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 | ʔta | To bail out a boat . Taa |
| Tuvalu | (Ta)tau | Proper, necessary; compulsory, must |
| Tuvalu | Tau | Wring, squeeze |
| Tuvalu | -ttou | First person inclusive plural possessive suffix |
| Tuvalu | Taatou | We, us (first person plural inclusive) |
| Tuvalu | Tatuu | Stamp |
| Tuvalu | Tau/tau | Hanging |
| Tuvalu | Tau | Count, read |
| Tuvalu | Tau | Anchor, remain still (of school of fish) |
| Tuvalu | Tau- | Prefix, a pair, a couple . Prefix indicating a reciprocal pair |
| Tuvalu | Tau/naga | Year |
| Tuvalu | Taua | War; quarrel, fight |
| Tuvalu | Taaua | We two (inc.) |
| Tuvalu | Taui | Show unseemly haste to immediately and exactly discharge the obligation to return a gift |
| Tuvalu | Taula | Tie up a boat |
| Tuvalu | Taula | Anchor |
| Tuvalu | Faka/taaula/ | Bodyguard |
| Tuvalu | Taume | Fruit-bearing coconut shoot ; spathe of coconut |
| Tuvalu | Taumua | Front of a canoe |
| Tuvalu | Tauhunu | A tree (Messerschmidia argentea) |
| Tuvalu | Tautai | Canoe captain; head fisherman; to steer a canoe |
| Tuvalu | Tavake | Tropic Bird (Phaeton sp.) |
| Tuvalu | Tavatava | A fish with large fins |
| Tuvalu | Te | Definite article singular |
| Tuvalu | Tea | White |
| Tuvalu | Tefe | Superincise |
| Tuvalu | Tega | Hip, hip-bone |
| Tuvalu | Tega | Seed; core of breadfruit |
| Tuvalu | Teka | A spinning disc used in a game |
| Tuvalu | Teke | Prop up; props; fend canoe off rocks |
| Tuvalu | Teke | To refuse |
| Tuvalu | Tele | Plane wood |
| Tuvalu | Tele | To sail |
| Tuvalu | Teu | Keep safe; broom; bouquet |
| Tuvalu | Teu/teu | Sweep, clean out a house, decorate (NAN) |
| Tuvalu | Teu | Clean up, sweep, organize a room, tidy up; a broom; to dress up smartly, to decorate, to make pretty; decoration, vase of flowers; to keep safe, look after (Jackson) |
| Tuvalu | Teu | Fish sp.,Trevally, (Caranx ignobilis) (Jackson) |
| Tuvalu | Tii | Shine (of sun or moon) |
| Tuvalu | Tiale | A tree |
| Tuvalu | Tila | Mast |
| Tuvalu | Tili | A hand-net; cast a hand-net |
| Tuvalu | Tili | Generic term for a variety of hand-nets; cast a hand-net |
| Tuvalu | Tina | Wedge, drive a wedge, insert a fillet |
| Tuvalu | Tino | Body, person |
| Tuvalu | Tino | Indicates ten bonito, or coconuts (above twenty) |
| Tuvalu | Tio | Univalve mollusc sp. |
| Tuvalu | Tipa | Move in a certain direction |
| Tuvalu | Tipi | Cut the body |
| Tuvalu | Tii-puta | Woman's halter-type breast covering Borrowed |
| Tuvalu | Titi | Skirt of pandanus leaves |
