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 |
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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 |