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 | 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 |
| Tuvalu | Titi | Halo round the moon |
| Tuvalu | Too | Fall, drop, sink (of the sun) |
| Tuvalu | Taka/too | Belch |
| Tuvalu | Toa | Brave |
| Tuvalu | Toafa | The desert |
| Tuvalu | Toe | Remain |
| Tuvalu | Toe | Again |
| Tuvalu | Toetoe | Short (in length) |
| Tuvalu | Tofe | Shellfish that sticks to floating logs |
| Tuvalu | ʔTofi | To break off into small pieces; to cut or divide into small pieces |
| Tuvalu | Tofu | Complete, without exception ; each have (own, possess) |
| Tuvalu | Toga | South |
| Tuvalu | Togafiti | Trick, act of deceit, magic; trick or illusion; treatment (for sickness), remedy; idea, device, a way to overcome a problem (J) |
| Tuvalu | Togi | Mark, cut |
| Tuvalu | Togitogi | Peck (of a chicken) |
| Tuvalu | Toho. Toso(toso) (Jsn). | Pull, drag |
| Tuvalu | Toka | Peaceful, be in peace |
| Tuvalu | Tokolua | Second in command, assistant |
| Tuvalu | Tokoluaa | Those two persons |
| Tuvalu | Tokelau | North, northerly wind |
| Tuvalu | Toki | Adze |
| Tuvalu | Toko | Pole for propelling a canoe |
