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 | 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 |
| West Futuna | Firi-a | To braid or plait; a braid or braided piece of rope. Joindre les deux cotés de la feuille tressée (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Siki/seke/seki...ana | Not yet (split negative particle |
| West Futuna | Ga(ga)/ika | Shell fish, reef life |
| West Futuna | Foro/mia | Swallow, gulp down |
| West Futuna | (H)furu | To freshen one's face after sleep |
| West Futuna | Funa | Pith, heart of a tree, central stalk of a plant or fruit (e.g. breadfruit, corn). Moelle (du bois) (Rve). Phonologically Irregular |
| West Futuna | Furu/sia | To turn, completely make a turn about, change over, translate Phonologically Irregular |
| West Futuna | Kira | Pure, chaste, clean |
| West Futuna | H/leu | Ripe; to ripen; (of leaves) to turn color (from green to reddish, yellowish or brown) |
| West Futuna | H/lom(a) | High (tide) |
| West Futuna | Tagaroa | Sea snake |
| West Futuna | H/garo | High, tall, height Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| West Futuna | Hga/vava | Guts, especially of a fish |
| West Futuna | Hgu/hgu, gu/gu (ANI) | To murmur, hum, gurgle as a baby |
| West Futuna | (H)pusa | (Fire) light up, flame up suddenly |
| West Futuna | Pusi-a | To spit, blow out, spatter, spout (as a whale); to kill through sorcery or by spitting at someone. |
| West Futuna | Ai, ei | Anaphoric pronoun: it (after i or ki) |
| West Futuna | Gaj/a ipu | Empty headed, numbskull. Crâne (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Ri/jia | To tie up, bind, wrap; to bandage. Ligoter un cochon; ficeler laplap (Rve). |
| West Futuna | (H)kano/uri | Flesh (ANI) |
| West Futuna | Kan/tea | Animal fat, white meat |
| West Futuna | Kano mata | White of eye |
| West Futuna | Taka/puri/hpuri | Soft and wrinkled; crushed; crumpled. Froissé (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Reka (ANI) | To belch |
| West Futuna | Kaso/ki | Riders; stringers for attaching thatch which run parallel to the rafters of a roof. Petit solive verticale (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Kauaga, kouaga | Groin |
| West Futuna | Ka/i, no/aka | Root |
| West Futuna | Kaviki | White sand crab |
| West Futuna | Takavini | To twist, turn, spiral Phonologically Irregular |
| West Futuna | Takavini/vini | Wavy, coiled, twisted Phonologically Irregular |
| West Futuna | Hkite | A sign of something, remembrance or a sign of something to come... |
| West Futuna | Faka/fori-a | To turn over 180 degrees, flip over, turn upside down. Chavirer (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Tu(h)/tukemata | Eyebrows. Sourcils, arcade sourcillière (Rve). |
| West Futuna | (H)kemu | Sneak (up on), creep (away) Phonologically Irregular |
| West Futuna | Tatu, htatu, tetu | To throw, to cast about recklessly |
| West Futuna | Hki | To whistle, to sing as birds do, to speak hoarsely; to call chickens or pigs to feed |
| West Futuna | Ragutu. Ragotu (Cpl). | Mouth, beak |
