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 Efu Ashes
West Futuna Fa Four
West Futuna Farere Birth, give birth, be born
West Futuna Fafa To carry piggy back (a customary manner of carrying a young child)
West Futuna Fie Firewood
West Futuna Fine Woman, girl, female, wife
West Futuna Fafo Outside
West Futuna Fagei/na To feed
West Futuna Fago/sia Blow it, play it (of a musical instrument)
West Futuna Fagota To fish (generic); to hunt for any kind of animal sea life; to fish from a canoe
West Futuna Fagu/aguse Sob (ANI)
West Futuna Feiava (WFU), fiava (ANI) Bay, harbour, anchorage, passage through reef
West Futuna Fei tama Breed pigs; come into flower
West Futuna Feitoka (ANI) Door
West Futuna Ve(i)(h)toka (WFU) Door
West Futuna Faka- Causative prefix
West Futuna Fafetia To thank (Futuna only)
West Futuna Fakara. Fakará (Cpl). To warm oneself in the sun, to sun bathe. Se sècher au soleil (Rve).
West Futuna Fakarogo/na To listen to someone, hear something
West Futuna Fakarogo To listen to, believe in (i)
West Futuna Fakamau-i To twine or tie so as not to slip
West Futuna Fakatasi (iei) (To do all) together
West Futuna Faki/a Pluck out one by one
West Futuna Fara A traditional mat of woven Pandanus leaves
West Futuna Fara Pandanus
West Futuna Farau/papa Side of canoe
West Futuna Fare House
West Futuna Fariki Spread out mats
West Futuna Faro/kake Look at a thing on tiptoe
West Futuna Faro- Peek (with directional particle)
West Futuna (H)fana (trans. fan/ia) Bow (of a bow and arrow); to shoot or hunt with a bow and arrow
West Futuna Fana Mainmast
West Futuna Fano To go (wingular subject)
West Futuna Fanua Island, land, country, homeland; plot of ground
West Futuna Fafao/a Surround a person in a fight and try to strike him
West Futuna Fao (ifo) To stoop (Cpl); bow down (Dty)
West Futuna Fasua Giant clam
West Futuna Fata Platform, shelf; bed; stage, altar. Brancard pour le transport; plat à lap lap (Rve).
West Futuna Fatu/kuru (ANI) Kidney
West Futuna Faturaki/ga Game of "King of the mountain" Problematic
West Futuna Fou/sia, fau/sia (ANI) To bind, tie by wrapping rope around (e.g. tie up boat by wrapping rope around stake)
West Futuna Ua/fe Where?
West Futuna Feka Pliable, flexible, tough; thick, viscous (of liquids)
West Futuna Feitji Copulate. Avoir des rapports sexuels (Rve).
West Futuna Feke Octopus
West Futuna Faravei-a To meet, generally by accident, to run into
West Futuna Fero Yellow
West Futuna Pen/penu Section of umbilical on newborn child that falls off Problematic
West Futuna Fatu Star
West Futuna Fatuao Daystar