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 | Ho/hoko | Tie two ends together; unite two parties... |
| Tuvalu | Hoko- | Numerical prefix signifying exactness |
| Tuvalu | Hoko | Thick (of liquid); stiff (of a mixture, e.g. ice cream, cement, dough) |
| Tuvalu | Holi | Give freely. |
| Tuvalu | Ho/holo | Fast (of canoes) |
| Tuvalu | Soologa | Line of descent, procession, lineage |
| Tuvalu | Homo | Come into leaf, sprout (of coconut from husk. |
| Tuvalu | Hope | Comb of chicken; bun of hair |
| Tuvalu | Hopo | Jump |
| Tuvalu | Hopo | Take another's place, succeed to leadership |
| Tuvalu | Sopo | Sit upon something that moves (canoe, bike etc.), travel by riding |
| Tuvalu | Hu/huu | Damp |
| Tuvalu | Hua | Scratch (as a hen), clean up one's land, weed |
| Tuvalu | Hua | Begin to flow |
| Tuvalu | Huamalie | Sweet (of a liquid) |
| Tuvalu | Hue | Fish sp |
| Tuvalu | Hue | Open oven, take off lid, bring into open, wave in the wind |
| Tuvalu | Hui | To change; a replacement |
| Tuvalu | Hui | Mix with water |
| Tuvalu | Hu/huke/ | Open door, oven, lid |
| Tuvalu | Huki | Pierce; test ground for turtle eggs with a stick; poke a stick through mats to hold them on ridge of house; sticks so used which go crosswise above *taualuga* and below *tilofa* |
| Tuvalu | Hula | To appear |
| Tuvalu | Hulu | To pierce |
| Tuvalu | Hu/hulu/ | To weave mats |
| Tuvalu | Hulu | Full moon |
| Tuvalu | Hu/humu/ | Tie more than once |
| Tuvalu | Hunu/hunu | Cook fish or fowl in flames |
| Tuvalu | Taa | Beat |
| Tuvalu | Taa | Chop |
| Tuvalu | Taa | First person inclusive dual preposed subject pronoun |
| Tuvalu | -taa | First person inclusive dual possessive suffix |
| Tuvalu | Tae | Scoop fish |
| Tuvalu | Tae | Excrement |
| Tuvalu | Heki | Verb marker, not yet, not (in past tense) |
| Tuvalu | Tafa | Beside, the side of a person or object. Next to, beside (Jsn). |
| Tuvalu | Taahao | Play |
| Tuvalu | Tafao | To play (VAI) |
| Tuvalu | Tafaata | Daybreak |
| Tuvalu | Tafauli | Fish sp. |
| Tuvalu | Tafi | To sweep |
| Tuvalu | Tafiti | Wrestling match |
| Tuvalu | Tafito | Base of a tree |
| Tuvalu | Tafolaa | Whale |
| Tuvalu | Tafu | Make, light, tend (fire) |
| Tuvalu | Taga | Bag |
| Tuvalu | Taga | Not forbidden, not tapu |
| Tuvalu | Tagata | Man |
| Tuvalu | Tago | Grasp, hold, touch |
| Tuvalu | Taiao | Three to five-thirty a.m |
| Tuvalu | Taiki | Heartwood of kanava tree; hard and fully matured |
