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 | Tau | Fruit marking prefix |
| Tuvalu | Tau/iva | Nine (of fruit); group of nine (fruit) |
| Tuvalu | Hiki | Shift a house; replant |
| Tuvalu | Nanu | Speak gibberish, or indistinctly. To be incoherent, to mumble (Jsn). |
| Tuvalu | Ui/ga | Meaning. About, concerning, regarding; personality, character, behaviour(Jsn). |
| Tuvalu | Kiki | To eat one food with another; to mix foods in the mouth. Protein (may refer to meat, fish or anything else eaten with rice, *pulaka* etc.; to eat protein or other food with rice (Jsn). |
| Tuvalu | Kiina/ga | Non-vegetable food contributed by family to communal feast (consists of pork, fish or chicken and forms part of the *fakaluaga*). |
| Tuvalu | Lagi/lagi | Send on frequent errands |
| Tuvalu | Lagi | An agreement as to how much food should be provided for a gathering in *aahiga*. |
| Tuvalu | Ifo | Bow down in prayer. To beg, humbly request; to give up, capitulate, surrender (Jsn). |
| Tuvalu | Maaina | Light (not dark); shine; understand |
| Tuvalu | Kofu | Wrap oneself in a mat; garlanded with flowers (of head). |
| Tuvalu | Guu | Grunt, coo |
| Tuvalu | Toga | Place, plot of land. |
| Tuvalu | Togaa/laakau | Flower garden |
| Tuvalu | Puku/puku | Spheroid (like a puku [mouthful] prepared for eating; short and fat (of people) |
| Tuvalu | Folomaga | Roof of mouth |
| Tuvalu | Tumu | Full |
| Tuvalu | Tugia | Set alight, burn (vt) |
| Tuvalu | Pei | Break a vessel (e.g. coconut, head, canoe, cup) |
