Language: Tuvalu
Source/Author: | Geoffrey Jackson | |
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Identifiers: | ISO-639-3:tvl Glottocode: tuva1244 | |
Notes: | Jackson, Geoffrey. 2001. Tuvaluan Dictionary. Suva, Fiji: Oceania Printers. g = velar nasal macron indicates long vowels | |
Data Entry: | Typed By: Mary Walworth Checked By: | |
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Classification: | Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Remote Oceanic:Central Pacific:East Fijian-Polynesian:Polynesian:Nuclear:Samoic-Outlier:Ellicean | |
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Resources:
- ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Nanumea
- Ethnologue Information for tvl
- OLAC Information for tvl
- World Atlas of Language Structures Information for nnm
- [Suggest a resource]
Change History:
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- Changed "notes" from "g = velar nasal macron indicates long vowels " - Simon Greenhill (2020-12-14 09:42:59)
- Changed "source" from "Jackson, Geoffrey. 2001. Tuvaluan Dictionary. Suva, Fiji: Oceania Printers." - Simon Greenhill (2020-12-14 09:42:59)
- Changed #1591 from "sale", "add: saere", "6", "" (Word 1591) - Mary Walworth (2020-04-18 10:59:02)
Entries:
ID: | Word: | Item: | Annotation: | Cognacy: | Loan: |
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3 | right | ||||
7 | to come | ||||
12 | skin | ||||
13 | back | ||||
19 | shoulder | ||||
30 | mouth | ||||
34 | to cry | ||||
41 | to bite | ||||
44 | to hear | ||||
46 | to see | ||||
49 | to lie down | ||||
64 | to say | ||||
74 | to kill | ||||
82 | dull, blunt | ||||
84 | to plant | ||||
91 | to buy | ||||
106 | snake | ||||
114 | leaf | ||||
116 | flower | ||||
123 | to flow | ||||
131 | cloud | ||||
132 | fog | ||||
172 | to climb | ||||
173 | at | ||||
174 | in, inside | ||||
177 | this | ||||
178 | that | ||||
187 | they | ||||
190 | other | ||||
208 | Fifty | ||||
10 | dirty | lailai | |||
29 | to sniff, smell | manogi | |||
51 | to sit | sagasaga | |||
53 | person/human being | tino | |||
66 | to tie up, fasten | fakapiki | |||
68 | needle | nila | L from English | L | |
78 | to cut, hack | tipi | |||
107 | worm (earthworm) | ipo | |||
110 | spider | naleau | |||
125 | salt | masima | |||
149 | red | lanu | |||
152 | small | foniki | |||
153 | big | māfaga | |||
156 | thin | kauvikiviki | |||
164 | good | lei | |||
171 | to hide | pakili | |||
6 | road/path | ala | 1 | ||
17 | liver | ate | 1 | ||
18 | breast | u | 1 | ||
22 | to fear | mataku | 1 | ||
24 | head | ulu | 1 | ||
27 | nose | ihu | 1 | ||
28 | to breathe | mānava | 1 | ||
31 | tooth | nifo | 1 | ||
40 | to drink | inu | 1 | ||
43 | ear | taliga | 1 | ||
45 | eye | mata | 1 | ||
60 | father | tamana | 1 | ||
70 | to shoot | fana | 1 | ||
75 | to die, be dead | mate | 1 | ||
