Entries from Bruce Biggs, field notes in Pollex-Online
Language | Item | Description |
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East Futuna | ʔAto | Thatch |
East Futuna | ʔAtu | Bonito. "Bonite au ventre rayé" (Katsuwonus pelamis) (Mfr). |
East Futuna | ʔAtu | Line, row |
East Futuna | ʔAtua | Deity |
East Futuna | ʔAtule | Fish sp. (Trachurops) |
East Futuna | ʔAukai | Jeune, jeuner |
East Futuna | ʔAukau | Pus |
East Futuna | ʔAukava | Pêcher en empoisonnant le poisson |
East Futuna | ʔAumai | Apporter, remettre; donne-moi |
East Futuna | ʔAutala | Remove spines from pandanus leaves |
East Futuna | ʔAva | Fish like mullet but bigger. "Poisson lait" (Chanos chanos) (Mfr). |
East Futuna | ʔAavaga | Spouse, marry |
East Futuna | ʔAavaga | Illness, often associated with a dream of a sexual nature and believed to have a spiritual rather than a physical cause. Symptoms may include irrational behaviour. Treatment includes massage with bad-smelling herbs inimical to spirits |
East Futuna | ʔAvatu | Send, carry |
East Futuna | ʔAavea | Delirious, raving; possessed by a spirit |
East Futuna | E | Non-past tense-aspect marker |
East Futuna | ʔEa | Appear |
East Futuna | Efe/efeʔi niu puluʔi | A piece of coconut husk fibre |
East Futuna | Efu | Dust. Poussière; peluche blanche de l'écorce du mûrier à papier; être poussiéreux, plein de poussière (Mfr). |
East Futuna | ʔElo | Stink |
East Futuna | ʔEmi | Start, flinch |
East Futuna | ʔEpo | Lick |
East Futuna | ʔEva | Walk about for pleasure, stroll. Se promener, roder (Mfr). |
East Futuna | V/eve | Small, black fish sp. |
East Futuna | Faʔa | Frequentative particle. Trop souvent, fréquemment (Mfr). |
East Futuna | Faʔele/ʔele | Woman who has had first child |
East Futuna | Fafali | Excrement on anus after defecation, dag |
East Futuna | Fafie | Firewood |
East Futuna | Fafo | Outside |
East Futuna | Fagamea | Kind of fish, red. Poisson: "lutjan rouge" (Lutjanus bohar) (Mfr). |
East Futuna | Faagogo | Half coconut shell |
East Futuna | Faagota | Get seafood from reef |
East Futuna | Fai | Stingray |
East Futuna | Faikai | Balls of arrowroot starch dipped in grated, toasted coconut. Mets futunien à base de tubercules râpés ou de fruits, cuits à l'étouffée, arrosés de lait de coco et présentés dans une feuille de taro géant ou de bananier |
East Futuna | Faaite | Sit on the grounds as women do, with legs to the side . Borrowed |
East Futuna | Faitoʔo | Indigenous medical treatment of any kind Problematic |
East Futuna | Fai veli | Copulate |
East Futuna | Faka/fana/ | Warm up cold food |
East Futuna | Fagafoa | Boil or abscess on the buttock |
East Futuna | Fakalanu | Rinse with fresh water |
East Futuna | Faka/lo/logo | Remain silent |
East Futuna | Faka-ata | Look for (as fish in sea) |
East Futuna | Faki | Pick fruit |
East Futuna | Faakule | Search head for nits or lice |
East Futuna | Fala | Pandanus mat |
East Futuna | Falafala | Yam sp. |
East Futuna | Faaliki | Cover floor with mats |
East Futuna | Faliu | Return |
East Futuna | Faaloo | Stretch, put out (as hand) ; Être étendu; être allongé (bras, jambe) |
East Futuna | Fanaa | Mast |