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 | Hega/hega | Yellow |
| Tuvalu | Heu | Scoop into a net (of birds, fish) |
| Tuvalu | Hii | Fish with a rod, especially for Bonito |
| Tuvalu | Hii | Spurt |
| Tuvalu | Higa | To topple |
| Tuvalu | Hika | Make fire by friction |
| Tuvalu | Hiki | Lift |
| Tuvalu | Hiko | Catch a thrown object; juggle; lift cooked food from fire or oven with a stick |
| Tuvalu | Hikuleo | The quality of voice that distinguishes one speaker from another |
| Tuvalu | Hikumata | Outer ends of eyebrows |
| Tuvalu | Hina | Grey-haired |
| Tuvalu | Hinu | Oil, grease, fat; oily |
| Tuvalu | Hipa | Small Flying-fish sp |
| Tuvalu | Tuu/hipa | Slant, oblique |
| Tuvalu | Hihi | Raise, draw up, hoist up |
| Tuvalu | Hihi | (Terebra maculata) [l.] |
| Tuvalu | Sisi | To cut with a knife; to cut the coconut flesh from the shell |
| Tuvalu | Hi/hiu | Be wet |
| Tuvalu | Hoo/hoo | Move oneself or another person |
| Tuvalu | Tau/hoa/ | Friend |
| Tuvalu | Hoa | Opposite number in visiting party; opponent in fishing |
| Tuvalu | Hogi | Touch noses |
| Tuvalu | Hohogi | Smell |
| Tuvalu | Soi | To take sides with a friend in a fight or argument |
| Tuvalu | Hoko | Join; perform an action without a break |
| 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 |
