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 | Manatu/nea | Think, meditate, understand |
| West Futuna | Manava | Belly |
| West Futuna | Manava | Breathe rapidly (as with fright) |
| West Futuna | Manu | Bird, animal |
| West Futuna | Manu (pl. h/manu) | To float, be buoyant; to glide, coast. To fly without flapping wings (Cpl). Flotter (nage); planer (oiseau) (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Manuka. Mánuka (Cpl). | Sore, ulcer. Blessure mal (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Mao/mao | Fair, dry after rain |
| West Futuna | Mari | True, truth, indeed |
| West Futuna | Mapo | Tasty (of root crops) |
| West Futuna | Mapusake | Breathe, breath Problematic |
| West Futuna | Masa | To dry up, evaporate completely. To be finished; to fail (Cpl). |
| West Futuna | Ta retu /masaga/ | Twin paths |
| West Futuna | Masaga | Twins, pair; twin, paired |
| West Futuna | Maharo | To wonder at, be surprised by |
| West Futuna | Maseni | Learn by enquiry Problematic |
| West Futuna | Masani | Dry Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| West Futuna | Masi (ANI) | Rather bitter |
| West Futuna | Masi | Tapa belt |
| West Futuna | Masui | Left (not right); wrong, incorrect, in error |
| West Futuna | Mata | Eye |
| West Futuna | Mata | Green, raw, unripe, immature |
| West Futuna | M(a)tagi | Wind |
| West Futuna | Mataki/na | Watch for, be cautious about; watch over, care for, look out for |
| West Futuna | Mataku | To fear (vi) |
| West Futuna | Matariki | Pleiades |
| West Futuna | Matau, metao | Fishhook; a charm controlling the luck of fishermen |
| West Futuna | Matau | Right (not left); correct, good |
| West Futuna | Mate | Die, death; lose consciousness; be exhausted... |
| West Futuna | Majira (WFU), matjira (ANI) | Bamboo, knife. Sabre d'abattis (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Matoru | Thick |
| West Futuna | -matou | First person exclusive plural possessive suffix |
| West Futuna | A/kimatou | We (exc.) |
| West Futuna | Matu | To dry(vi); dried |
| West Futuna | Matua | Large, full grown |
| West Futuna | Matuku | Blue Heron |
| West Futuna | Mau | Firmly |
| West Futuna | A/kimaua | We two (exc.) |
| West Futuna | Ma-sikisiki | Legendary hero |
| West Futuna | Maunu | Bait |
| West Futuna | Mavae | To part, separate, open out |
| West Futuna | Me | Infix of second aspect of verb Problematic |
| West Futuna | (H)mea | Red, reddish, reddish brown, orange |
| West Futuna | Nea | Thing Phonologically Irregular |
| West Futuna | Mei | Until Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| West Futuna | Mero | To wither Problematic |
| West Futuna | Mimi (pl. h/mimi) | Urinate; urine |
| West Futuna | Misa | To recede (of the tide). Descendre (la mer) (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Miji (WFU), mitji (ANI) | A dream; to dream |
| West Futuna | Mise/kina | Chew sugarcane |
| West Futuna | Mo | For |
