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





