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Language: Nanumea

Source/Author:  Peter Ranby 
Notes:  Ranby, Peter. 1980. A Nanumea Lexicon. Canberra: Dept. of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University.

Nanumea is spoken on the northernmost island of Tuvalu. 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Andrew C. Hsiu  Checked By:  
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Remote Oceanic:Central Pacific:East Fijian-Polynesian:Polynesian:Nuclear:Samoic-Outlier:Ellicean 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
1 hand lima   1  
2 left valea   1  
2 left hema   1  
2 left hupa   1  
2 left maui   1  
3 right atamai   7  
3 right matau   5  
3 right poto      
4 leg/foot vae   1  
5 to walk haele   6  
6 road/path alatuu      
6 road/path auala      
7 to come hau singular 1  
7 to come mai plural 1  
8 to turn word info takapili      
9 to swim kakau   5  
10 dirty pala      
10 dirty kelekelea      
11 dust paefu   1  
12 skin kili   1  
12 skin pau   1  
13 back word info tua   12  
14 belly tinae   19, 34  
15 bone ivi   2, 5  
16 intestines gaakau   12  
17 liver ate   1  
18 breast uu      
19 shoulder tuauma      
20 to know, be knowledgeable iloa   13  
21 to think lagona   9  
21 to think manatu   9  
21 to think maafaufau   9  
22 to fear mataku   1  
22 to fear hapole   1  
22 to fear hee   1  
23 blood toto   4  
23 blood kelakela   4  
24 head ulu   1  
24 head piho   1  
25 neck ua      
26 hair word info fulufulu   31  
27 nose ihu   1  
28 to breathe mapu      
28 to breathe gaegae      
29 to sniff, smell mahogi intransitive 9  
29 to sniff, smell hogi transitive 9  
30 mouth gutu   2  
31 tooth nifo   1  
32 tongue alelo   15  
33 to laugh kata   7  
34 to cry tagi   1  
35 to vomit lua   8  
36 to spit anu   14  
36 to spit puhi   14  
37 to eat kai   1  
38 to chew word info lamu   7  
38 to chew word info mama   7  
38 to chew word info gau   7  
38 to chew word info gugu   7  
39 to cook word info tunu   9  
40 to drink inu   1  
41 to bite      
42 to suck mimiti      
43 ear taliga   1  
44 to hear lagona   1  
44 to hear logo   1  
45 eye mata   1  
46 to see kilo      
46 to see lavea      
46 to see pula      
47 to yawn      
48 to sleep moe   10  
49 to lie down word info moe ki lalo   6  
49 to lie down word info fakapale   6  
50 to dream moemiti   7, 36  
51 to sit noho   16  
52 to stand tuu   2  
53 person/human being tagata   1, 66  
54 man/male taane   11  
55 woman/female fafine   1, 41  
56 child tama   6  
56 child tamaliki   6  
57 husband      
58 wife      
59 mother      
60 father      
61 house fale   14  
62 thatch/roof ato to thatch 1  
62 thatch/roof lau to thatch 1  
63 name igoa   6  
64 to say fai      
64 to say faipati      
64 to say taku      
65 rope kafa   10  
65 rope lopu   10  
65 rope maea   10  
66 to tie up, fasten noanoa   14  
66 to tie up, fasten lii to tie (on skirt) 14  
67 to sew word info      
68 needle nila   16  
69 to hunt word info      
70 to shoot word info fana   1  
71 to stab, pierce velo   15  
71 to stab, pierce tui   15  
72 to hit word info taa   10  
73 to steal kaiaa   7  
74 to kill taa mate      
75 to die, be dead mate   1  
76 to live, be alive      
77 to scratch word info alati   10  
78 to cut, hack word info kati      
79 stick/wood kau   1  
79 stick/wood laakau   1  
80 to split word info ihi      
81 sharp matakai      
82 dull, blunt      
83 to work word info haga   10  
84 to plant      
85 to choose fili   1  
86 to grow word info tupu   1  
87 to swell word info fefete      
87 to swell word info fufula      
88 to squeeze word info kumi   13  
88 to squeeze word info lomi   13  
88 to squeeze word info tau   13  
89 to hold word info puke   13  
89 to hold word info tago   13  
90 to dig keli   6  
90 to dig kenu   6  
90 to dig koli   6  
91 to buy tata      
91 to buy fakatau mai      
92 to open, uncover hue      
92 to open, uncover tatala      
92 to open, uncover mafela      
93 to pound, beat word info tukituki      
94 to throw word info tupe      
94 to throw word info apa to throw a knife or stick    
95 to fall word info too   14  
96 dog kulii   7  
97 bird manulele      
98 egg fua   5  
99 feather fulu   1  
100 wing kapakau   1  
