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 | 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 |
| West Futuna | A/momi/a | To lick something Problematic |
| West Futuna | Atu tangata | Descent line |
| West Futuna | Avaga | To give or bring to a third party. Donner à lui (Rve). Phonologically Irregular |
| West Futuna | Au/ia | To gather, collect, bring together Phonologically Irregular |
| West Futuna | Fatu. Faatu, fetu (Cpl). | Stone, rock; seed; any small, round, pebble-like object, such as pills; joint in bamboo or sugarcane; hard |
| West Futuna | Fafine | Women, girls |
| West Futuna | Fa(h)fata | Chest, breast bone, breast plate |
| West Futuna | Fakairo-a (ANI), fakeiro (WFU). | To show how, to teach, to bear witness |
| West Futuna | Faka/firo/firo/a | To unite, blend, make a mixture of a variety of things. Mélanger (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Fakafura (ANI) | Bladder. Vessie (Rve). |
| West Futuna | (H)mafi(a) | Very; intensifier of intransitive actions and states or conditons |
| West Futuna | Mah/mafi. Max/mafi (Cpl). | Strong; to overpower, to win a contest. To strive, contend (Cpl). |
| West Futuna | Pare-a | Support (n,v) |
| West Futuna | Fakarav(a,e)/sia | Horizontal, crosswise; to cross, to make a cross |
| West Futuna | Faka/safe/a | To pull down breadfruit Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| West Futuna | Fakatafa | Sideways, not vertical; slope, hill. Pencher recipient pour verser (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Fakatagi | Shrill, piercing whistle commonly made by cupping hands over mouth. Siffler (avec doigts et bouche) (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Faka/tapere | Temporary shelter or shed put up for immediate use. Abris dans les champs (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Fakatere/kia | To cause to go/run/move, to push |
| West Futuna | Fakato | To lay eggs |
| West Futuna | Fakatu/ria | To stand something upright, plant upright in the ground, make vertical. To build (ANI). |
| West Futuna | Vava | Vine; rope, cord, twine |
| West Futuna | Faka/u | Question (n) |
| West Futuna | Faka/u/ia | To ask, to question |
| West Futuna | Fago/sia | To blow it, to play it (of a musical instrument) |
| West Futuna | Ga/motu | Forest, bush. Brousse, l'intérieur (Rve). Field (Cpl). |
| West Futuna | Tako(h)koto. Kox/koto (Cpl). | Flat ground, field. A plain; level (Cpl). |
| West Futuna | Fao-a | To put on, put down into |
| West Futuna | Fara/ina | To dry something in the sun. L'étaler au soleil (linge) (Rve). Phonologically Irregular |
| West Futuna | Turi vae, turi/nea | Knee |
| West Futuna | Faji | To be broken; choppy (of breakers) |
| West Futuna | Fasi-a | To split cleanly, as in tearing a leaf in two, splitting a coconut, snapping a twig, splitting firewood; to split something in two |
| West Futuna | Fatu/a | To bind long strips over a single horizontal piece... |
| West Futuna | Fatu/ia | To bend; bend the knee. Plier les bras, replier (jambe) (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Fau | Hibiscus tree |
| West Futuna | Fei/atu | Strife; to strive for, often involving a clashing or quarrelling |
| West Futuna | Fei/pa | Gateway, fence, gate. Passage (culture) (Rve). |
| West Futuna | E/jia | To copulate (profane) |
| West Futuna | Fenake | Rise, go up |
| West Futuna | Fakariki | Just a little (adv) |
| West Futuna | Fia/na | Few |
| West Futuna | Tafiri | To turn oneself about, to pirouette, to dance |
