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 | Lele-a | To make something fly away (of the wind) |
West Futuna | Sa/rafue/ | Butterfly, moth |
West Futuna | Leo | Voice |
West Futuna | Repa/repa | Flap wings |
West Futuna | Lepa/lepa. Leba/leba (FUT), lepa/lepa (ANI) (Cpl). | Loose, flabby (ANI) . Moving about freely, swinging free (FUT) Moving about (of hanging things) (Cpl). |
West Futuna | Rep/repu | Be stirred up into waves |
West Futuna | Resi/a | To lie to |
West Futuna | Rie | Louse egg. Lice in head (Cpl). |
West Futuna | Ringi/a | To pour (out). |
West Futuna | Rigorigo | A small cricket |
West Futuna | Hlika | Pain, suffering, fear, fright |
West Futuna | Hlili. riri (trans. riri/a) | To be angry |
West Futuna | Lih/lili | Bad tempered, bad mannered, spoiled. Pleurnicher (Rve). |
West Futuna | Rima | Five |
West Futuna | Rima | Hand-arm |
West Futuna | Rito/rito | Immature yam. (Of yams growing) not yet edible (Cpl). |
West Futuna | Ro | Ant. Sorte de petit scorpion (Rve). |
West Futuna | Roro, ro- | To go (non-singular subject) |
West Futuna | Roata | Large black ant sp. Sorte de petite scorpion (pique) (Rve). |
West Futuna | Rafa | Fathom (a measure of distance spanning the distance of one's outstretched arms); to measure. Phonologically Irregular |
West Futuna | Rou-a. Rau-a (Cpl). | Forked stick; to pick fruit with a forked stick |
West Futuna | Roi | Fish Sp |
West Futuna | Loh/loli | Sea slug. Holothurie noire (Rve). |
West Futuna | (H)goro. Xngoro (FUT), ngoro (ANI) (Cpl). | To sing; song Phonologically Irregular |
West Futuna | Rotu | To follow christian worship |
West Futuna | Rua | Hole dug in ground for cooking or burying trash; pit |
West Futuna | (H)lua | To heave, vomit; to burst out; to topple down, be ejected |
West Futuna | Rua | Two |
West Futuna | Ruana | Lowly, common |
West Futuna | Ruetu | Winds from the north and north-east |
West Futuna | Retu/amlai. Ruetu amlai (Rve). | Northeast wind |
West Futuna | Rukau | Native cabbage |
West Futuna | Ruru | Owl |
West Futuna | Ruru | Calm, still |
West Futuna | Ruma/ruma | Leave one's friends and stay with others |
West Futuna | Rupe | Dove, pigeon |
West Futuna | Ma | And, with |
West Futuna | Ma | And (not confined to numerals) |
West Futuna | H/ma. X/ma (FUT), ma (ANI) (Cpl). Ma/ma (Cpl). | To be ashamed, shy, embarrassed; frightened |
West Futuna | -maua | First person exclusive dual possessive suffix |
West Futuna | Ma | Clear, clean |
West Futuna | Ma | For |
West Futuna | Mae | Shrivel, dry up, wither. Fanée (fleur) (Rve). |
West Futuna | Mafa/fa | Cracked (of fruits), sun-cracked (of soil) |
West Futuna | Mafana | Lukewarm |
West Futuna | Mafatu(a) | To sneeze |
West Futuna | Mafi/ekina | Complete a job; recur (of sickness) |
West Futuna | Mafi/a | Strong (obs.) |
West Futuna | (H)mafo | Healed, well |
West Futuna | Mafora | Expand, spread out, sweep up |