Entries from Bruce Biggs, field notes in Pollex-Online
Language | Item | Description |
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East Futuna | Sika | Shuttle used for net making |
East Futuna | Sika/afi | Make fire by friction |
East Futuna | Siku | Tail, end |
East Futuna | Sina | Heroine of many stories |
East Futuna | Sisi | Tie up, as animal by leg. Attacher (avec une corde) (Mfr). Problematic |
East Futuna | Sisii | Hiss to shoo away |
East Futuna | Sisifo | Western end of Futuna; a house-site name in Tavai |
East Futuna | Solo | Collapse, cave in, landslide |
East Futuna | Sosaʔa | Troubled by, sick of . Etre fréquent; indisposer (par la répétition de qqch.); exagérer; etre pénible; sans arrêt, trop (postverbe). |
East Futuna | Suu | Watery (of taro), kind of soup of taro leaves, fish and oil |
East Futuna | Sua | Sing |
East Futuna | Suʔa | To contain liquid; liquid |
East Futuna | Suʔa/veli | Bad-tasting |
East Futuna | Sue | Dig, root (as a pig). Fouir (cochon) (intrans.) (Mfr). |
East Futuna | Suke | Uncover, as an earth oven |
East Futuna | Suki | Pierce, stick into (as hypodermic needle) |
East Futuna | Sulali | A kind of Beche-de-mer |
East Futuna | Susulu | Light of moon |
East Futuna | Taʔe | Excrement |
East Futuna | Leʔiki/ai | Not yet |
East Futuna | Tafea | Carried off by a current |
East Futuna | Tafiti | Struggle when held |
East Futuna | Tafiti | Etre en convulsions, struggle (when held) Problematic |
East Futuna | Tafito | Stump end of tree trunk; to stem from; reason, cause . Cause, base, fondement, fondation; pied (arbre, bananier, taro etc.) |
East Futuna | Tafu | Prepare or maintain fire |
East Futuna | Tafuli | Turn |
East Futuna | Taga | A bag of any kind |
East Futuna | Taga mimi | Bladder |
East Futuna | Tagata | Man, person |
East Futuna | Tai | Shallow sea over the reef as opposed to the open ocean (moana); the shore as opposed to inland (`uta); tide |
East Futuna | Taʔine | Daughter . Fille, jeune fille |
East Futuna | Taka | Be unmarried, single |
East Futuna | Taka | Sandal |
East Futuna | Takafalu | (Micromelium minutum) |
East Futuna | Kau/takaga/ | Companions of same sex |
East Futuna | Take | Piece chopped off coconut in order to drink from it |
East Futuna | Takele | Keel of boat. Fond (bouteille), cale (bateau) (Mfr). |
East Futuna | Taʔaki | Extract, pull up |
East Futuna | Laku | My (A-category of possession |
East Futuna | Takuu tofi mei | Instrument for splitting breadfruit |
East Futuna | Fakama/tala/ | Expound, narrate |
East Futuna | Telekisi | Fish sp., immature malau . Problematic |
East Futuna | ʔA/talava | A feke with long arms and head |
East Futuna | Ta(ta)li ~ /tali/tali | Wait |
East Futuna | Talie | Large tree (Terminalia catappus) |
East Futuna | Taliga | Ear |
East Futuna | Tali(Tali) ʔuli | To steer a boat Problematic |
East Futuna | Talo | (Colocasia esculentum) |
East Futuna | Tama | Child, boy |
East Futuna | Tamaki | That which is difficult through lack of resources |