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 | Fakamau | To record (a story) |
| Tuvalu | Fakamele | To blame |
| Tuvalu | Fakaopo/opo | Unite |
| Tuvalu | Fakahani | Tie two coconuts together with their own fibre |
| Tuvalu | Fakaata | Mirror |
| Tuvalu | Fakatasi | To make one, unite, unify, join together; to attend, be present |
| Tuvalu | Fakatau- | Prefix indicating simultaneous action by two or more people |
| Tuvalu | Fakatoka | Prepare |
| Tuvalu | Fakavae | Foundation |
| Tuvalu | Faki | Pull off coconuts |
| Tuvalu | Faaki | Report on, inform on, tell |
| Tuvalu | Fala | Small mat for a baby |
| Tuvalu | Fala | Pandanus |
| Tuvalu | A/folau | Canoe shed, bush hut |
| Tuvalu | Hale | House |
| Tuvalu | Fale koloa | A shop |
| Tuvalu | Faaliki | Gift of mats |
| Tuvalu | F/falo | Stretch (body, limbs) |
| Tuvalu | Fa(k)aloo | Stretch (rope etc.) Phonologically Irregular |
| Tuvalu | Fana | Shoot with a gun |
| Tuvalu | Fanake | To rise (of the tide) |
| Tuvalu | Faanau | Set of siblings |
| Tuvalu | Faanau | Give birth, be born |
| Tuvalu | Fano | To go (of one person) |
| Tuvalu | Fano | Wash hands |
| Tuvalu | Fanua | Placenta |
| Tuvalu | Fao | A tree (Ochrosia oppositifolia) |
| Tuvalu | Fafao | Put into |
| Tuvalu | F/fao | Steal, snatch, seize, grab, take by force |
| Tuvalu | Faasi | Portion |
| Tuvalu | Faahua | (Tridacnus elongata) [Lamarck] |
| Tuvalu | Fatafata | Chest |
| Tuvalu | Fetai | Cassytha filiformis |
| Tuvalu | Faatele | Local dance ; traditional dance with ever-increasing tempo |
| Tuvalu | Fatiga lima | Knuckle |
| Tuvalu | Fatiga a lima | Inside of elbow |
| Tuvalu | Fatitili | Thunder |
| Tuvalu | Fatu | Weave |
| Tuvalu | Fatu/aki | Begin to weave |
| Tuvalu | Fatu | Compose, plan |
| Tuvalu | Fatu | Stone |
| Tuvalu | Fatuaki | Begin to weave; resolute ; make up mind, determine, decide to do something, to strengthen heart |
| Tuvalu | Fatuaki-ga | A plan |
| Tuvalu | Fatu kalaa | Hard, black stone |
| Tuvalu | Fakaata/ata | Look in mirror |
| Tuvalu | Fau tuu | (Hibiscus tiliaceus) |
| Tuvalu | Fa/fau | Lash |
| Tuvalu | Fau | Head wreath of flowers |
| Tuvalu | Faufau | To dislike strongly (NAN) |
| Tuvalu | Fe- | Reciprocal prefix |
