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 | 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 | Tu/ji-a (FUT), 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; ridgepole of house; ceiling. Poutre faitière (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Vahkai, vehkai (WFU) | Earring Problematic |
| West Futuna | Vejigario, vahjigereo. Vaxshingereo (Cpl). | Throat, neck |
| West Futuna | Uoro-sia. Woro-si (Cpl). | To spear, pierce, stab; to butt into Phonologically Irregular |
| West Futuna | Hkai. Xkai (Cpl) | To ulcerate, to fester |
| West Futuna | H/kini. X/kini (FUT) (Cpl). | Painful, prickly. To suffer (Cpl). |
| West Futuna | (H)mai | To come (singular subject) |
| West Futuna | H/misi. X/misi (FUT) (Cpl). | To suck in one's breath. Aspiration; succion dents après repas (Rve). |
| West Futuna | (H)namu. X/namu (FUT) (Cpl). | To smell, to give off an odor; to stink |
| West Futuna | H/poi. X/poi (Cpl). | To wink |
| West Futuna | Ve(h)jiri. Ta/vashiri (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. X/ngauta (Cpl). | 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. Vir/viri (ANI) (Cpl). | 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) |
| West Futuna | Te na | Demonstrative pronoun, singular, near addressee |
| West Futuna | E na | Demonstrative pronoun, plural near addressee |
| West Futuna | E nei | Demonstrative pronoun, plural near speaker |
| West Futuna | E ra | Demonstrative pronoun, plural distant |
| West Futuna | I ku (nei) | Here |
| West Futuna | I ko na. I/kona (FUT), i/gona (ANI) (Cpl). | There, by you |
| West Futuna | I ko ra. I/kora (FUT), i/gora (ANI) (Cpl). | There. Yonder (Cpl). |
| West Futuna | Ti a | Singular Possessive article followed by pronominal suffix indicating the possessor Problematic |
| West Futuna | Ti o | Singular possessive article followed by pronominal suffix indicating the possessor Problematic |
| West Futuna | Tiau | Second person singular possessive pronoun A-class, singular object |
| West Futuna | Tiana | Third person singular possessive A-class, singular object |
| West Futuna | Tioku | First person singular exclusive O-class possessive pronoun |
| West Futuna | -I | Third person singular preverbal enclitic pronoun |
| West Futuna | -U | Second person singular preverbal enclitic pronoun |
| West Futuna | Gatara (h)kosi | Small, brown, dotted fish. (Epinephelus merra [Honeycomb Grouper]) (Fkm). (Tandya maculata [Speckied Pug]) (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Ariri | Top shell, crested turban. Turbo (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Vaka tagata | Generation, kingdom. Peuple (Rve). Problematic |
| West Futuna | Poa | Cloud; to cloud over Phonologically Irregular |
| West Futuna | ((H)nu)nafi/a | To remove fish scales, scale fish |
| West Futuna | Ah/mai | Bring it to me |
| West Futuna | Amo/sia | Wipe, rub; massage. Passer la main une fois, caresser (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Ama | Anoint, rub; make (someone) attractive by rubbing with oil... Phonologically Irregular |
| West Futuna | Mo/si/age | To wipe away |
