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 | Fia | How many?, how much? |
| West Futuna | Firo/sia | Twist together two or more pieces; distinct from braiding |
| West Futuna | Firo | To intermingle, especially to sit mingling with one another |
| West Futuna | Finagaro | Will, wish, intention |
| West Futuna | Fiso | Foam, bubbles on a surface as boiling water; to boil, foam (as breaking waves), bubble up |
| West Futuna | Fiji (pl. h/fiji) | Go up, ascend |
| West Futuna | Fitu | Seven |
| West Futuna | Foa | Smash |
| West Futuna | Foe | Oar, paddle, rudder |
| West Futuna | Foi-a | Peel or skin something; peel where skin is ready to come off; not applicable to taro |
| West Futuna | Fou | Drill, bore, pierce something |
| West Futuna | Foi | One and only. Auxiliary noun, showing a definite singular (Cpl) |
| West Futuna | Foki | Too, also; again; another |
| West Futuna | Fori-a | To go around. Enclose (Cpl). Planer en ronde (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Fono | To eat in the traditional manner after drinking kava |
| West Futuna | Fonu | Filled, full |
| West Futuna | Fotu | Opening or gap in a wall, hole; spot, dot; to pierce, break through; to be pierced, cleared out. Troué (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Fou | New, young |
| West Futuna | Fufu/ia | To cover something |
| West Futuna | Fu | Matrix, vulva, vagina |
| West Futuna | Fua | Fruit (includes nuts and berries); to fruit, come to fruition |
| West Futuna | Fua | Jealous |
| West Futuna | Fuaga | Grindstone. Pumice |
| West Futuna | Fuatu/ sisi | Little harvest of breadfruit or chestnuts Phonologically Irregular |
| West Futuna | Fue | Sweet potato |
| West Futuna | Fugona | A woman's classificatory daughter- or son-inlaw, the offspring of a woman's brother or male parallel cousin |
| West Futuna | Fuia | Moisten something, dunk something, dip, rinse something in liquid and take it out (as in washing clothes) |
| West Futuna | Fuke | To take cooked food out of a pot, or to remove the cooking stones from cooked food in an earthen oven; to uncover cooked food, especially puri cooked in an earth oven |
| West Futuna | (H)fura | To swell |
| West Futuna | Fura | To run (with non-singular subject); to play |
| West Futuna | Furi/a | To change, alter, turn around (e.g. change one's mind, switch sides) |
| West Futuna | Furu | Hair, fur, feathers; soft, furry |
| West Futuna | Funa | To hide someone or something |
| West Futuna | Funefune | Itch, to itch |
| West Futuna | Fuji/a | Pluck out, pull out |
| West Futuna | Fuji | Banana (generic) (plant or fruit) |
| West Futuna | -ga | Nominalising suffix |
| West Futuna | Ga- | Directional prefix |
| West Futuna | Gafoa | To be smashed |
| West Futuna | -gafuru | Ten |
| West Futuna | Gako | Fat (n) |
| West Futuna | Gari/a | To consume sugarcane or sweet coconuts by stripping off the outside husk and chewing on the fiber to extract the juices; to gnaw. Enlever avec dents; manger coprah en mordant dans la noix (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Garue | Move about, stir, jitter |
| West Futuna | Ngaruru | To sprinkle, to shake (water in coconut) |
| West Futuna | Garuru | To ache, particularly ringing, buzzing or rattling in one's head |
| West Futuna | Ngana/ngana | To sound as of people walking in a path; to sound as of food roasting |
| West Futuna | H/gana | To make a droning sound or rushing noise; to sound good, to sound particularly harmonious... Tremblement de quelque chose de lourd; faire du bruit; grondement de l'eau (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Gau | Scar, mark, trail, track, footprint Phonologically Irregular |
| West Futuna | Gapu | Spell, rest, take a break |
| West Futuna | Gasau | Reed, wild cane. Pointed arrow (Cpl). |
