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 | Gahere/fere | Entangled brush, difficult to negotiate Problematic |
| West Futuna | Ngasoro | To crawl (of an infant). Se trainer sur le derrière; grimper en serrant le tronc contre soi (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Gata | Land snake |
| West Futuna | Ngatasi | Equal |
| West Futuna | Ngatasitasi | Group together, make one, same |
| West Futuna | Ngaj/a-niu | Coconut shell cup |
| West Futuna | Gatoro | Make a rattling sound, make a noise, cry out |
| West Futuna | Geji/geji | Custom during circumcision when required that one not touch food but eat by holding food in something such as a leaf Problematic |
| West Futuna | Gogo/tama | A woman who has borne children |
| West Futuna | Fa/goi/goi | Noise of tree sighing in the wind Phonologically Irregular |
| West Futuna | (H)gu | Cuttlefish, squid |
| West Futuna | Guru | A deep sound |
| West Futuna | Guru/guru | Thunder; to rumble, to thunder |
| West Futuna | (A)ha | What? |
| West Futuna | T/agafuru | Ten |
| West Futuna | Tar/agafuru/ | Ten |
| West Futuna | Ake | Up, upwards |
| West Futuna | Aku | Kind of fish. Barracuda (Fkm). (Sphyraena spp. [barracuda]) (Rve) |
| West Futuna | Ari/-a | Hollow out, clear out, cut or scrape out in a curve |
| West Futuna | Ama | Outrigger float, pontoon |
| West Futuna | Api | Variety of fish (Sea Surgeon?) |
| West Futuna | Eke | Rest upon, alight on, perch on |
| West Futuna | Ifo | Downwards |
| West Futuna | (I)kofi, koufi | Large wooden tongs for removing stones from oven |
| West Futuna | E/igoa | Name |
| West Futuna | Iva | Nine |
| West Futuna | Oge | Hunger; hungry |
| Marquesas | Oka | To stab, pierce. Fourchette; saigner, pratiquer une saignée; percer, tuer, égorger (Lch). Causer une vive douleur, piquant (Ua Pou) (Lch). |
| West Futuna | U | Breast. Sein, téter (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Ka | Prefix of futurity, indef. or inceptive |
| West Futuna | Kaie (FUT), Kaia (ANI) | But Problematic |
| West Futuna | Kafa | Fibrous husk as of chestnut or coconut; rope made of husk fibres, sennit |
| West Futuna | Kafika | Malay apple, rose apple (Syzygium malaccense) |
| West Futuna | Kafkafu | Diaphragm (ANI) |
| West Futuna | (H)ka | To burn, to be burned |
| West Futuna | Kai (trans. kei/na) | Food, eat. Manger, manger féculents (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Mta/kai. mta/kei (Cpl). | Sharp. Etroit (nez) (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Kaire | Wild yam |
| West Futuna | Kaka, faka (ANI) | Spathe of the coconut palm. Coconut cloth (ANI) (Cpl). Tissus fibreux, ius. feuilles (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Hkai | Story, tale, legend; to tell tales |
| West Futuna | Xkano (WFU) | Body, ‘soul’ |
| West Futuna | Kake (WFU), kage (ANI) | Upwards |
| West Futuna | Karae | Bush hen |
| West Futuna | Karaka | Fruit tree (with small fruit) |
| West Futuna | Karea | Sea-snail, conch...; shell axe fashioned from the conch shell. Térèbre (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Kari | Penis (profane) |
| West Futuna | Karikau | Top shell, a common, edible shellfish with pyramid-shaped shell with purplish tint. Trochus shell spp. (Clk). |
| West Futuna | Karo/ji | Bow string Phonologically Irregular |
| West Futuna | Kam(a)kama | Species of small bluish sea crab; generic term for sea crab |
| West Futuna | Kanae | Mullet. (Mugil [Moolgarda] seheli [Bluespot Mullet]) (Rve). |
