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 | Ga- | Directional prefix |
| West Futuna | Gafoa | To be smashed |
| West Futuna | -gafuru | Ten |
| West Futuna | Gako | Fat (n) |
| West Futuna | Gari/a | To consume sugarcane or sweet coconuts by stripping off the outside husk and chewing on the fiber to extract the juices; to gnaw. Enlever avec dents; manger coprah en mordant dans la noix (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Garue | Move about, stir, jitter |
| West Futuna | Ngaruru | To sprinkle, to shake (water in coconut) |
| West Futuna | Garuru | To ache, particularly ringing, buzzing or rattling in one's head |
| West Futuna | Ngana/ngana | To sound as of people walking in a path; to sound as of food roasting |
| West Futuna | H/gana | To make a droning sound or rushing noise; to sound good, to sound particularly harmonious... Tremblement de quelque chose de lourd; faire du bruit; grondement de l'eau (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Gau | Scar, mark, trail, track, footprint Phonologically Irregular |
| West Futuna | Gapu | Spell, rest, take a break |
| West Futuna | Gasau | Reed, wild cane. Pointed arrow (Cpl). |
| West Futuna | Gahere/fere | Entangled brush, difficult to negotiate Problematic |
| West Futuna | Ngasoro | To crawl (of an infant). Se trainer sur le derrière; grimper en serrant le tronc contre soi (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Gata | Land snake |
| West Futuna | Ngatasi | Equal |
| West Futuna | Ngatasitasi | Group together, make one, same |
| West Futuna | Ngaj/a-niu | Coconut shell cup |
| West Futuna | Gatoro | Make a rattling sound, make a noise, cry out |
| West Futuna | Geji/geji | Custom during circumcision when required that one not touch food but eat by holding food in something such as a leaf Problematic |
| West Futuna | Gogo/tama | A woman who has borne children |
| West Futuna | Fa/goi/goi | Noise of tree sighing in the wind Phonologically Irregular |
| West Futuna | (H)gu | Cuttlefish, squid |
| West Futuna | Guru | A deep sound |
| West Futuna | Guru/guru | Thunder; to rumble, to thunder |
| West Futuna | (A)ha | What? |
| West Futuna | T/agafuru | Ten |
| West Futuna | Tar/agafuru/ | Ten |
| West Futuna | Ake | Up, upwards |
| West Futuna | Aku | Kind of fish. Barracuda (Fkm). (Sphyraena spp. [barracuda]) (Rve) |
| West Futuna | Ari/-a | Hollow out, clear out, cut or scrape out in a curve |
| West Futuna | Ama | Outrigger float, pontoon |
| West Futuna | Api | Variety of fish (Sea Surgeon?) |
| West Futuna | Eke | Rest upon, alight on, perch on |
| West Futuna | Ifo | Downwards |
| West Futuna | (I)kofi, koufi | Large wooden tongs for removing stones from oven |
| West Futuna | E/igoa | Name |
| West Futuna | Iva | Nine |
| West Futuna | Oge | Hunger; hungry |
| West Futuna | U | Breast. Sein, téter (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Ka | Prefix of futurity, indef. or inceptive |
| West Futuna | Kaie (FUT), Kaia (ANI) | But Problematic |
| West Futuna | Kafa | Fibrous husk as of chestnut or coconut; rope made of husk fibres, sennit |
| West Futuna | Kafika | Malay apple, rose apple (Syzygium malaccense) |
| West Futuna | Kafkafu | Diaphragm (ANI) |
| West Futuna | (H)ka | To burn, to be burned |
| West Futuna | Kai (trans. kei/na) | Food, eat. Manger, manger féculents (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Mta/kai. mta/kei (Cpl). | Sharp. Etroit (nez) (Rve). |
| West Futuna | Kaire | Wild yam |
