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 | H/ma. Ma (ANI) (Cpl). | Low (tide) Phonologically Irregular |
| West Futuna | Mafin/fini | Tender, soft. Thin (Cpl). Phonologically Irregular |
| West Futuna | Mano | One thousand |
| West Futuna | Maram/rama (ANI) | Daybreak |
| West Futuna | Matavai (ANI) | Spring of water |
| West Futuna | Mouri (pl. mauri) | Life; to live, to be healthy; to be full, sated. Croitre, pousser (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Ma(h)ke/i | Hard, difficult, strong |
| West Futuna | Ma(h)tua. Maxtua (FUT), matua (ANI) (Cpl). | Mature, complete; precocious; ripe; full. Old, ripe, adult (Cpl). Monter (soleil) (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Moe/roa. Moi/roa (FUT), me/ro (ANI) (Cpl). | To sleep, rest; to lie down; to shut one's eyes. Dormir (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Moa, mua | Before, in front of, front Phonologically Irregular |
| West Futuna | Moa | Cooked, done |
| West Futuna | Tama tane | Boy child |
| West Futuna | Mtane | Boy, youth, young man |
| West Futuna | Namu/ia. Namu-ya (Cpl). | To smell something |
| West Futuna | Nau/tjia (ANI) | To strangle Phonologically Irregular |
| West Futuna | (H)ne. Nea, ne- (FUT), ne (ANI) (Cpl). Nox/nea (FUT). | Place. Thing (Cpl). |
| West Futuna | Garo | To forget |
| West Futuna | Garu | Wave, breaker |
| West Futuna | (H)gu. X/gu (Cpl). | To groan or grunt (as of a pig) |
| West Futuna | Ora | Hill, mountain Phonologically Irregular |
| West Futuna | Pa(h)kau | Mat for sitting on, woven of coconut fronds |
| West Futuna | Papa | Broad mushroom-like coral formation, star coral; grater. A broad piece of coral (Cpl). |
| West Futuna | Pe(h)kau. Paxkau (FUT), pakau (ANI) (Cpl). | Wing, shoulder, upper arm; mastoid process Phonologically Irregular |
| West Futuna | Pen/penu | Umbilical cord on newborn |
| West Futuna | Poh/poki-a. | To wash [clothes], scrub, pound; to clap |
| West Futuna | Pu (pl. h/pu) | To burst, explode. To burst (of sore) (Cpl). Se casser (oeuf) (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Pula | Red snapper. Fish sp. (Cpl). Phonologically Irregular |
| West Futuna | Punaga. Ta/punanga (Cpl). | Cave |
| West Futuna | Purau | To decay, rot; putrid. Puer (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Puri-a | To wrap, fold over; starchy pudding. To roll, fold (Cpl). |
| West Futuna | Ra | Branch |
| West Futuna | Raga/ua (ANI) | To lift (a fallen tree) |
| West Futuna | Reo | Voice |
| West Futuna | Rifi rima | Palm of hand |
| West Futuna | Rifi vae | Sole of foot |
| West Futuna | Rik/riki | Little, small (particularly used in reference to many small things) |
| West Futuna | Roto | Middle, center Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| West Futuna | Ruotu (ANI) | North |
| West Futuna | So((h)ko(h))- | Alone, only, just (emphatic pronominal prefix) |
| West Futuna | Siri | To stray, err; to be wrong, incorrect. Se perdre (Rve). Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| West Futuna | Sogi/sogi | To kiss, smell, scent, sniff |
| West Futuna | Sopo i ta vaka | To board a ship |
| West Futuna | Sopo/kea. Sopo/kea (FUT), sopo-gea (ANI) (Cpl). | To step out, disembark |
| West Futuna | J/ikai, g/kai. Shikai (Cpl). | No, not; there is not; have not |
| West Futuna | Jin/tarau | Hundred Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| West Futuna | Jijifi. Shishifi (Cpl). | Fish spp. |
| West Futuna | (H)ta (trans. t/ia with singular object, ta/ia with non-singular object) | To strike, beat, kill |
| West Futuna | Taka (pl. h/taka) | To rock, roll, lean. To roll, of waves (Cpl). Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| West Futuna | Taka/fia | To tread on, kick, stomp |
| West Futuna | Takai-a. (freq. tax/takai-a (Cpl)) | To wrap up, tie, surround; to put on, dress in. Bundle, group, school. S'habiller; panser une blessure, attacher (Rve). To tie a pudding (Cpl). |
