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 | (H)tae | 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 | Tafoia | Break, crack, chip; open (as canned food, shellfish Problematic |
West Futuna | Tafora | Whale |
West Futuna | Tafu/nake | To warm at fire |
West Futuna | Tafuri | To turn (vi). Faire volte-face (Rve). |
West Futuna | Tagata. Táŋata (Cpl). | Man, person, human being; husband |
West Futuna | Tag(a)taga, htaga | Loose, slack, insecure |
West Futuna | Tagi | Cry |
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 | Bottom of the canoe; said of big men |
West Futuna | Takere/vaka | Bottom of the canoe; said of big men Problematic |
West Futuna | Taki/na | 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). |
West Futuna | Tamana | Father |
West Futuna | Tamau-a | To devise a plan Problematic |
West Futuna | Tamau-nga | Intention, idea Problematic |
West Futuna | Tamori | Climbing plant sp |
West Futuna | Taane | 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 Sinai | Navel Problematic |
West Futuna | Tape/a. Tapi/a (Cpl). | Twist into a rope; plait, braid Problematic |
West Futuna | Tapu | Forbidden, sacred, holy; prohibition |