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 Fee-fea How?, how so?
Tuvalu Fea Where?
Tuvalu Feao Family god; God; Jesus; spirits
Tuvalu Fete Swollen; to swell Problematic
Tuvalu Feiti Copulate
Tuvalu Fekafeka Gills and gullet of fish
Tuvalu Fekau Business, message, affair; send for
Tuvalu Feekau Human excrement
Tuvalu Feke Octopus
Tuvalu Fekiki Struggle, wrestle; move in sexual intercourse
Tuvalu Fekite Meet by chance
Tuvalu Fe/fela Open (of cut, boil, labia); pull down lower eyelid.
Tuvalu Fe/felo Yellow; pale complexioned
Tuvalu Felo Tree sp. (Ficus tinctoria), or its fruit
Tuvalu Fenua Land, country
Tuvalu Feo Substance harder than coral
Tuvalu Fepaki Collide
Tuvalu Vehu Fix a lure to a bonito line
Tuvalu Fete Swollen, to swell
Tuvalu Fe/fete/ To swell
Tuvalu Fetuu Star, shine (of stars)
Tuvalu Fetuu ao Morning Star
Tuvalu Fia To desire, want
Tuvalu Fiafia Happy
Tuvalu Fifi Snag a line, tangle
Tuvalu Fifi-mata Eyelashes
Tuvalu Fili Select, choose
Tuvalu Fili Enemy
Tuvalu Fili To string, as a lei, etc
Tuvalu Filo Mix (of liquids, or with people)
Tuvalu Finagalo Desire
Tuvalu Fiitaa Be tired
Tuvalu Fiti/fiti Roll over and over, flap like a fish
Tuvalu Fitu Seven
Tuvalu Fiu Wearied of
Tuvalu Foa Break a coconut, head, canoe etc
Tuvalu Fofoga Face (pl.); facial features
Tuvalu Fogahele Best beloved
Tuvalu Foe Paddle
Tuvalu Foki Return
Tuvalu Fola Spread (v.t.)
Tuvalu Folafola Promise, proclaim
Tuvalu Folau Voyage; boat from overseas
Tuvalu Fole/fole Peel, strip bark, pull skin off
Tuvalu Foli To walk back and forth
Tuvalu Folo Swallow
Tuvalu Fono Mend; a patch
Tuvalu Fono Meeting; people at a meeting
Tuvalu Fonu Full (NTO)
Tuvalu Fonu Turtle