85 | to choose | filifili | 1 | ||
86 | to grow | tupu | 1 | ||
90 | to dig | keli | 1 | ||
97 | bird | manu | 1 | ||
99 | feather | fulufulu | 1 | ||
108 | louse | kutu | 1 | ||
109 | mosquito | namu | 1 | ||
111 | fish | ika | 1 | ||
117 | fruit | fua | 1 | ||
120 | stone | fatu | 1 | ||
121 | sand | one | 1 | ||
124 | sea | tai | 1 | ||
128 | sky | lagi | 1 | ||
130 | star | fetū | 1 | ||
133 | rain | ua | 1 | ||
143 | fire | afi | 1 | ||
160 | painful, sick | masaki | 1 | ||
161 | shy, ashamed | mata mā | 1 | ||
162 | old | matua | 1 | ||
163 | new | fou | 1 | ||
167 | night | po | 1 | ||
169 | year | tausaga | 1 | ||
183 | thou | koe | 1 | ||
184 | he/she | ia | 1 | ||
189 | who? | ko oi | 1 | ||
193 | if | kafai | 1 | ||
198 | Two | lua | 1 | ||
199 | Three | tolu | 1 | ||
201 | Five | lima | 1 | ||
202 | Six | ono | 1 | ||
203 | Seven | fitu | 1 | ||
185 | we | tātou | incl. | 1, 39 | |
113 | branch | kaula | metathesis | 1, 4, 66 | |
168 | day | aso | 1, 54 | ||
100 | wing | pakau | 1, 59 | ||
1 | hand | lima | hand | 1, 64 | |
138 | warm | mafanafana | 1, 72 | ||
11 | dust | pefu | 1, 74 | ||
71 | to stab, pierce | suki | 1, 8 | ||
4 | leg/foot | vae | 1, 100 | ||
55 | woman/female | fafine | 1, 106 | ||
182 | I | au | 1, 21 | ||
79 | stick/wood | lakau | 1, 26 | ||
37 | to eat | kai | 1, 47 | ||
139 | cold | makalili | 1, 52 | ||
2 | left | fakamaui | 1, 59 | ||
100 | wing | kapakau | 1, 59 | ||
136 | wind | matagi | 1, 66 | ||
200 | Four | fā | 1, 66 | ||
14 | belly | alo | 10 | ||
65 | rope | maea | 10 | ||
77 | to scratch | lati | 10 | ||
92 | to open, uncover | tala | 10 | ||
105 | tail | felo | 10 | ||
119 | earth/soil | kele | 10 | ||
124 | sea | moana | 10 | ||
139 | cold | moko | 10 | ||
148 | white | kena | 10 | ||
48 | to sleep | moe | 10, 109 | ||
105 | tail | velo | 10, 23 | ||
195 | no, not | ikai | 10, 83 | ||
144 | to burn | sunu | 106 | ||
166 | correct, true | sao | 107 | ||
83 | to work | galue | 11 | ||
101 | to fly | lele | 11 | ||
141 | wet | siu | 11 | ||
194 | how? | pefea | 11 | ||
16 | intestines | gakau | 12 | ||
94 | to throw | pei | 12 | ||
101 | to fly | eva | 12 | ||
102 | rat | kiole | 12 | ||
124 | sea | vaha | 12 | ||
150 | yellow | sega | 12 | ||
151 | green | lanu launiu | 12 | ||
153 | big | lasi | 12 | ||
155 | long | loa | 12, 105 | ||
54 | man/male | tagata | 12, 14 | ||
20 | to know, be knowledgeable | iloa | 13 | ||
57 | husband | avaga | 13 | ||
72 | to hit | pā | 13 | ||
89 | to hold | puke | 13 | ||
127 | woods/forest | togā lakau | 13 | ||
140 | dry | malō | 13 | ||
149 | red | kula | 13 | ||
180 | far | mao | 13 | ||
191 | all | katoa | 13 | ||
195 | no, not | se | 13 | ||
195 | no, not | seai | 13 | ||
112 | rotten | pala masei | 13, 117 | ||
67 | to sew | tui | 13, 16 | ||
61 | house | fale | 14 | ||
81 | sharp | kai | 14 | ||
88 | to squeeze | kumi | 14 | ||
