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 | Oolesi | Papaw (Ldn) |
| Tuvalu | Vene | Carrying straps, bindings about abdomen after birth |
| Tuvalu | Veve | Wilt, fade (of leaves in the heat) |
| Tuvalu | Veve | Wilt, fade (of leaves) |
| Tuvalu | Vii | Fermented (of food); sour; stage in fermentation of kaleve [toddy] when it has not yet reached the drinkable kamagii stage |
| Tuvalu | Mele/mele | Star name. Planet: Venus (Jsn). |
| Tuvalu | Pulaka | Elephant ear taro (Cyrtosperma chamissonis) (Rby) |
| Tuvalu | Aute | Tree sp. (Hibiscus) Borrowed |
| Tuvalu | Aa- | Future time marker |
| Tuvalu | Ui | Take a direction, turn, go (all involving choice from several options) |
| Tuvalu | Ui/ga | Habit, use, custom |
| Tuvalu | Pale | Ward off a blow with hand or stick |
| Tuvalu | Pale | Aslant (of trees) |
| Tuvalu | Tafola | The beach |
| Tuvalu | Takuo | Tuna fish |
| Tuvalu | Pati/pati | Clap; clapping |
| Tuvalu | Hee ai | Be none, or none left |
| Tuvalu | Kapi | Net shuttle |
| Tuvalu | Kapi | To cover |
| Tuvalu | Olo | Go (plural) |
| Tuvalu | Peke | Crooked |
| Tuvalu | Hegi | Dazzled, dazed, crazy, stupid, foolish |
| Tuvalu | Kalu | Seminal fluid |
| Tuvalu | Haga | Attend to one's task |
| Tuvalu | Muka | Knob on distal end of paddle Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tuvalu | Tautuu | Spiny puffer fish |
| Tuvalu | Tekau | Twenty (bonito, mature nuts, drinking nuts) |
| Tuvalu | Talatala | Rough surfaced |
| Tuvalu | Tupu | Be exceeded (of numbers). Tekau tupu More than twenty. |
| Tuvalu | Teenaa | That (near you); there (near you) |
| Tuvalu | Maili | Increase (of wind) |
| Tuvalu | Peelaa | Like that yonder |
| Tuvalu | Taa/taa | Sweat |
| Tuvalu | Tata | Pull out (as of knife from sheath, tooth from jaw) |
| Tuvalu | Tautali | To follow |
| Tuvalu | Toli | Enlarge a pit by digging at the sides |
| Tuvalu | Tamataane | Young man |
| Tuvalu | Fakaata | Mirror |
| Tuvalu | Fakaata/ata | Look in mirror |
| Tuvalu | Lehi | Gullibility; the taking advantage of another's gullibility |
| Tuvalu | Talotalo | Spider Lily (Crinum asiaticum) |
| Tuvalu | Fakamaa/gina | Be caused embarrassment |
| Tuvalu | Fule | Withdraw foreskin |
| Tuvalu | Mafoa | Daybreak; broken into light (of the dawn) |
| Tuvalu | Takale | Soft shoot of topmost leaves of coconut tree |
| Tuvalu | Tute | Fish sp., garfish |
| Tuvalu | Paa | Slight depression in a tree trunk; defects or blemishes in a canoe due to using misshapen wood; defect in a family group |
| Tuvalu | Paki | Touch; sudden hand or arm movement |
| Tuvalu | Paki/paki | Sexual intercourse |
| Tuvalu | Paa | Beat a gong for dancing; hit (of falling object) |
