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 | Tauga | Hanger, hanging pot; contraption for hanging things from ceiling (esp. to keep rats from getting food). Stick or rope for slinging food on, hanger (Cpl). |
West Futuna | Tauia | To lighten Problematic |
West Futuna | Taura | Rope |
West Futuna | Taumafa | Offering |
West Futuna | Tavake | Bird sp. Tropic Bird (Clk). |
West Futuna | Taaviri/viri | Be eager Problematic |
West Futuna | Te | Definite article |
West Futuna | Tera | Bald, go bald |
West Futuna | Tere | To run, move, go (with singular subject) |
West Futuna | Ji. Shi (Cpl). | To shine intensely, brightly; hot, burning |
West Futuna | Jira. Shira (Cpl). | Mast |
West Futuna | Jiri-a | To throw |
West Futuna | Jiro/a | Look carefully, search for |
West Futuna | Tsimu | Blow hard (of wind) |
West Futuna | Jinae. Shinae (Cpl). | Belly, abdomen, stomach, womb |
West Futuna | Tsinana. Shinana (Cpl). | Mother |
West Futuna | Tih/tea | To shine after rain (of sun) Borrowed |
West Futuna | To | Fall (e.g. rain) |
West Futuna | Toa | Ironwood |
West Futuna | Toe | Be left, survive |
West Futuna | Toga | South. Southeast wind |
West Futuna | Rui/toga | South wind |
West Futuna | Togo | Mangrove |
West Futuna | To/ia | Pull, drag |
West Futuna | Toka | Reef; rock, boulder; submerged rock |
West Futuna | Tokorau | Southwest wind |
West Futuna | Tokotoko | Walking-stick |
West Futuna | Tori/a | Gather fruit |
West Futuna | (Toro)(h)toro | To crawl, creep, walk bent over. Marcher a quatre pattes (Rve). |
West Futuna | Toru | Three |
West Futuna | Tona | Wart |
West Futuna | (To)(h)tonu | Straight, right, correct |
West Futuna | Tosi/a | Cut, trim (of hair) |
West Futuna | Toto | Blood; to bleed; sap of a tree or plant |
West Futuna | Tu | Stand |
West Futuna | Tu(-shia) | Cut away, cut off |
West Futuna | Tuu | Stick straight into something |
West Futuna | Tuai | The past, a long time before |
West Futuna | Tojina-ku, -u, -na. Toshinana (Cpl). | Uncle (mother's brother, mother's male parallel cousin, father's sister's husband); spouse's father |
West Futuna | Tufa | To give, present to; gift, present; to distribute food |
West Futuna | Rufu. Tufu (FUT) (Cpl) | Spring of water |
West Futuna | Tuga | Sea borer |
West Futuna | Tugia | Burn, ignite, roast. Bruler sur feu, bruler (cultures) (Rve). |
West Futuna | Tui | To thread, string something |
West Futuna | Tutui | Candlenut |
West Futuna | (H)tuki (trans. tuki-a) | Hit, poke, punch. Lutter, se battre; frapper a coups de poing (Rve). |
West Futuna | Turi/turi | Ear wax; to be deaf; to play oblivious to goings on around one; to make love. Sourd; jouer (Rve). |
West Futuna | Turi/vae | Knee |
West Futuna | (H)turu | Drop, drip |
West Futuna | (Tu)tuapo, ratupo (ANI) | Midnight Phonologically Irregular |