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 | Mata o fota | Area of lagoon too deep to walk in Problematic |
| Tuvalu | Fota | Hollow out canoe |
| Tuvalu | Fotu | Appear (of fish named paala) |
| Tuvalu | Foou | New |
| Tuvalu | Fuu | To hide |
| Tuvalu | Laungutu fuu | Labia minora |
| Tuvalu | Fuu/penu | Children's game similar to "drop the handkerchief" |
| Tuvalu | Fuu | Fine sand, sediment |
| Tuvalu | Fua/fua | Measure; correct (v.t.) |
| Tuvalu | Fua- | Prefix indicating "ten times" |
| Tuvalu | Fua | Fruit, egg, bear fruit |
| Tuvalu | Fua | Testicle |
| Tuvalu | Fua | Only, just |
| Tuvalu | Fua/fua | Naked |
| Tuvalu | Fuaa | Jealous |
| Tuvalu | Fuaefa | Large |
| Tuvalu | Fua | Fish sp., a young Mullet |
| Tuvalu | Fuaika | A fish (Caranx sp.) |
| Tuvalu | Fuaitino | Physique |
| Tuvalu | Fuata/ga | Seeds, fruit; crop |
| Tuvalu | Fue | Canavalia maritima |
| Tuvalu | Fue/fue | Fly-whisk |
| Tuvalu | Uu | Large grub that eats coconut-meat Problematic |
| Tuvalu | Fugaona | Parent-in-law |
| Tuvalu | Fui | Put pairs of nuts together in tens; a bundle of nuts; ten (of coconuts and bonito) |
| Tuvalu | Fuifui | Sprinkle water over |
| Tuvalu | Fu/fula | To swell, swollen |
| Tuvalu | Fule | Peel a banana; pull line off rod without undoing it |
| Tuvalu | Fulu | Feather, hair on arms |
| Tuvalu | Fu/fulu | Wash (of hands, dishes, floor etc., but not clothes) |
| Tuvalu | Fulufulu | Hair, fur |
| Tuvalu | Funa | Wear a loincloth |
| Tuvalu | Funafuna | Large sea-slug |
| Tuvalu | Fune | Catkins of a breadfruit tree |
| Tuvalu | Foge | Itchy Problematic |
| Tuvalu | Funu | Pubic hair (VAI, FUN, NKF, NKL) |
| Tuvalu | Fusi | Bind together, lash together |
| Tuvalu | Huhu | Fight |
| Tuvalu | Fusu | Punch |
| Tuvalu | Futi | Pull, pluck |
| Tuvalu | Futi | Banana |
| Tuvalu | Futu | (Barringtonia asiatica |
| Tuvalu | -ga | Gerundive suffix |
| Tuvalu | Gaa | Nominal prefix indicating occurrence in groups |
| Tuvalu | Gaa- | Prefix to indicate "in the direction of" |
| Tuvalu | Gaegae | Short of breath; breathe heavily. (To have) asthma (Jsn). |
| Tuvalu | Gaakau | Gut, intestines |
| Tuvalu | Gali | Bite off more fruit than one can chew |
| Tuvalu | Gali | Handsome, beautiful |
| Tuvalu | Galulu | To shake, rock; to be shaken, rocked, vibrate, quake |
