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 | Ea | Rise, grow (as a sandbank) |
| Tuvalu | Epa | Fine sleeping mat |
| Tuvalu | Eva | Fly, jump, hop |
| Tuvalu | Eve | A fish (Epinephelus sp.) |
| Tuvalu | Eve/tuaamotu | (Epinephelus hexagonatus) |
| Tuvalu | Faa | Four |
| Tuvalu | Faa | Hoarse |
| Tuvalu | Faa | Base end of a coconut midrib |
| Tuvalu | Faele | Pregnant or lactating woman |
| Tuvalu | Fafo | Carry a person or child on one's back |
| Tuvalu | Faafaa | Feel for, grope for, touch |
| Tuvalu | Fafago | Awaken someone (Niutao) |
| Tuvalu | Fafagu | Awaken someone (Niutao and Nanumanga dial.) |
| Tuvalu | Fafine | Woman |
| Tuvalu | Faga | Peel fruit |
| Tuvalu | Fafaga | Open, separate (as of a woman's legs) |
| Tuvalu | Fa/faga | Open, separate (as of a woman's legs) |
| Tuvalu | Faga | A bay |
| Tuvalu | Faagai | Feed |
| Tuvalu | Fangasele | Beloved child, favorite |
| Tuvalu | Fago | Blow nose |
| Tuvalu | Fagogo | Half coconut shell |
| Tuvalu | Fagota | A long-handled scoop net ; shoal, school (of reef fish), to fish |
| Tuvalu | Fai | Stingray |
| Tuvalu | Fai | Do, make |
| Tuvalu | Fai | Copulate |
| Tuvalu | Fai- | Prefixed to a verbal form produces noun denoting performer (NNM) |
| Tuvalu | Faai | Break (vt) an object such as coconut, head, canoe |
| Tuvalu | Faigofie | Easy |
| Tuvalu | Faigataa | Difficult (of things, children) |
| Tuvalu | Faitama | Be pregnant |
| Tuvalu | Faite | Build house or canoe |
| Tuvalu | Fa(a)ite | Fix, repair, build |
| Tuvalu | Faiva | Fishing, method of fishing |
| Tuvalu | Faka- | Causative prefix |
| Tuvalu | Faka- | To act a role |
| Tuvalu | Fakaeteete | Avoid, beware |
| Tuvalu | Fakafetai | Thank. |
| Tuvalu | Fakafiti | Deny |
| Tuvalu | Fakafoa | A boil |
| Tuvalu | Fakaipoipo | Marry. introduced from RAR via SAM Problematic |
| Tuvalu | Fakakii | Front of throat, Adam's apple |
| Tuvalu | Fakaala | Meal |
| Tuvalu | Fakalaa(-ina) | To expose to the heat of the sun |
| Tuvalu | Fakalanu | Bathe in fresh water after a swim |
| Tuvalu | Faka/la/lanu | Dye |
| Tuvalu | Fakaali | To show |
| Tuvalu | Fakalogo | Obey; act of hearing |
| Tuvalu | Fakammau | To attach firmly |
| Tuvalu | Fakamau | To record (a story) |
