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 | Sega | To discolor, change colour, darken, of fruits which brown when exposed to air or warmed on fire |
| West Futuna | Segasega | Dusk Problematic |
| West Futuna | Seu/a | To push, to slide |
| West Futuna | Se/seua. Se/sewa (ANI) (Cpl). | Confusion |
| West Futuna | Si-a | To fish for reef fish (with a pole and line) |
| West Futuna | Sigano | Sheath of banana flower |
| West Futuna | Sik/up | Needle for sewing nets |
| West Futuna | Siga/fi | Platform of fire-plough |
| West Futuna | Siko/fia. Siko-fi (freq. si/siko/fi) (Cpl). | Catch |
| West Futuna | Siku | Tail, tail end. Haut des pattes arrières (Rve). |
| West Futuna | (H)sira (trans. sire/ia) | To look; open one's eyes |
| West Futuna | Sina | White, grayish (esp. of hair) |
| West Futuna | Sinu | A tree whose sap said to cause blindness |
| West Futuna | Siosio. Sesio (Cpl). | Whirlwind |
| West Futuna | Sipa | Stumble over; break a pattern, quit one's normal routine |
| West Futuna | Si | Hiss |
| West Futuna | Siva | A traditional style of dancing |
| West Futuna | So- | Skoot, inch along, move a bit. Used with directionals |
| West Futuna | Soa. So (ANI) (Cpl). | Sibling or parallel same-sex cousin. Brother (man speaking), sister (woman speaking) (Cpl). |
| West Futuna | Soata | Volcano |
| West Futuna | Sogi | Kiss (n,v) |
| West Futuna | Soka | Some kind of bracing-timber in a house |
| West Futuna | Soria (Cpl), sorea (Dty) | Carry Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| West Futuna | Somo | To grow, sprout (also used of animals ane people); sprouted portion of a plant. Tige (d'igname) (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Soni | Thorns |
| West Futuna | Sope | Tuft, ringlet of hair in the center of the forehead; comb of cock; apex, triangle |
| West Futuna | Sopo (pl. h/sopo). (freq. sopo/sopo/ki) (Cpl). | Jump, leap; dance |
| West Futuna | Su | Wet |
| West Futuna | Sua | A paddle; to row |
| West Futuna | Suki/a. Sugi-a (ANI)(Cpl). | Pierce, stab, sew |
| West Futuna | Suru (pl. h/suru) | To dive, skin dive |
| West Futuna | Sum/suma/ | Tie with a number of strings |
| West Futuna | Sumu/sumu. Sum/sumu (Cpl). | A fish |
| West Futuna | Ta/nea | Row of single bananas in the bunch |
| West Futuna | -taua | First person inclusive dual possessive suffix |
| West Futuna | Tae. Ta/tae (Cpl). | To net, scoop up; scoop net for flying-fish... |
| West Futuna | (H)tae. X/tae (FUT) (Cpl). | Faeces, excrement, dung |
| West Futuna | Tafa | Side, half, portion; partially |
| West Futuna | Tafa | Coconut when meat has jellied and milk is still sweet |
| West Futuna | Toxtorangi | The horizon Problematic |
| West Futuna | (H)tafe | Stream, current; to flow, melt. Creek (vallée); dysenterie (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Tafea | To drift; be pulled (by a current) |
| West Futuna | Tafito | End of a thing |
| West Futuna | Tafo/ia | Break, crack, chip; open (as canned food, shellfish) Problematic |
| West Futuna | Tafora | Whale |
| West Futuna | Tafu/nake. Tafu/nange (FUT), tafu/nage (ANI) (Cpl). | To warm at fire |
| West Futuna | Tafuri | To turn (vi). To turn round (Cpl). Faire volte-face (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Tagata. Tángata (Cpl). | Man, person, human being; husband |
| West Futuna | Tag(a)taga, htaga | Loose, slack, insecure |
| West Futuna | Tagi | Cry. To weep (Cpl). |
