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 Penaa/ua Neck
West Futuna Penu Rubbish, filth. (FUT) generally used in plural (Cpl). Miettes (Rve).
West Futuna Pepe Butterfly
West Futuna Pisi-a To spray, to drizzle
West Futuna Pito End, piece, bit, part
West Futuna Po. X/po (FUT) (Cpl). Dark, darkness, night
West Futuna Ponga/vai Pool of water
West Futuna Poi/poi To flicker, squint. Blink (ANI) (Cpl). Cligner des yeux (Rve).
West Futuna Poroki/na Invite
West Futuna Pono A cover, lid; closed up, blocked off. Penis sheath (nambas) (Cpl)
West Futuna (Poh)popo To rot; rotted
West Futuna Poto Short
West Futuna Potu A bed; coconut leaf matting
West Futuna Pou Centre house-post
West Futuna Pouri, pauri Dark, darkness; haze; blind; unclear, confused
West Futuna Puga Brain coral, coral
West Futuna Fagapuga Wrist
West Futuna Puka A kind of native cabbage
West Futuna (H)puke Mound; to swell, begin to form mounds, as of wave on beach
West Futuna Puku Short thing, protuberance
West Futuna Pure (ANI) Shell. Cowrie shell spp. (Clk). Fish sp. (Cpl).
West Futuna Purau, purou Hat, garland, crown; to don a hat; to cover, to put on a lid
West Futuna Puru Coconut husk fibre
West Futuna Puru/a To fit in the coconut fibre.
West Futuna Puru-cia. Puru-tshia (ANI) (Cpl). Catch
West Futuna Pupu Gargle, sputter. Se rincer la bouche (Rve).
West Futuna Puta (ANI) To bubble
West Futuna Putu(a) Burning of fruit trees of a person about to die, or recently dead; burn coconut fronds as an offering to the spirits
West Futuna Sa Bad, undesirable, ugly, disfunctional, incompetent
West Futuna Safe/a See, spot, find
West Futuna Saga To complete
West Futuna Sag(o)/sago Withered (of a tree). Brindilles (Rve).
West Futuna Saka Short, short of stature. Shortness of stature (Cpl).
West Futuna Sari-a To run, flow; to have diarrhea; to wash out (e.g. road); squishy, muddy
West Futuna Samu-jia To land a fish; to catch people
West Futuna Sao Poison fish in small pools Uncertain Semantic Connection
West Futuna Sapa Overlapping, unequal, uneven; surpass at games. Sloping (Cpl).
West Futuna Sape Crippled, lame; to limp
West Futuna Sara To look for, search for; to find
West Futuna Save Flying-fish
West Futuna (H)sau (trans. sau/a) To cut, chop (particularly plants or trees)
West Futuna Sau To blow (of wind). Sound of wind (Cpl).
West Futuna Savari-a To spit, spittle Phonologically Irregular
West Futuna Savini To whistle with just the lips
West Futuna Se Grasshopper, locust. Criquet (Rve).
West Futuna Se Not
West Futuna Seka A mushroom that glows blue at night
West Futuna Seke (pl. h/seke) Slide, skid, slip; pass by
West Futuna Sere-a To cut (in a back and forth slicing or sawing motion); to write, to mark. Circumcise (Cpl).
West Futuna Seru Comb (n,v)