Entries from Bruce Biggs, field notes in Pollex-Online
Language | Item | Description |
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East Futuna | Poo/lili/ | Rough, of water |
East Futuna | Lito | Shake coconut leaf torch to make it burn |
East Futuna | Liua. Liʔua (Mfr). | River. Rivière (Mfr). |
East Futuna | Liivai | Urinate |
East Futuna | Loo-ʔata | Biting ant, black |
East Futuna | Loʔi | Fish sp. |
East Futuna | Loki/loki | Small hut for pigs |
East Futuna | Lo/loku/ | Bend over/down |
East Futuna | Loomaki | Flooded, as by large waves |
East Futuna | Loto-ʔaa | Fenced enclosure about a house, compound |
East Futuna | Luluu | Shake, shiver |
East Futuna | Lua | Hole, pit, tomb, grave, etc. |
East Futuna | Lu/lua/ | Vomit |
East Futuna | Luaki | Vomit |
East Futuna | Lufi | Medium-sized blackish coloured fish sp. |
East Futuna | Lu/luku | Carry in the arms, as a baby |
East Futuna | Maa | Ashamed |
East Futuna | Maa | First person dual exclusive preposed pronoun |
East Futuna | Maa | For |
East Futuna | Gae | Withered, dry Problematic |
East Futuna | Maea | Cord, cable |
East Futuna | Mafaʔa | Broken, shattered, cracked |
East Futuna | Mafai | To be possible |
East Futuna | Mafaki | Broke off, plucked (of banana, breadfruit etc.) |
East Futuna | Mafatua | To sneeze |
East Futuna | Maafoʔata | Daybreak |
East Futuna | Maʔafu | To emit an odour |
East Futuna | Mafuike | Earthquake |
East Futuna | Mafuli | Turn (Intr.) |
East Futuna | Mafuta | Get up, from chair or sleep, arise |
East Futuna | Maga | Branch (in road, irrigation channel) |
East Futuna | Maʔaga | Mouthful of food |
East Futuna | Magamagaʔitai | Starfish on reef, including Brittle Stars. Etoile de mer (Mfr). |
East Futuna | Magaavai | Outlet in an irrigation ditch |
East Futuna | Mageo | Itchy |
East Futuna | Maagele | A tree (Trema orientalis) |
East Futuna | Maagi/agi | Light in weight. Etre bien ajusté (vêtement); léger, mince (objet, vêtement) (Mfr). |
East Futuna | Magiti | Vegetable food |
East Futuna | Mago | Old (of things) |
East Futuna | Mau | Have abundance of (especially vegetable) food |
East Futuna | Maʔikao | Finger, toe |
East Futuna | Makalo | Appear |
East Futuna | Makeke | Strong, firm; hard, stiff ; fort, énergique, costaud |
East Futuna | Makopuna | Grandchild |
East Futuna | Ma/mala/ | Chip |
East Futuna | Maaʔala/ʔala | Cleared land |
East Futuna | Malaga | Arise, stand up |
East Futuna | Malaʔia | Unfortunate, without grace |
East Futuna | Maalama | World |
East Futuna | Maalie | Good. Beau (singulier); être bien; bonne réalisation; volonté de faire quelquechose |