Entries from Capell 1984 in Pollex-Online
Capell, A. (1984). Futuna-Aniwa Dictionary, with Grammatical Introduction. Canberra, Department of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, The Australian National University.
Language | Item | Description |
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West Futuna | Ko/raŋa | A large crowbar |
West Futuna | Koro | Enclosure for putting yams; inlet |
West Futuna | Kot/kote (ANI) | Cackle |
West Futuna | Kox/ko | To bark (of dog) |
West Futuna | Kox/koto | A plain; level (adj) Phonologically Irregular |
West Futuna | Kuku | Dove with red head. Pigeon (Ptilinopus spp.) (Rve). Problematic |
West Futuna | Kuku | Fish sp. Phonologically Irregular |
West Futuna | Kumi/eifo | To press down |
West Futuna | Kum/kumi-a | To mould the head and stretch the limbs of an infant |
West Futuna | Mtáku (WFU), ku/mtagu (ANI) | Fear (n) |
West Futuna | Tauama | Rope fixed to sail; tiller |
West Futuna | Lele/xtu | To be struck Problematic |
West Futuna | Toko/naki/na | To support, help |
West Futuna | Mai | Suffix denoting motion towards the speaker |
West Futuna | Mau/tSia (ANI) | To bite Phonologically Irregular |
West Futuna | Manatu-nia | To think, meditate, understand |
West Futuna | Ma/ŋane (ANI) | To do, to act; an action |
West Futuna | Maŋ/maŋuŋu (ANI) | Gritty |
West Futuna | Mara | Fish sp. |
West Futuna | Xmaru | To trickle (of water) |
West Futuna | MaS/árupe (WFU), matS/árupe | Fig tree |
West Futuna | Mata | To see (mata i ei); to gape |
West Futuna | Mata/kera (ANI) | To anoint eyes with milk Uncertain Semantic Connection |
West Futuna | Matapisu | Fish sp. Limpet (Clk). |
West Futuna | Matari | Soft but still unripe (not breadfruit) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
West Futuna | Ma/tatara (ANI) | Rough |
West Futuna | Matou (ANI). Matua (Rve). | Thumb. Pouce (Rve). |
West Futuna | (Ma)/to/xto (WFU) | To rain a little |
West Futuna | MatSiko/rima (ANI) | Finger |
West Futuna | MatSiko/vae (ANI) | Little toe |
West Futuna | Amo/SiSiki (WFU), Ma/tSiktSiki (ANI) | Polynesian hero |
West Futuna | Ma/unu | Go ahead, go quickly (of people in file) |
West Futuna | Maunu-Sia (WFU), maunu-tSia (ANI) | To place the bait in the fish basket |
West Futuna | Maxle/ŋa | Things left by persons now dead |
West Futuna | Mentu/a | To think, intend |
West Futuna | Meraŋa (ANI) | To spring |
West Futuna | Me/riŋe (ANI) | To decay, rot |
West Futuna | Mero/saŋa (ANI) | Be low (of tide) |
West Futuna | Mi (ANI) | Bunch of coconuts |
West Futuna | Mina/pu (ANI) | To agree Problematic |
West Futuna | Misi/ekina | To suck in (water, coconut, etc.) |
West Futuna | MiSi/miSi | The wake of canoes |
West Futuna | Mo | Conjunction, or Uncertain Semantic Connection |
West Futuna | Moana | The ocean |
West Futuna | Momau | To destroy food, coconut trees etc. |
West Futuna | Mó/moa | Central part of banana covering which hangs down |
West Futuna | Momo/visau | To babble |
West Futuna | Xmori (WFU), more (ANI) | To pray Uncertain Semantic Connection |
West Futuna | Moriko/riko | Period just before sunrise |
West Futuna | Mor/more (ANI) | Slippery |