Entries from Dougherty 1983 in Pollex-Online
Dougherty, J. W. D. (1983). West Futuna-Aniwa: An Introduction to a Polynesian Outlier Language. Berkeley, University of California Press.
Language | Item | Description |
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West Futuna | A | Personal article |
West Futuna | Afa | Gale, storm winds, hurricane winds |
West Futuna | Afe | To return |
West Futuna | Afea, afia, aia | When (future interrogative) |
West Futuna | Afi | Fire |
West Futuna | Afiafi | Evening |
West Futuna | Afiga | Armpit |
West Futuna | Afu/a | Prepare ground for a garden |
West Futuna | Ao | Day, daylight; ; to dawn, to be light; to allow light to pass through... |
West Futuna | T/aotea | Noon, afternoon |
West Futuna | Au | Spleen (ANI) |
West Futuna | Au | Smoke; smoky |
West Futuna | (I)ranei | Today |
West Futuna | Ako-na | Try, learn, essay, attempt. |
West Futuna | Ara | Be awake, open the eyes |
West Futuna | Arafi/a | Bring, lead someone; marry (a wife) |
West Futuna | Ara uru | A fish Phonologically Irregular |
West Futuna | Arajia (WFU), araSia (ANI) | Scratch, engrave; claw (n,v) |
West Futuna | Rero | Tongue |
West Futuna | Aratu | Tomorrow |
West Futuna | Ari | Flounder |
West Futuna | Ari | Open, clear; become known |
West Futuna | Ariki | Chief, ruler; god, spirits; to rule |
West Futuna | Te/riki, tS/eriki (ANI) | Chief. A high chief (Cpl). |
West Futuna | Aro/fia mai | Paddle forward a little |
West Futuna | Aro | Chest; forward or front side of something. Versant (Rve). |
West Futuna | Arofa (WFU), alofa (ANI) | Sorrow, pity, compassion, love; present, gift; gesture of kindness or sympathy; paint for rubbing on persons so that their enemies may not kill them |
West Futuna | Rapou | Woman pregnant for first time and near birth |
West Futuna | Ama | Kind of tree whose root is grated for spice |
West Futuna | Ana | Only, just, completely, totally Problematic |
West Futuna | Nanafi, nunafi, ninaia | Yesterday |
West Futuna | Oa | Banyan-like tree |
West Futuna | Apo (trans. apo-(t)jia) | To defend; to cover, shade. Boucher, poser des feuilles (Rve). |
West Futuna | Ata | Morning |
West Futuna | Ata | Soul, spirit. ghosts of the dead; shadow, reflection, image... |
West Futuna | Tariki | Son, nephew (of a man) |
West Futuna | Atamai | Right-minded, sane, clever |
West Futuna | Ate | |
West Futuna | Ate | Liver; heart |
West Futuna | Tepiri | Spleen |
West Futuna | Atu | Indicates that action is directed at addressee |
West Futuna | Atu | Row, line |
West Futuna | Av/au | I, first person singular pronoun (subject or object) |
West Futuna | Aue | Interjection of delight, surprise or pain |
West Futuna | Auaga | Shed, flake, peel of skin |
West Futuna | Ausafi | Smoke of a fire |
West Futuna | Avaga | To marry (dual subject) |
West Futuna | Avatu | Give or bring to addressee. Donner à toi (Rve). |
West Futuna | E | Existential or habitual present or past |
West Futuna | E | Agent marker |