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 | Moe (pl. h/moe). Moi (Cpl). | To lie, recline; to sleep. Sojourn, stay a night (Cpl). |
West Futuna | Mori/a | To present to, give to, make an offering to |
West Futuna | Matapi/ari | Rock clinger, chiton Problematic |
West Futuna | Sina fine riki | The Light-haired Princess |
West Futuna | Pun/puni | Blunt, rounded, dull |
West Futuna | Gasau/jiri | Sharpened cane used as spear or arrow |
West Futuna | (H)ga- | Plural or collective prefix |
West Futuna | Ga/tama | Children |
West Futuna | (Ga)/h/tea | White, light |
West Futuna | Ga/rakau | Shrubs and herbacious plants; small plant life |
West Futuna | Ni/giji/a (FUT), ni/gitji/a (ANI) | To squeeze, pinch. To hold small twine firm lest it beak (Cpl). |
West Futuna | Rau/a, rou/a | To be hooked as a fish firmly hooked; to be caught up, choked up. Avaler de travers (Rve). |
West Futuna | Se | To insult, especially to call another a liar Uncertain Semantic Connection |
West Futuna | Se/nia | To tear, to make into strips; to divide (esp. initial cutting and shaping of canoe) |
West Futuna | Niu somo | Sprouted coconut fruit. Très jeune cocotier (Rve). |
West Futuna | Fe/takaro | To idle, to play about |
West Futuna | (H)mata | To see, look at. Regarder partout, curiosité (Rve). |
West Futuna | Uai roto | In the middle |
West Futuna | Va(h)vaka/moa | Chicken eggs Uncertain Semantic Connection |
West Futuna | (N)tara/i | Thorn |
West Futuna | Nufe | Caterpillar |
West Futuna | Ono | Six |
West Futuna | Pa/pa | Walls of wild cane or coconut frond thatch |
West Futuna | Pakisi | To make a loud clapping or cracking noise |
West Futuna | Pa/kih/kisi. Pa/gis/gisi (ANI) (Cpl). | Dry and crumbly, crisp, gritty; kinky (of hair) |
West Futuna | Parapu/ri (ANI) | Wind from the southeast Problematic |
West Futuna | Para(h)misi | Wind from the northwest |
West Futuna | Puke/puke | Having irregular surface, covered with moguls or ridges; rough, bumpy |
West Futuna | Pih/pito/nea | Bits of something |
West Futuna | Puku toro | Jointed section of sugar cane. Intervale entre noeuds (Rve). Phonologically Irregular |
West Futuna | H/pura | To plant, cover seeds (or other crops such as roots) with earth |
West Futuna | Pusaki/na | To smash something to bits. Bouteille qui se brise en morceaux (Rve). Uncertain Semantic Connection |
West Futuna | Putogi-a | Cover, wrap. Panser, couvrir, mettre une feuille (Rve). |
West Futuna | Ura | Flame (n) |
West Futuna | Ura | To redden; reddish; ripe |
West Futuna | Rakau otua | Priest, diviner. Bon sorcier, médicin (Rve). |
West Futuna | Rago/na | To body surf, catch waves (garu as object) |
West Futuna | Lago | To surf Phonologically Irregular |
West Futuna | H/lago garu | Body surfing, wave catching (vi) |
West Futuna | Re/tu | Road, path, way of doing |
West Futuna | H/liki | Small |
West Futuna | (Mah)mata | Green (color) |
West Futuna | Ruo/ki/nea, rua/ki/nea (Cpl). Roukinia (Rve) | The cooking oven |
West Futuna | Ro/ki/nea | Depression made in the ground to use for cooking, stone oven |
West Futuna | Raurau | A covering made of leaves used to protect starchy puddings while cooking |
West Futuna | Ma | Sister-in-law (of woman); female cross-cousin |
West Futuna | Fei | Reciprocal particle used with personal nouns in the dual, trial or plural... |
West Futuna | Ru- | To move (with directional particle) (exs. into, out of) |
West Futuna | Ru/fia | To move something |
West Futuna | Jiko | To defecate |