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
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 Xmori (WFU), more (ANI) To pray Uncertain Semantic Connection
West Futuna Moriko/riko Period just before sunrise
West Futuna Mor/more (ANI) Slippery
West Futuna Mo/xmo/si-a (WFU) To rub quickly (frequentative of *amo-sia*)
West Futuna Mo/xmoSiki-na To spy, peer
West Futuna M/puku (ANI) Ball
West Futuna Mpupuna (ANI), tupuna (FUT) Grandchild Phonologically Irregular
West Futuna Mtakainanga Tribe Problematic
West Futuna Mu Cooking place
West Futuna Mu/sia (ANI) To complain
West Futuna Fenake (WFU), nage (ANI) To rise. Go up.
West Futuna Nám/boa Bad-smelling (of fish)
West Futuna Na/na To stammer
West Futuna Na/na/gina (ANI) Comfort, hope (n) Uncertain Semantic Connection
West Futuna Na/papa Lay claim to
West Futuna Nape-a To hold a rope, etc., firmly; to constrain a person to stay
West Futuna Natu To go away
West Futuna Na/ura Be aflame
West Futuna (No)pito/pito (ANI), pix/pito/nea (FUT) Fragments. Broken pieces, as of a wrecked canoe
West Futuna Nosi/vero (ANI) Comet
West Futuna Nu/mku/mko (ANI) A stick of sugarcane Uncertain Semantic Connection
West Futuna Nungi-a To beg, beseech Phonologically Irregular
West Futuna Nu/si-a To draw, extract
West Futuna ŋa/xfere/xfere , ŋafer/fere (ANI) Bush difficult to go through. Entangled. Problematic
West Futuna ŋafo/fo (ANI) A crash
West Futuna Ngashi/nea (WFU), ngá/nea (ANI), ngasha/nea. Pot, cauldron, vessel, trough, utensil
West Futuna ŋa/rex/repu To stir up
West Futuna Ngar/ngari-a To gnaw
West Futuna Ngasese/masi Tapa, native cloth Uncertain Semantic Connection
West Futuna ŋa/si-a To row on side of canoe where there is no outrigger Uncertain Semantic Connection
West Futuna ŋa/taf/tafe Riverbed, swamp
West Futuna Nga/toro/xtoro To creep secretly along
West Futuna Ngau To eat sugarcane
West Futuna Ngongou Empty, desert Phonologically Irregular
West Futuna Ngutu (ANI) Top of cliff Uncertain Semantic Connection
West Futuna Oiri To bore
West Futuna Paká/kiato Boards into which pole of outrigger is fitted Uncertain Semantic Connection
West Futuna Pa/ke/xkisi (of green coconut) Not ready to drink
West Futuna Paŋi-a To plaster over Phonologically Irregular
West Futuna Pá/pura, x/pura (FUT), po/pra (ANI) To plant Problematic
West Futuna Patu Fish sp.
West Futuna Pau Pillar, column
West Futuna Pauri Dark, darkness
West Futuna Pax/paku Scorched by sun or fire (of fruit)
West Futuna Pe Conjunction: that, if
West Futuna Pekapeka Small variety of flying fox
West Futuna Pipi Fish sp.