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 | 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/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. X/muni (FUT), muni (ANI) (Cpl). | 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. Nu (Cpl). | 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). Oshi (FUT), i/otshi (ANI) (Cpl). | 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 |
| West Futuna | Para | Spoiled, rotten, overripe. To decay; to be rotten with water; to be cooked (Cpl). |
| West Futuna | Para/fara (ANI) | Tree fern |
| West Futuna | Paragi | A fish |
| West Futuna | Parapu | Wind from the west |
| West Futuna | Pari | To fast |
| West Futuna | Pan/pani/ga | A ritual ceremony. |
| West Futuna | Patapata | Be a little itchy |
| West Futuna | Pe- | Like |
| West Futuna | Pe | Ripe breadfruit |
| West Futuna | Peau | White caps, swell in the ocean. Sweep, of the sea (Cpl). |
| West Futuna | Peka | Flying-fox |