95 | to fall | tō | 14 | ||
102 | rat | kimoa | 14 | ||
103 | meat/flesh | kano | 14 | ||
104 | fat/grease | gako | 14 | ||
127 | woods/forest | vao | 14 | ||
134 | thunder | fatili | 14 | ||
66 | to tie up, fasten | fakamau | 149 | ||
8 | to turn | fuli | 15 | ||
32 | tongue | alelo | 15 | ||
36 | to spit | puaki | 16 | ||
51 | to sit | nofo | 16 | ||
186 | you | koutou | 16 | ||
67 | to sew | sui | L from Samoa | 17 | L |
25 | neck | ua | 18 | ||
47 | to yawn | māvava | 19 | ||
14 | belly | tinae | 19, 34 | ||
161 | shy, ashamed | taema | 1? | ||
52 | to stand | tu | 2 | ||
93 | to pound, beat | tuki | 2 | ||
115 | root | aka | 2 | ||
122 | water | vai | 2 | ||
135 | lightning | uila | 2 | ||
145 | smoke | au | 2 | ||
209 | One Hundred | selau | 2 | ||
185 | we | mātou | excl. | 2, 39 | |
113 | branch | maga | 2, 35 | ||
157 | thick | matolu | 3 | ||
204 | Eight | valu | 3 | ||
210 | One Thousand | afe | 3 | ||
181 | where? | tefea | 3, 35 | ||
207 | Twenty | lua sefulu | 3, 6 | ||
179 | near | pili | 30 | ||
129 | moon | masina | 37, 5 | ||
23 | blood | toto | 4 | ||
59 | mother | mātua | 4 | ||
26 | hair | lauulu | 40 | ||
197 | One | tasi | 41 | ||
165 | bad, evil | masei | 42 | ||
107 | worm (earthworm) | anufe | 45 | ||
142 | heavy | mafa | 46 | ||
9 | to swim | kau | 5 | ||
87 | to swell | fete | 5 | ||
98 | egg | fuā | unsure about the vowel length, only forms given were compounds (p. 334) | 5 | |
170 | when? | fea | 5 | ||
206 | Ten | sefulu | 5 | ||
205 | Nine | iva | 5, 44 | ||
15 | bone | ivi | 52, 5 | ||
62 | thatch/roof | lau | 55 | ||
118 | grass | mouku | 58 | ||
95 | to fall | pakū | 59 | ||
5 | to walk | saere | 6 | ||
63 | name | igoa | 6 | ||
76 | to live, be alive | ola | 6 | ||
126 | lake | vaituloto | 6 | ||
137 | to blow | pusi | 6 | ||
156 | thin | paka | 6 | ||
56 | child | tamaliki | 6, 63 | ||
5 | to walk | sale | 6, 76 | ||
144 | to burn | ka | 62 | ||
154 | short | toetoe | 62 | ||
196 | to count | lau aka | 62 | ||
152 | small | foliki | 66 | ||
146 | ash | lefu | 67 | ||
33 | to laugh | kata | 7 | ||
38 | to chew | lamu | 7 | ||
73 | to steal | kaiā | 7 | ||
80 | to split | fakamaisi | 7 | ||
96 | dog | kuli | 7 | ||
147 | black | uli | 7 | ||
50 | to dream | moemiti | 7, 36 | ||
153 | big | matugā | 73 | ||
159 | wide | lauefa | 73, 48 | ||
35 | to vomit | lua | 8 | ||
42 | to suck | miti | 8 | ||
58 | wife | avaga | 8 | ||
69 | to hunt | tuli | 8 | ||
137 | to blow | agi | 8 | ||
166 | correct, true | tonu | 8 | ||
176 | below | i lalo | 8 | ||
196 | to count | faitau | 8 | ||
107 | worm (earthworm) | ilo | 80 | ||
158 | narrow | lauliki | 84 | ||
188 | what? | ā | 84 | ||
14 | belly | manava | 9 | ||
21 | to think | manatu | 9 | ||
29 | to sniff, smell | hogi | 9 | ||
39 | to cook | tunu | 9 | ||
107 | worm (earthworm) | kalemutu | 9 | ||
175 | above | i luga | 9 | ||
192 | and | mo | 9 |