Entries from Bruce Biggs, field notes in Pollex-Online
Language | Item | Description |
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East Futuna | Maliko | Time of brightening darkness before moonrise |
East Futuna | Maloo | Dry |
East Futuna | Maaloo | Be victorious; thankyou! |
East Futuna | Maaloo/loo | Be well, healthy |
East Futuna | Maalooloo | Be well |
East Futuna | Maalosi | Strong (of humans) |
East Futuna | Maaluu | Damp, wet |
East Futuna | Mama | Chew |
East Futuna | Mouku | Overgrown fallow area, swidden |
East Futuna | Maʔamaʔa | Light (in weight) |
East Futuna | Mamafa | Heavy |
East Futuna | Mamaʔo | Distant, far off |
East Futuna | Mamata | Look at, observe |
East Futuna | Mamate | Die (plural of mate) |
East Futuna | Mana | Thunder |
East Futuna | Manafa | Title of chief of Fiua village Problematic |
East Futuna | Manaui | Large forest tree (Myristica hypargyraea) (A. Gray); (Garuga floribunda) (Whr) |
East Futuna | Maanava | Breath, breathe |
East Futuna | Mani(a)nia | Be set on edge (of teeth) |
East Futuna | Manifi | Thin |
East Futuna | Maanifi | Fish sp. |
East Futuna | Manini | Striped Surgeon fish. Chirurgien bagnard (Acanthurus triostegus) (Mfr). |
East Futuna | Magogi | Sweet-smelling, scented |
East Futuna | Manogi | Sweet-smelling, scented |
East Futuna | Manoko | A small fish blennie,Blenniu sp. (petit poisson qui saute sur les rochers) |
East Futuna | Manuu | Bonheur, prosperite (arch.) |
East Futuna | Maanunu | Deterioration (e.g. of a net, garment) |
East Futuna | Mao | Cease raining |
East Futuna | Maaʔoki | True, certain, certainly |
East Futuna | Maaʔota | A shrub (Dysoxylum forsteri) |
East Futuna | Mapuna | Emerge (after being submerged), surface; spurt out (as blood or water); start up from sleep; take off (of a plane); explode, fly into pieces |
East Futuna | Masafu | A club ; armes, cartouche |
East Futuna | Masalo | Think, be of the opinion that. Penser, avoir l'intuition (Mfr). |
East Futuna | Masani | Be accustomed to, familiar with |
East Futuna | Maasani | Accustomed to, used to |
East Futuna | Masi | Acid, fermented, preserved by fermenting. Fruits de l'arbre à pain fermentés; fosse à fermentation pour les fruits à pain (Mfr). |
East Futuna | Maasina | Moon, month |
East Futuna | Masunu | Singed, burnt |
East Futuna | Mata | Point of land, cape |
East Futuna | Mata- | Numeral classifier for ten fish |
East Futuna | Mataliki | Lights seen from distance, stars Problematic |
East Futuna | Matata | Pull up, extract; small cracks in wood |
East Futuna | Maataʔu | Fishhook, line-fishing |
East Futuna | Maatino | Think, decide; be determined, decided |
East Futuna | Maatolu | Thick |
East Futuna | Matou | First person exclusive plural preposed pronoun. Motou (Mfr) |
East Futuna | Matou | First person exclusive plural preposed pronoun . Motou |
East Futuna | Matu | A fish |
East Futuna | Maʔu | Fixed, constant, firm . Sans arrêt, toujours, constamment (postverbe) |
East Futuna | Maumau | Waste |