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 -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
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 Olo Go (plural)
Tuvalu Peke Crooked
Tuvalu Hegi Dazzled, dazed, crazy, stupid, foolish
Tuvalu Talotalo Spider Lily (Crinum asiaticum)