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 |
|---|---|---|
| West Futuna | Moa (WFU), mo (ANI) | Fowl, chicken |
| West Futuna | Moa | Front, e.g. of a canoe |
| West Futuna | Momoa. Mómoa (Cpl). Moamoa (Fkm). | Fish sp. Boxfish (Fkm). (Ostraction, Rhyncostracion spp.) (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Moega, mega (ANI). Moiga (Cpl), | Cloth, clothing. Vêtement (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Moko | Lizard. Lézard (en général) (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Moko | To be in love with |
| West Futuna | More | Slide, ooze, crawl |
| West Futuna | Mori | A tree that bears an inedible spherical fruit |
| West Futuna | Morokau | Climbing vine. "Caoutchouc" (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Mono/mono | Well and fat (of people and country) |
| West Futuna | Moto | Green, bitter, unripe |
| West Futuna | Motu | Be broken, cut, severed |
| West Futuna | Motu | Island; bunch, cluster, group; crowd, multitude. Petit ile habitée (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Mu | To raise a hue and cry |
| West Futuna | Mu/mu | To murmur, whisper (of voices, sea, wind, thunder) |
| West Futuna | H/mu | To buzz or hum; low steady noise as of outboard motor in distance. Gronder, gros bruit (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Mok/age | Precede, go first, go ahead of; first (adj,adv). Marcher devant, précéder (Rve). Phonologically Irregular |
| West Futuna | Muri | Behind, in back of; to follow |
| West Futuna | Muri | Rear portion, back of |
| West Futuna | Muri vae | Back of the foot, heel |
| West Futuna | Hmuni | To be hidden, to hide. Se cacher (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Mutu | Fish sp. 'Bigbel' (= toadfish?) (Fkm) (Mylio [Acanthopagurus] berda [Goldsilk Seabream]) (Rve). |
| West Futuna | A/na, a/no, o/na | Third person singular non-article based possessive, postposed to noun phrase, of his, hers. |
| West Futuna | Namo | Pool of water |
| West Futuna | Namo (WFU), namu (ANI) | Mosquito |
| West Futuna | Nana | Mother (vocative) |
| West Futuna | (Nah)natu-a | Rub, scrub |
| West Futuna | Nea | Thing |
| West Futuna | Nei | This |
| West Futuna | Neve/a | To carry on one's back, to carry in a back-pack |
| West Futuna | Ni- | Past, simple, completed action Problematic |
| West Futuna | Nifo | Tooth |
| West Futuna | Niu | Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) |
| West Futuna | Nofo | Sit. Dwell, stay (Cpl). |
| West Futuna | Noko | Marker of present |
| West Futuna | Nonu | A kind of breadfruit. Morinda citrifolia (Wly). Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| West Futuna | (H)o | Yes |
| West Futuna | One | Sand |
| West Futuna | Ota | Dregs, sediment, lees |
| West Futuna | Oji | Already, completed, finished (adv) |
| West Futuna | Oji, otji (ANI) | All |
| West Futuna | Pa | Wall of reeds or sticks |
| West Futuna | Pa | Barren. childless |
| West Futuna | Pae | A stone fence |
| West Futuna | Pae-a | Build a stone fence |
| West Futuna | Pakau | Wing, shoulder |
| West Futuna | Paki-a | Slap, strike with the open hand |
| West Futuna | Pako | Blast, explode, boom |
| West Futuna | Pakora | Wound, sore. Blessure mal (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Paku | Dirty; a blot |
