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 | Ulugaa- | Prefix used to denote married couple |
| Tuvalu | Uluga | Pillow |
| Tuvalu | Uma | Greet by pressing noses, kiss |
| Tuvalu | Umaga | Pulaka pits, garden; also used for growing taro |
| Tuvalu | Ume | (Naso spp.) |
| Tuvalu | Umiti | Craving for fish in times of scarcity |
| Tuvalu | Umo | Pinch, nip, squeeze |
| Tuvalu | Umoti | Cork, to cork |
| Tuvalu | Umu | Oven (in earth) |
| Tuvalu | Una | Turtle shell |
| Tuvalu | Unafi | Fish scale |
| Tuvalu | Unoko | Blue |
| Tuvalu | Unu | Pull out (e.g. tooth, boundary stone) |
| Tuvalu | Unu | Line of people |
| Tuvalu | Uhi | Shoot (of coconut tree) |
| Tuvalu | Usi | Rich-colored: deep green (of leaves), jet black (of hair) |
| Tuvalu | Uso | Placenta |
| Tuvalu | Uso | Rectum |
| Tuvalu | Uhu | Push |
| Tuvalu | Usu | Hurt, ache (NTO) (FFI) |
| Tuvalu | Uta | Inland (relative to speaker); shore (from lagoon) |
| Tuvalu | -otou | Second person plural possessive suffix |
| Tuvalu | Utu | Fill vessel with liquids |
| Tuvalu | Utu | Aprion virescens |
| Tuvalu | Utua | That part of shore visible at low tide |
| Tuvalu | Utupoto | Tie-beam |
| Tuvalu | Vaa/vaa | Make growling noise at someone |
| Tuvalu | Vaa | Space between |
| Tuvalu | Vae | Leg |
| Tuvalu | Velo | Tail (not of fish) |
| Tuvalu | Vae lua | Half |
| Tuvalu | Vai | Water |
| Tuvalu | Vai-uu | Milk |
| Tuvalu | Vaivai | Dilute with water |
| Tuvalu | Vaka | Canoe |
| Tuvalu | Vale/a | The left side |
| Tuvalu | Va/vale/ | Watery |
| Tuvalu | Vale | Mad, foolish |
| Tuvalu | Vali | Paint, to paint |
| Tuvalu | Valo | Announcement |
| Tuvalu | Valo | Kind of crayfish |
| Tuvalu | Valu | Eight |
| Tuvalu | Valu | Scratch |
| Tuvalu | Vao | Forest |
| Tuvalu | Vaha | Ocean |
| Tuvalu | Vaahia | The space between. |
| Tuvalu | Vavae | Milkweed (Asclepius curassavica) |
| Tuvalu | Vave | Soon |
| Tuvalu | Vela | Hot, heat |
| Tuvalu | Wele | Weed with a knife; shave |