101 to fly eva   11  
101 to fly lele   11  
102 rat kimoa   12  
102 rat kiole   12  
103 meat/flesh kanofi   14  
104 fat/grease hinu   14  
104 fat/grease gako   14  
105 tail hiku      
106 snake      
107 worm (earthworm) kalemuta      
108 louse word info      
109 mosquito      
110 spider makamaka   1  
110 spider pogaaleveleve   1  
111 fish ika   1  
112 rotten word info pala   13  
112 rotten word info popo   13  
112 rotten word info pupu   13  
113 branch word info kaulaa      
114 leaf lau   1  
114 leaf mulo   1  
115 root aka   2  
115 root pogai   2  
116 flower pula      
117 fruit fua   1  
118 grass mauku   2  
118 grass mouku   2  
119 earth/soil kele   10  
120 stone fatu   1  
121 sand one   1  
121 sand fuu   1  
122 water word info vai   2  
123 to flow hua   10  
123 to flow lofia   10  
123 to flow tafe   10  
124 sea tai   1  
124 sea moana   1  
125 salt maasima      
126 lake tai hala      
127 woods/forest vao   14  
128 sky lagi   1  
129 moon maahina   5  
129 moon maalama   5  
130 star fetuu   1  
131 cloud word info kaumana      
132 fog fofu      
133 rain ua      
133 rain timu      
134 thunder mana   37  
135 lightning uila   2  
136 wind      
137 to blow word info agi blow (wind) 8  
137 to blow word info puhi blow (mouth) 8  
138 warm word info mafana   1  
138 warm word info mavelavela   1  
139 cold word info maaluuluu      
139 cold word info makalili      
140 dry word info tauaki to dry in the sun    
141 wet hihiu   11  
141 wet maalu   11  
141 wet pala   11  
142 heavy mamafa   1, 67  
143 fire afi   1  
143 fire kavakava   1  
144 to burn word info tafu   8  
144 to burn word info tugia   8  
145 smoke word info au      
146 ash lefu      
146 ash pefu      
147 black uli   7  
148 white tea   8  
149 red kula   13  
150 yellow sama      
150 yellow fefelo      
150 yellow hegahega      
151 green lanu lau niu      
152 small foliki      
152 small foliil      
152 small fonini      
153 big lahi   12  
154 short word info toetoe      
155 long word info loa   12  
156 thin word info tuaniki      
157 thick word info maatolu   3  
157 thick word info tuaefa thick (of rope) 3  
157 thick word info tuatua thick (of rope) 3  
158 narrow puufoliki      
158 narrow puumataniki      
159 wide lauefa      
160 painful, sick malaga      
161 shy, ashamed maa   1  
161 shy, ashamed mamaa   1  
162 old word info matua old person or animal 1  
163 new foou   1  
164 good lelei   17  
165 bad, evil maahei      
166 correct, true muna tonu truth    
167 night poo   1  
167 night poouli   1  
167 night taiao   1  
168 day ao      
169 year tauhanga      
170 when? word info naafea past 5  
170 when? word info aafea future 5  
171 to hide word info mumuni   1  
171 to hide word info fakalilo   1  
171 to hide word info fuu   1  
172 to climb word info kake   2  
173 at i      
174 in, inside loto   5  
175 above luga   9  
176 below lalo   8  
177 this teenei   1  
177 this nei   1  
178 that teenaa   1  
178 that teelaa   1  
179 near pili   30  
180 far mamao   13  
181 where? word info teehea      
182 I au   1  
182 I aku   1  
183 thou koe   1  
183 thou ke   1  
184 he/she ia      
185 we word info      
186 you koulua   16  
186 you koutou   16  
187 they laaua dual    
187 they laatou plural    
188 what? word info aa      
189 who? word info ai      
190 other etahi      
191 all katoa   13  
192 and      
193 if kaa      
193 if kaafai      
193 if mana      
193 if me he mea      
194 how? word info peehea   11  
195 no, not ikai      
195 no, not mooe      
196 to count tau   8  
196 to count lau   8  
197 One word info tahi   1, 66  
198 Two word info lua   1  
198 Two word info aoa   1  
199 Three word info tolu   1  
200 Four word info faa   1, 66  
201 Five word info lima   1  
202 Six word info      
203 Seven word info fitu   1  
204 Eight word info valu   3  
205 Nine word info iva   5, 66  
206 Ten word info fua-   5  
206 Ten word info gafulu   5  
206 Ten word info toa   5  
206 Ten word info tino   5  
207 Twenty word info tekau   4  
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info lau   2  
210 One Thousand word info afe   3  
210 One Thousand word info mano   3  

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