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 | 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 budy 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, ruakina (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 |
| 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 | Taku | Pelvis; hollow between front pelvic bones, waist, concavity Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| 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). |
