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 | Ru/fia | To move something |
| West Futuna | Jiko | To defecate |
| West Futuna | Siga | To limp. Boiter (avec blessure sous pieds) (Rve). Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| West Futuna | Siga/siga | To become lame, to limp; to hop on one leg Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| West Futuna | Jino | Appearance, image; impression of something, sign or mark of something |
| West Futuna | Sop/raka/ia | To leap over |
| West Futuna | Ua(i) | Locative preposition indicating a direction, location, or interval of space Problematic |
| West Futuna | Tafe ti (te) ata | Dawn, cockcrow. Obscurité précédant l'aube (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Koka sore | Tree sp. |
| West Futuna | Mako | Tree sp. (yellow blossom). Cordia subcordata (Wly). |
| West Futuna | Tava | Fruit tree. Pometia pinnata (Wly). |
| West Futuna | Ta, tah/ta | To nod (head), wag (tail); to flip-flop Problematic |
| West Futuna | Tah/tako/ga | Show-off, ostentatious individual; to clown around, to show off. Orgueilleux (Rve). Problematic |
| West Futuna | Ta/ia | To bail out |
| West Futuna | Taka- | Possessive trial article |
| West Futuna | (Tap)tape/ia | Lightning; any flash of light |
| West Futuna | Taro-a | To stab, to insert. Piquer, sagayer (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Taki | To step, to make a sudden movement |
| West Futuna | Ta/taki-na | March, step out, go quickly |
| West Futuna | Tau/ia | To strain (coconut milk through coconut cloth into a leaf container) |
| West Futuna | Te nei | This (pro); present (adj) |
| West Futuna | Te ra | That yonder (pro); last, past (of time) (adj) |
| West Futuna | Te/reva | To be tired of something; not feel right; sense something amiss. Etre fatigué (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Atua, t/etua | Ghost, spirit, demon; ancestor; Christian God |
| West Futuna | Tu (pl. h/tu) | To stick straight into something; to be exactly on target Problematic |
| West Futuna | To/fia | To touch |
| West Futuna | Toko/ia | To carry, to support. L'apporter (sans brancard); porter bois sur l'épaule (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Tokorau tu | West wind |
| West Futuna | To/mi-a | To hold down, press down, weigh down. Recouvrir de pierres chaudes (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Toro/jia | To pull, drag, haul. Tirer au sec (pirogue) (Rve). |
| West Futuna | (n)Tua/ni | Edge, border; vein, ridge |
| West Futuna | Tuf/ia | To divide, share (esp. food) |
| West Futuna | Turi | Corner |
| West Futuna | Turi/nea | Headland, point of land |
| West Futuna | Uri | Black, dark |
| West Futuna | (U)ri/uri | Dirty |
| West Futuna | Pu/puri/a | Tightly wrapped; wrinkled. Enrouler (ligne) (Rve). |
| West Futuna | U/mia | To suck, to nurse |
| West Futuna | Vai/hpu | Fresh water spring |
| West Futuna | Rara | Scattered, helter-skelter; radiating in all directions from a point |
| West Futuna | Fago/vava | Panpipes... |
| West Futuna | Fau, fou | Spiral shellfish, conch (may be used as a drill) Phonologically Irregular |
| West Futuna | Feiatu | Strife; to strive for, often involving a clashing or quarreling |
| West Futuna | (H)feka | Immature coconut at stage at which husk and meat are still soft Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| West Futuna | Tafiri | To turn oneself about, to pirouette; to dance in the traditional fashion |
| West Futuna | Firi/fata | Smoke something (e.g. fish). Griller à la broche (Rve). Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| West Futuna | Furu foimata. Fufuru foimata (Rve). | Eyelashes |
| West Futuna | Fonga/xma (WFU), fonga/ma (ANI). | Reef, shoal, sandbar (esp. lower or deeper sections of reef, below kasifa, which is the reef visible at low tide) Problematic |
| West Futuna | Fufuru | Hair, feather, fur; hairy, furry |
| West Futuna | Masa kere | Parched earth, exposed reef |
