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 |
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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 |
Tuvalu | Toko- | Human prefix |
Tuvalu | Tola | Sexually excited ; erection |
Tuvalu | Tole | Female sex organs |
Tuvalu | Toli | Pick nearly all the fruit from a tree |
Tuvalu | Tolo | Rub foot back and forth, to scratch foot, kill insect etc |
Tuvalu | Tolu | Three |
Tuvalu | Tomo | Sink in |
Tuvalu | Toomua | Early |
Tuvalu | Tomuli | Late |
Tuvalu | Tona | Yaws |
Tuvalu | Tomo | Clitoris Phonologically Irregular |
Tuvalu | Tono/i | Incite to anger Problematic |
Tuvalu | Tonu | Right, correct; straight |
Tuvalu | Tonu | Fish sp |
Tuvalu | Tosi | Cut laufala, laukie into small strips (lino) for weaving mats |
Tuvalu | Tohi/tohi | Divide Pandanus into strips for weaving |
Tuvalu | Toto | Blood |
Tuvalu | T/tou/ | We, our (inclusive) plural preverbal and posessive form) |
Tuvalu | Tuu | Stand (as opposed to sitting or walking); stop, of a movement |
Tuvalu | Tua | Fell (a tree) |
Tuvalu | Tua- | Numeral prefix, stranded (of ropes) Preceding numbers, a measure of thickness . |
Tuvalu | Tuagaane | Cross-sibling |
Tuvalu | Tuai | Coconut grater |
Tuvalu | Tuai | Late; be delayed |
Tuvalu | Tuaakoi | Boundary |