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 | Tagata. Tángata (Cpl). | Man, person, human being; husband |
West Futuna | Tag(a)taga, htaga | Loose, slack, insecure |
West Futuna | Tagi | Cry. To weep (Cpl). |
West Futuna | Tai | Sea, ocean, salt-water, tide |
West Futuna | Taka | To exile oneself |
West Futuna | Taka | Step, stumble, fall, tumble |
West Futuna | Taka | Twine used specifically for fixing fishhook to fishing line |
West Futuna | Takere/vaka. Takere (Cpl). | Bottom of the canoe; said of big men |
West Futuna | Taki/na. Tagi/na (ANI) (Cpl). | Pluck up, weigh anchor. Déraciner (arbre), retirer grosses ignames; arracher un dent (Rve). |
West Futuna | Tuku/a | Say, tell; talk, speech |
West Futuna | Tiaku | My (A category), mine |
West Futuna | (N)tara | Fins of fish; to sharpen (esp. with file) |
West Futuna | Tara | Stick above door, lintel (Gunn). Problematic |
West Futuna | Tarai-a | Scrape, to scrape out; shavings (esp. of green banana).... Gratter banane avec coquillage (Rve). |
West Futuna | Tare | Cough |
West Futuna | Ta(h)ri-a (pl. h/tari) | Wait, await, stay |
West Futuna | Tari erie (sic) | Crab sp |
West Futuna | Taro | Taro |
West Futuna | Taro/taro | Supplicate a god; prayer |
West Futuna | Tama fine | Daughter. Fillette (Rve). Girl (Cpl). |
West Futuna | Tamana | Father |
West Futuna | Tamau-a | To devise a plan. To devise, plan (Cpl). Problematic |
West Futuna | Tamau-nga | Intention, idea Problematic |
West Futuna | Tamori | Climbing plant sp |
West Futuna | Taane. Tane (Cpl). | Male |
West Futuna | Tanu/mia | Bury |
West Futuna | Tao. To (Cpl) | Spear (esp. long handled spear with one, two or three prongs, used for spearing crabs) |
West Futuna | (H)tao, to/na (ANI) | Cook in earth oven |
West Futuna | Puku | Hip Problematic |
West Futuna | Toto/ama | A fish. (Fistularia petimba) (Rve). |
West Futuna | (H)tapa | To call out, call to |
West Futuna | Tapa | Shine, reflect |
West Futuna | Tapasi/a | Break, split; separate |
West Futuna | Tapatapa | Kind of sea-crab |
West Futuna | Tapatu | Barracuda |
West Futuna | Tape/a. Tapi/a (Cpl). | Twist into a rope; plait, braid Problematic |
West Futuna | Tapu. Tabu (ANI) (Cpl). | Forbidden, sacred, holy; prohibition |
West Futuna | Tasi | One |
West Futuna | Tasi-a. Ta-sia (ANI) (Cpl). | To shave, cut (esp. hair). To clip the hair (Cpl). |
West Futuna | Tata | Near |
West Futuna | (H)ta | Baler |
West Futuna | Htau | To be fitting, right, proper; satisfactory, enough, sated |
West Futuna | -tatou | First person inclusive plural possessive suffix |
West Futuna | A/kitatou | We (inc.) |
West Futuna | Tau | Follow in the ways of, take after, learn from |
West Futuna | Tau-a | Count, add, read |
West Futuna | Tau | Come to shore, cast anchor, touch at a place. Aborder (Rve). |
West Futuna | Tau | Season, year |
West Futuna | Toa. Toua (Rve). | War Problematic |
West Futuna | A/kitaua | We two (inc.) |