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 | 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 |
| Tuvalu | Taina | Sibling of the same sex |
| Tuvalu | Taka | Unmarried, an unmarried adult |
| Tuvalu | Taka | Rope sandal |
| Tuvalu | Taka | Snood of fish-hook |
| Tuvalu | Kapau | Large coarse mat |
| Tuvalu | Takele/papa | Rocky floor of sea-bed depressions |
| Tuvalu | Taketake | White-capped Noddy (Anous minutus) |
| Tuvalu | Taku | Say, tell, acknowledge |
| Tuvalu | Taku | My |
| Tuvalu | Takua la, takua nei | It's not as if... (Jackson) |
| Tuvalu | Tala | Narrate, narration |
| Tuvalu | Ta/tala/ | Open |
| Tuvalu | Talafa | Beard |
| Tuvalu | Talai | Hew, carve |
| Tuvalu | Tala/talaamoa/ | (Timenia americana) |
| Tuvalu | Feke talava | Tarawa Octopus, which has more arms and stays in a cave during the day |
| Tuvalu | Talava | Element in house-frame (Koch 1961:116). Laths of split pandanus lashed on top of the rafters and under the thatch ribs (Kennedy 1931:269) |
| Tuvalu | Fale /talavai/ | Dispensary Problematic |
| Tuvalu | Fakata/tali/ | Wait on! |
| Tuvalu | Tali | Convey piecemeal, carry |
| Tuvalu | Tali | Container (for fekei, pig-trough etc.) |
| Tuvalu | Taliga | Ear |
| Tuvalu | Talo | (Colocasia sp.) |
| Tuvalu | Ta/talo/ | Pray |
| Tuvalu | Taalo | To wave the hand |
