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 | Puri-a | To wrap, fold over; starchy pudding. |
| West Futuna | Rekei/a (WFU), rakai/a (ANI) | To bedeck, garland |
| 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 | To step out, disembark |
| West Futuna | J/ikai, g/kai | No, not; is not; have not |
| West Futuna | Jin/tarau | Hundred Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| West Futuna | Jijifi | 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 | To wrap up, tie, surround; to put on, dress in. Bundle, group, school. S'habiller; panser une blessure, attacher (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Tapu/gao, tapu/gau | Foot, footstep, footprint. Dessous du pied (Rve). Problematic |
| West Futuna | Tau/tau/fare, tou/toua/fare | Spider, spider web |
| West Futuna | Tau-ria, tou-ria | To hang |
| West Futuna | Ta/vanaga, ta/venaga | To converse, talk together, discuss; conversation, meeting |
| West Futuna | Tah/tafu/na (WFU) | To burn off rubbish, when clearing plantation |
| West Futuna | Tu/ji-a (WFU), tau/tjia (ANI) | Cut something. Cut away, cut off (Cpl). Découper (laplap) (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Kirisi | Cricket, cicada. Cigale de l'heure du kava (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Tutu | Fishing for flying fish (at night, with torch).... |
| West Futuna | Tofufu. Tafufu, ufufu (Cpl). | Main or central beam of peaked roof; dirgepole of house; ceiling |
| West Futuna | Vahkai, vehkai (WFU) | Earring Problematic |
| West Futuna | Vejigario, vahjigereo | Throat, neck |
| West Futuna | Uoro-sia | To spear, pierce, stab; to butt into Phonologically Irregular |
| West Futuna | H/kai | To ulcerate, to fester |
| West Futuna | H/kini | Painful, prickly |
| West Futuna | (H)mai | To come (singular subject) |
| West Futuna | H/misi | To suck in one's breath. Aspiration; succion dents après repas (Rve). |
| West Futuna | (H)namu | To smell, to give off an odor; to stink |
| West Futuna | H/poi | To wink |
| West Futuna | Ve(h)jiri. Ta/vajiri (Cpl). Vahjiri (Rve). | Thunder; to make a thunderous or rumbling noise; large seed pod dried for making ankle bracelet noise-makers for dance Phonologically Irregular |
| West Futuna | (H)gauta | Tanna (island); land, shore, island |
| West Futuna | Fa/pa | To meet, to collide, to join (as a result of collision). Rencontrer (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Tafa | Outside, without |
| West Futuna | Viri (pl. h/viri) | To awaken. Sortir du sommeil, ouvrir les yeux (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Viri/viri | To be startled; to shimmer, shiver, shake. Paludisme (trembler); secousse, tremblement qu'on sent et qu'on entend pas (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Avake (ANI) | To pull up |
| West Futuna | Supe | Mucous of nose |
| West Futuna | Xngana | Rejoice, praise |
| West Futuna | Masike(i) | To arise, stand up; to marry, be married (because the couple stand up before the people) |
