trees, toddy bug (Bsr) |
| Tuvalu | Hee | Negative, not, be not the case |
| Tuvalu | Heke | Travel with wave (on canoe or surfboard) |
| Tuvalu | Hele | Bird trap (consists of string and stick, the bird's legs becoming snared in loops of string) |
| Tuvalu | Hele | Trip opponent in wrestling |
| Tuvalu | Hele | Axe |
| Tuvalu | He/hele/ | Cut off a piece |
